Psalms 35:9-28 in English

⁹ And my soul shall be joyful in Jehovah: It shall rejoice in his salvation.

¹⁰ All my bones shall say, Jehovah, 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 robbeth him?

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

¹² They reward me evil for good, To the bereaving of my soul.

¹³ But as for me, when they were sick, my clothing was sackcloth: I afflicted my soul with fasting; And my prayer returned into mine own bosom.

¹⁴ I behaved myself as though it had been my friend or my brother: I bowed down mourning, as one that bewaileth his mother.

¹⁵ But in mine adversity they rejoiced, and gathered themselves together: The abjects gathered themselves together against me, and I knew it not; They did tear me, and ceased not:

¹⁶ Like the profane mockers in feasts, They gnashed upon me with their teeth.

¹⁷ Lord, how long wilt thou look on? Rescue my soul from their destructions, My darling from the lions.

¹⁸ I will give thee thanks in the great assembly: I will praise thee among much people.

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

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

²¹ Yea, they opened their mouth wide against me; They said, Aha, aha, our eye hath seen it.

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

²³ Stir up thyself, and awake to the justice due unto me, Even unto my cause, my God and my Lord.

²⁴ Judge me, O Jehovah my God, according to thy righteousness; And let them not rejoice over me.

²⁵ Let them not say in their heart, Aha, so would we have it: Let them not say, We have swallowed him up.

²⁶ Let them be put to shame and confounded together that rejoice at my hurt: Let them be clothed with shame and dishonor that magnify themselves against me.

²⁷ Let them shout for joy, and be glad, that favor my righteous cause: Yea, let them say continually, Jehovah be magnified, Who hath pleasure in the prosperity of his servant.

²⁸ And my tongue shall talk of thy righteousness And of thy praise all the day long.

⁹ They shall be fully satisfied with the fatness of thine house; and thou shalt cause them to drink of the full stream of thy delights.

¹⁰ For with thee is the fountain of life: in thy light we shall see light.

¹¹ Extend thy mercy to them that know thee; and thy righteousness to the upright in heart.

¹² Let not the foot of pride come against me, and let not the hand of sinners move me.

¹³ There have all the workers of iniquity fallen: they are cast out, and shall not be able to stand.

⁹ And my soul shall be joyful in the LORD: it shall rejoice in his salvation.

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

¹¹ False witnesses did rise up; they laid to my charge things that I knew not.

¹² They rewarded me evil for good to the spoiling of my soul.

¹³ But as for me, when they were sick, my clothing was sackcloth: I humbled my soul with fasting; and my prayer returned into mine own bosom.

¹⁴ I behaved myself as though he had been my friend or brother: I bowed down heavily, as one that mourneth for his mother.

¹⁵ But in mine adversity they rejoiced, and gathered themselves together: yea, the abjects gathered themselves together against me, and I knew it not; they did tear me, and ceased not:

¹⁶ With hypocritical mockers in feasts, they gnashed upon me with their teeth.

¹⁷ Lord, how long wilt thou look on? rescue my soul from their destructions, my darling from the lions.

¹⁸ I will give thee thanks in the great congregation: I will praise thee among much people.

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

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

²¹ Yea, they opened their mouth wide against me, and said, Aha, aha, our eye hath seen it.

²² This thou hast seen, O LORD: keep not silence: O Lord, be not far from me.

²³ Stir up thyself, and awake to my judgment, even unto my cause, my God and my Lord.

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

²⁵ Let them not say in their hearts, Ah, so would we have it: let them not say, We have swallowed him up.

²⁶ Let them be ashamed and brought to confusion together that rejoice at mine hurt: let them be clothed with shame and dishonour that magnify themselves against me.

²⁷ Let them shout for joy, and be glad, that favour my righteous cause: yea, let them say continually, Let the LORD be magnified, which hath pleasure in the prosperity of his servant.

²⁸ And my tongue shall speak of thy righteousness and of thy praise all the day long.

⁹ And my soul shall be joyful in the LORD: it shall rejoice in his salvation.

