Psalm 35:1-28 CSB

[1] Oppose my opponents, LORD; fight those who fight me. [2] Take your shields-large and small- and come to my aid. [3] Draw the spear and javelin against my pursuers, and assure me, "I am your deliverance." [4] Let those who intend to take my life be disgraced and humiliated; let those who plan to harm me be turned back and ashamed. [5] Let them be like chaff in the wind, with the angel of the LORD driving them away. [6] Let their way be dark and slippery, with the angel of the LORD pursuing them. [7] They hid their net for me without cause; they dug a pit for me without cause. [8] Let ruin come on him unexpectedly, and let the net that he hid ensnare him; let him fall into it-to his ruin. [9] Then I will rejoice in the LORD; I will delight in his deliverance. [10] All my bones will say, " LORD, who is like you, rescuing the poor from one too strong for him, the poor or the needy from one who robs him?" [11] Malicious witnesses come forward; they question me about things I do not know. [12] They repay me evil for good, making me desolate. [13] Yet when they were sick, my clothing was sackcloth; I humbled myself with fasting, and my prayer was genuine. [14] I went about mourning as if for my friend or brother; I was bowed down with grief, like one mourning for a mother. [15] But when I stumbled, they gathered in glee; they gathered against me. Assailants I did not know tore at me and did not stop. [16] With godless mockery they gnashed their teeth at me. [17] Lord, how long will you look on? Rescue me from their ravages; rescue my precious life from the young lions. [18] I will praise you in the great assembly; I will exalt you among many people. [19] Do not let my deceitful enemies rejoice over me; do not let those who hate me without cause wink at me maliciously. [20] For they do not speak in friendly ways, but contrive fraudulent schemes against those who live peacefully in the land. [21] They open their mouths wide against me and say, "Aha, aha! We saw it!" [22] You saw it, LORD; do not be silent. Lord, do not be far from me. [23] Wake up and rise to my defense, to my cause, my God and my Lord! [24] Vindicate me, LORD my God, in keeping with your righteousness, and do not let them rejoice over me. [25] Do not let them say in their hearts, "Aha! Just what we wanted." Do not let them say, "We have swallowed him up!" [26] Let those who rejoice at my misfortune be disgraced and humiliated; let those who exalt themselves over me be clothed with shame and reproach. [27] Let those who want my vindication shout for joy and be glad; let them continually say, "The LORD be exalted. He takes pleasure in his servant's well-being." [28] And my tongue will proclaim your righteousness, your praise all day long.