Of David.
1 Contend, O Lord, with those who Isa. 49:25contend with me;
[Ex. 14:25;Isa. 42:13]fight against those who fight against me!
2 Take hold of Ps. 91:4;[Ps. 5:12]shield and buckler
and rise for my help!
3 Draw the spear and javelin35:3 Or and close the way
against my pursuers!
Say to my soul,
"I am your salvation!"
4 For ver. 4-8, see Ps. 69:22-28;109:6-15Let them be ver. 26;Ps. 40:14;70:2;71:13;83:17put to shame and dishonor
who seek after my life!
Let them be Ps. 129:5turned back and disappointed
who devise evil against me!
5 Let them be like See Job 21:18chaff before the wind,
with the angel of the Lord driving them away!
6 Let their way be dark and Ps. 73:18;Jer. 23:12slippery,
with the angel of the Lord pursuing them!
7 For See Ps. 69:4without cause See Job 18:8they hid their net for me;
without cause they dug See Ps. 7:15a pit for my life.35:7 The word pit is transposed from the preceding line; Hebrew For without cause they hid the pit of their net for me; without cause they dug for my life
8 Let [1 Thess. 5:3] destruction come upon him Isa. 47:11when he does not know it!
And let the net that he hid ensnare him;
let him fall into it—to his destruction!
9 Then my soul will rejoice in the Lord,
Luke 1:47;See Ps. 9:14exulting in his salvation.
10 All my Ps. 51:8bones shall say,
"O Lord, Ps. 71:19;86:8;89:6,8;113:5;Ex. 15:11who is like you,
delivering the poor
from him who is too strong for him,
the poor and needy from him who robs him?"
11 See Ps. 27:12Malicious35:11 Or Violent witnesses rise up;
they ask me of things that I do not know.
12 Ps. 38:20;109:4;Jer. 18:20;[John 10:32]They repay me evil for good;
my soul is bereft.35:12 Hebrew it is bereavement to my soul
13 But I, [Job 30:25] when they were sick—
I Ps. 69:11;[1 Kgs. 20:31] wore sackcloth;
I Ps. 69:10;Num. 29:7afflicted myself with fasting;
I prayed [Matt. 10:13]; Luke 10:6with head bowed35:13 Or my prayer shall turn back on my chest.
14 I went about as though I grieved for my friend or my brother;
as one who laments his mother,
I See Ps. 38:6bowed down in mourning.
15 But at my stumbling they rejoiced and gathered;
they gathered together against me;
Job 30:1,8,12wretches whom I did not know
tore at me without ceasing;
16 like profane mockers at a feast,35:16 The meaning of the Hebrew phrase is uncertain
they Ps. 37:12;Job 16:9;Lam. 2:16gnash at me with their teeth.
17 How long, O Lord, will you Hab. 1:13look on?
Rescue me from their destruction,
Ps. 22:20my precious life from the lions!
18 I will thank you in Ps. 22:25the great congregation;
in the mighty throng I will praise you.
19 ver. 24;See Ps. 13:4Let not those rejoice over me
who are Ps. 38:19;69:4;119:78,86wrongfully my foes,
and let not those Prov. 6:13;10:10wink the eye
who Ps. 69:4;Cited John 15:25hate me ver. 7without cause.
20 For they do not speak peace,
but against those who are quiet in the land
they devise words of deceit.
21 They See Ps. 22:13open wide their mouths against me;
they say, ver. 25;Ps. 40:15;70:3"Aha, Aha!
Our eyes have seen it!"
22 [Ex. 3:7] You have seen, O Lord; Ps. 28:1be not silent!
O Lord, See Ps. 10:1be not far from me!
23 Awake and Ps. 44:23;59:4;80:2rouse yourself for Ps. 7:6my vindication,
for my cause, my God and my Lord!
24 Ps. 7:8Vindicate me, O Lord, my God,
according to your righteousness,
and ver. 19let them not rejoice over me!
25 Let them not say in their hearts,
ver. 21"Aha, our heart’s desire!"
Let them not say, 2 Sam. 17:16;Lam. 2:16"We have swallowed him up."
26 Let them be See ver. 4put to shame and disappointed altogether
who rejoice at my calamity!
Let them be See Job 8:22clothed with shame and dishonor
who See Job 19:5magnify themselves against me!
27 Let those who delight in my righteousness
shout for joy and be glad
Ps. 40:16;70:4and say evermore,
Ps. 34:3"Great is the Lord,
who Ps. 149:4delights in the welfare of his servant!"
28 Then my Ps. 51:14;71:8,15,24tongue shall tell of your righteousness
and of your praise all the day long.
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