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

¹¹ False witnesses did rise up; they laid to my charge things that I knew not.

¹² They rewarded me evil for good to the spoiling of my soul.

¹³ But as for me, when they were sick, my clothing was sackcloth: I humbled my soul with fasting; and my prayer returned into mine own bosom.

¹⁴ I behaved myself as though he had been my friend or brother: I bowed down heavily, as one that mourneth for his mother.

¹⁵ But in mine adversity they rejoiced, and gathered themselves together: yea, the abjects gathered themselves together against me, and I knew it not; they did tear me, and ceased not:

¹⁶ With hypocritical mockers in feasts, they gnashed upon me with their teeth.

¹⁷ Lord, how long wilt thou look on? rescue my soul from their destructions, my darling from the lions.

¹⁸ I will give thee thanks in the great congregation: I will praise thee among much people.

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

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

²¹ Yea, they opened their mouth wide against me, and said, Aha, aha, our eye hath seen it.

²² This thou hast seen, O LORD: keep not silence: O Lord, be not far from me.

²³ Stir up thyself, and awake to my judgment, even unto my cause, my God and my Lord.

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

²⁵ Let them not say in their hearts, Ah, so would we have it: let them not say, We have swallowed him up.

²⁶ Let them be ashamed and brought to confusion together that rejoice at mine hurt: let them be clothed with shame and dishonour that magnify themselves against me.

²⁷ Let them shout for joy, and be glad, that favour my righteous cause: yea, let them say continually, Let the LORD be magnified, which hath pleasure in the prosperity of his servant.

²⁸ And my tongue shall speak of thy righteousness and of thy praise all the day long.

⁹ For with you is the fountain of life: in your light we shall see light.

¹⁰ Extend your mercy to them that know you; and your righteousness to the upright in heart.

¹¹ Let not the foot of pride come against me, and let not the hand of sinners move me.

¹² There have all the workers of iniquity fallen: they are cast out, and shall not be able to stand.

⁹ And my soul shall be joyful in the LORD: it shall rejoice in his salvation.

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

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

¹² They reward me evil for good, to the bereaving of my soul.

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

¹⁴ I behaved myself as though it had been my friend or my brother: I bowed down mourning, as one that bewaileth his mother.

¹⁵ But when I halted they rejoiced, and gathered themselves together: the abjects gathered themselves together against me, and I knew it not; they did tear me, and ceased not:

¹⁶ Like the profane mockers in feasts, they gnashed upon me with their teeth.

¹⁷ Lord, how long wilt thou look on? rescue my soul from their destructions, my darling from the lions.

¹⁸ I will give thee thanks in the great congregation: I will praise thee among much people.

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

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

²¹ Yea, they opened their mouth wide against me; they said, Aha, aha, our eye hath seen it.

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

²³ Stir up thyself, and awake to my judgment, even unto my cause, my God and my Lord.

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

²⁵ Let them not say in their heart, Aha, so would we have it: let them not say, We have swallowed him up.

²⁶ Let them be ashamed and confounded together that rejoice at mine hurt: let them be clothed with shame and dishonour that magnify themselves against me.

²⁷ Let them shout for joy, and be glad, that favour my righteous cause: yea, let them say continually, The LORD be magnified, which hath pleasure in the prosperity of his servant.

²⁸ And my tongue shall talk of thy righteousness, and of thy praise all the day long.

⁹ Then I will be joyful about what you, Yahweh, have done for me, I will be glad that you have rescued me.

¹⁰ With my whole inner being SYN I will say, “There is no one like Yahweh RHQ! No one else can rescue helpless people from powerful people RHQ. No one else can rescue weak and needy people from those who want to rob them.”

¹¹ People who tell lies stand in court and falsely accuse me of doing things that I do not know anything about.

¹² In return for my doing good things for them, they do evil things to me, with the result that I feel that I am alone.

¹³ When they were ill, I showed that I was sad. I did not eat any food, and I bowed my head as I prayed for them.

¹⁴ I mourned and bowed my head as I prayed as though it was a friend or my mother for whom I was grieving.

