Psalms 35

1 A Psalm of David. Strive, O LORD, with them that strive with me; fight against them that fight against me.

to/for David to contend [emph?] LORD with opponent my to fight with to fight me

2 Take hold of shield and buckler, and rise up to my help.

to strengthen: hold shield and shield and to arise: rise [emph?] in/on/with help my

3 Draw out also the spear, and the battle-axe, against them that pursue me; say unto my soul: 'I am Thy salvation.'

and to empty spear and to shut to/for to encounter: toward to pursue me to say to/for soul my salvation your I

4 Let them be ashamed and brought to confusion that seek after my soul; let them be turned back and be abashed that devise my hurt.

be ashamed and be humiliated to seek soul: life my to turn back and be ashamed to devise: devise distress: evil my

5 Let them be as chaff before the wind, the angel of the LORD thrusting them.

to be like/as chaff to/for face: before spirit: breath and messenger: angel LORD to thrust

6 Let their way be dark and slippery, the angel of the LORD pursuing them.

to be way: conduct their darkness and smoothness and messenger: angel LORD to pursue them

7 For without cause have they hid for me the pit, even their net, without cause have they digged for my soul.

for for nothing to hide to/for me pit: grave net their for nothing to search to/for soul: life my

8 Let destruction come upon him unawares; and let his net that he hath hid catch himself; with destruction let him fall therein.

to come (in): come him devastation not to know and net his which to hide to capture him in/on/with devastation to fall: fall in/on/with her

9 And my soul shall be joyful in the LORD; it shall rejoice in His salvation.

and soul my to rejoice in/on/with LORD to rejoice in/on/with salvation his

10 All my bones shall say: 'LORD, who is like unto Thee, who deliverest the poor from him that is too strong for him, yea, the poor and the needy from him that spoileth him?'

all bone my to say LORD who? like you to rescue afflicted from strong from him and afflicted and needy from to plunder him

11 Unrighteous witnesses rise up; they ask me of things that I know not.

to arise: rise [emph?] witness violence which not to know to ask me

12 They repay me evil for good; bereavement is come to my soul.

to complete me distress: evil underneath: instead welfare bereavement to/for soul my

13 But as for me, when they were sick, my clothing was sackcloth, I afflicted my soul with fasting; and my prayer, may it return into mine own bosom.

and I in/on/with be weak: ill they clothing my sackcloth to afflict in/on/with fast soul: myself my and prayer my upon bosom: embrace my to return: return

14 I went about as though it had been my friend or my brother; I bowed down mournful, as one that mourneth for his mother.

like/as neighbor like/as brother: male-sibling to/for me to go: walk like/as mourning mother be dark to bow

15 But when I halt they rejoice, and gather themselves together; the abjects gather themselves together against me, and those whom I know not; they tear me, and cease not;

and in/on/with stumbling my to rejoice and to gather to gather upon me smitten and not to know to tear and not to silence: stationary

16 With the profanest mockeries of backbiting they gnash at me with their teeth.

in/on/with profane mocking bun to grind upon me tooth their

17 Lord, how long wilt Thou look on? Rescue my soul from their destructions, mine only one from the lions.

Lord like/as what? to see: see to return: rescue [emph?] soul: myself my from ravage their from lion only my

18 I will give Thee thanks in the great congregation; I will praise Thee among a numerous people.

to give thanks you in/on/with assembly many in/on/with people mighty to boast: praise you

19 Let not them that are wrongfully mine enemies rejoice over me; neither let them wink with the eye that hate me without a cause.

not to rejoice to/for me enemy my deception to hate me for nothing to wink eye

20 For they speak not peace; but they devise deceitful matters against them that are quiet in the land.

for not peace to speak: speak and upon restful land: country/planet word deceit to devise: design [emph?]

21 Yea, they open their mouth wide against me; they say: 'Aha, aha, our eye hath seen it.'

and to enlarge upon me lip their to say Aha! Aha! to see: see eye our

22 Thou hast seen, O LORD; keep not silence; O Lord, be not far from me.

to see: see LORD not be quiet Lord not to remove from me

23 Rouse Thee, and awake to my judgment, even unto my cause, my God and my Lord.

to rouse [emph?] and to awake [emph?] to/for justice: judgement my God my and Lord to/for strife my

24 Judge me, O LORD my God, according to Thy righteousness; and let them not rejoice over me.

to judge me like/as righteousness your LORD God my and not to rejoice to/for me

25 Let them not say in their heart: 'Aha, we have our desire'; let them not say: 'We have swallowed him up.'

not to say in/on/with heart their Aha! soul our not to say to swallow up him

26 Let them be ashamed and abashed together that rejoice at my hurt; let them be clothed with shame and confusion that magnify themselves against me.

be ashamed and be ashamed together glad distress: harm my to clothe shame and shame [the] to magnify upon me

27 Let them shout for joy, and be glad, that delight in my righteousness; yea, let them say continually: 'Magnified be the LORD, who delighteth in the peace of His servant.'

to sing and to rejoice delighting righteousness my and to say continually to magnify LORD [the] delighting peace: well-being servant/slave his

28 And my tongue shall speak of Thy righteousness, and of Thy praise all the day.

and tongue my to mutter righteousness your all [the] day praise your