¹⁵ But when I had troubles, they were all happy about it. They gathered around to make fun of me. Strangers struck me, and they would not stop.

¹⁶ Worthless people ridicule me and snarl at me.

¹⁷ Yahweh, how long will you only watch them doing this? Rescue me from their attacking me; Save me from being killed by these men who are attacking me like MET lions that are attacking other animals

¹⁸ Then, when many of your people gather, I will praise you and I will thank you in front of all of them.

¹⁹ Do not allow my enemies, who tell lies about me, defeat me and then rejoice! Do not allow those who hate me when there in no reason to hate me to ◄smirk/smile happily►!

²⁰ They do not talk peacefully to people; instead, they seek ways to tell lies about people who are peaceful.

²¹ They shout at me, to accuse me, saying, “We saw the wrong things that you did!”

²² Yahweh, you have seen these things, so do not be silent! Do not stay far from me!

²³ Arise, my God, and plead my case in court, and successfully defend me!

²⁴ Yahweh, my God, because you are righteous, prove that I am innocent in order that my enemies will not be able to gloat that I was judged to be guilty.

²⁵ Do not allow them to be able to say to themselves, “Yes, we have gotten rid of him IDM just like we desired!”

²⁶ Cause those who rejoice about my misfortunes to be completely defeated and disgraced; cause those who boast that they are much greater than me to be disgraced and dishonored!

²⁷ But cause those who desire that I be acquitted to be happy and shout joyfully, and cause them to continually say, “Yahweh is great! He is delighted to cause things to go well for those who serve him.”

²⁸ Then I will proclaim that you act righteously, and I will praise you all day long.

⁹ For with you is the fountain of life: in your light we shall see light.

¹⁰ Extend your mercy to them that know you; and your righteousness to the upright in heart.

¹¹ Let not the foot of pride come against me, and let not the hand of sinners move me.

¹² There have all the workers of iniquity fallen: they are cast out, and shall not be able to stand.

⁹ My soul shall be joyful in Yahweh. It shall rejoice in his salvation.

¹⁰ All my bones shall say, “Yahweh, who is like you, who delivers the poor from him who is too strong for him; yes, the poor and the needy from him who robs him?”

¹¹ Unrighteous witnesses rise up. They ask me about things that I don’t know about.

¹² They reward me evil for good, to the bereaving of my soul.

¹³ But as for me, when they were sick, my clothing was sackcloth. I afflicted my soul with fasting. My prayer returned into my own bosom.

¹⁴ I behaved myself as though it had been my friend or my brother. I bowed down mourning, as one who mourns his mother.

¹⁵ But in my adversity, they rejoiced, and gathered themselves together. The attackers gathered themselves together against me, and I didn’t know it. They tore at me, and didn’t cease.

¹⁶ Like the profane mockers in feasts, they gnashed their teeth at me.

¹⁷ Lord, how long will you look on? Rescue my soul from their destruction, my precious life from the lions.

¹⁸ I will give you thanks in the great assembly. I will praise you among many people.

¹⁹ Don’t let those who are my enemies wrongfully rejoice over me; neither let those who hate me without a cause wink their eyes.

²⁰ For they don’t speak peace, but they devise deceitful words against those who are quiet in the land.

²¹ Yes, they opened their mouth wide against me. They said, “Aha! Aha! Our eye has seen it!”

²² You have seen it, Yahweh. Don’t keep silent. Lord, don’t be far from me.

²³ Wake up! Rise up to defend me, my God! My Lord, contend for me!

²⁴ Vindicate me, Yahweh my God, according to your righteousness. Don’t let them gloat over me.

²⁵ Don’t let them say in their heart, “Aha! That’s the way we want it!” Don’t let them say, “We have swallowed him up!”

²⁶ Let them be disappointed and confounded together who rejoice at my calamity. Let them be clothed with shame and dishonor who magnify themselves against me.

²⁷ Let those who favor my righteous cause shout for joy and be glad. Yes, let them say continually, “May Yahweh be magnified, who has pleasure in the prosperity of his servant!”

²⁸ My tongue shall talk about your righteousness and about your praise all day long.

⁹ My soul shall be joyful in Yahweh. It shall rejoice in his salvation.

¹⁰ All my bones shall say, “Yahweh, who is like you, who delivers the poor from him who is too strong for him; yes, the poor and the needy from him who robs him?”

¹¹ Unrighteous witnesses rise up. They ask me about things that I don’t know about.

¹² They reward me evil for good, to the bereaving of my soul.

¹³ But as for me, when they were sick, my clothing was sackcloth. I afflicted my soul with fasting. My prayer returned into my own bosom.

¹⁴ I behaved myself as though it had been my friend or my brother. I bowed down mourning, as one who mourns his mother.

¹⁵ But in my adversity, they rejoiced, and gathered themselves together. The attackers gathered themselves together against me, and I didn’t know it. They tore at me, and didn’t cease.

¹⁶ Like the profane mockers in feasts, they gnashed their teeth at me.

¹⁷ Lord, how long will you look on? Rescue my soul from their destruction, my precious life from the lions.

¹⁸ I will give you thanks in the great assembly. I will praise you among many people.

¹⁹ Don’t let those who are my enemies wrongfully rejoice over me; neither let those who hate me without a cause wink their eyes.

²⁰ For they don’t speak peace, but they devise deceitful words against those who are quiet in the land.

²¹ Yes, they opened their mouth wide against me. They said, “Aha! Aha! Our eye has seen it!”

²² You have seen it, Yahweh. Don’t keep silent. Lord, don’t be far from me.

²³ Wake up! Rise up to defend me, my God! My Lord, contend for me!

²⁴ Vindicate me, Yahweh my God, according to your righteousness. Don’t let them gloat over me.

²⁵ Don’t let them say in their heart, “Aha! That’s the way we want it!” Don’t let them say, “We have swallowed him up!”

²⁶ Let them be disappointed and confounded together who rejoice at my calamity. Let them be clothed with shame and dishonor who magnify themselves against me.

²⁷ Let those who favor my righteous cause shout for joy and be glad. Yes, let them say continually, “May Yahweh be magnified, who has pleasure in the prosperity of his servant!”

²⁸ My tongue shall talk about your righteousness and about your praise all day long.

⁹ My soul shall be joyful in the LORD. It shall rejoice in his salvation.

¹⁰ All my bones shall say, “LORD, who is like you, who delivers the poor from him who is too strong for him; yes, the poor and the needy from him who robs him?”

¹¹ Unrighteous witnesses rise up. They ask me about things that I don’t know about.

¹² They reward me evil for good, to the bereaving of my soul.

¹³ But as for me, when they were sick, my clothing was sackcloth. I afflicted my soul with fasting. My prayer returned into my own bosom.

¹⁴ I behaved myself as though it had been my friend or my brother. I bowed down mourning, as one who mourns his mother.

¹⁵ But in my adversity, they rejoiced, and gathered themselves together. The attackers gathered themselves together against me, and I didn’t know it. They tore at me, and didn’t cease.

¹⁶ Like the profane mockers in feasts, they gnashed their teeth at me.

¹⁷ Lord, how long will you look on? Rescue my soul from their destruction, my precious life from the lions.

¹⁸ I will give you thanks in the great assembly. I will praise you amongst many people.

¹⁹ Don’t let those who are my enemies wrongfully rejoice over me; neither let those who hate me without a cause wink their eyes.

²⁰ For they don’t speak peace, but they devise deceitful words against those who are quiet in the land.

²¹ Yes, they opened their mouth wide against me. They said, “Aha! Aha! Our eye has seen it!”

²² You have seen it, LORD. Don’t keep silent. Lord, don’t be far from me.

²³ Wake up! Rise up to defend me, my God! My Lord, contend for me!

²⁴ Vindicate me, LORD my God, according to your righteousness. Don’t let them gloat over me.

²⁵ Don’t let them say in their heart, “Aha! That’s the way we want it!” Don’t let them say, “We have swallowed him up!”

²⁶ Let them be disappointed and confounded together who rejoice at my calamity. Let them be clothed with shame and dishonour who magnify themselves against me.

²⁷ Let those who favour my righteous cause shout for joy and be glad. Yes, let them say continually, “May The LORD be magnified, who has pleasure in the prosperity of his servant!”

²⁸ My tongue shall talk about your righteousness and about your praise all day long.

⁹ And my soul will have joy in the Lord; it will be glad in his salvation.

¹⁰ All my bones will say, Lord, who is like you? The saviour of the poor man from the hands of the strong, of him who is poor and in need from him who takes his goods.

¹¹ False witnesses got up: they put questions to me about crimes of which I had no knowledge.

¹² They gave me back evil for good, troubling my soul.

¹³ But as for me, when they were ill I put on the clothing of sorrow: I went without food and was sad, and my prayer came back again to my heart.

¹⁴ My behaviour was as if it had been my friend or my brother: I was bent low in grief like one whose mother is dead.

¹⁵ But they took pleasure in my trouble, and came together, yes, low persons came together against me without my knowledge; they never came to an end of wounding me.

¹⁶ Like men of deceit they put me to shame; the voice of their wrath was loud against me.

¹⁷ Lord, how long will you be looking on? take my soul from their destruction, my life from the lions.

¹⁸ I will give you praise in the great meeting; I will give you honour among a strong people.

¹⁹ Do not let my haters be glad over me falsely; let not those who are against me without cause make sport of me.

²⁰ For they do not say words of peace; in their deceit they are designing evil things against the quiet ones in the land.

²¹ Their mouths were open wide against me, and they said, Aha, aha, our eyes have seen it.

²² You have seen this, O Lord; be not unmoved: O Lord, be not far from me.

²³ Be awake, O Lord, be moved to take up my cause, my God and my Lord.

²⁴ Be my judge, O Lord my God, in your righteousness; do not let them be glad over me.

²⁵ Let them not say in their hearts, So we will have it: let them not say, We have put an end to him.

²⁶ Let all those who take pleasure in my troubles be shamed and come to nothing: let those who are lifted up against me be covered with shame and have no honour.

²⁷ Let those who are on my side give cries of joy; let them ever say, The Lord be praised, for he has pleasure in the peace of his servant.

²⁸ And my tongue will be talking of your righteousness and of your praise all the day.

⁹ And my soul shall be joyful in Jehovah; it shall rejoice in his salvation.

¹⁰ All my bones shall say, Jehovah, who is like unto thee, who deliverest the afflicted from one stronger than he, yea, the afflicted and the needy from him that spoileth him!

¹¹ Unrighteous witnesses rise up; they lay to my charge things which I know not.

¹² They reward me evil for good, to the bereavement of my soul.

¹³ But as for me, when they were sick, my clothing was sackcloth; I chastened my soul with fasting, and my prayer returned into mine own bosom:

¹⁴ I behaved myself as though he had been a friend, a brother to me; I bowed down in sadness, as one that mourneth for a mother.

¹⁵ But at my halting they rejoiced, and gathered together: the slanderers gathered themselves together against me, and I knew it not; they did tear me, and ceased not:

¹⁶ With profane jesters for bread, they have gnashed their teeth against me.

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

¹⁸ I will give thee thanks in the great congregation; I will praise thee among much people.

¹⁹ Let not them that are wrongfully mine enemies rejoice over me; let them not wink with the eye that hate me without cause.

²⁰ For they speak not peace; and they devise deceitful words against the quiet in the land.

²¹ And they opened their mouth wide against me; they said, Aha! aha! our eye hath seen it.

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

²³ Stir up thyself, and awake for my right, for my cause, my God and Lord!

²⁴ Judge me, Jehovah my God, according to thy righteousness, and let them not rejoice over me.

²⁵ Let them not say in their heart, Aha! so would we have it. Let them not say, We have swallowed him up.

²⁶ Let them be ashamed and brought to confusion together that rejoice at mine adversity; let them be clothed with shame and dishonour that magnify themselves against me.

²⁷ Let them exult and rejoice that delight in my righteousness; and let them say continually, Jehovah be magnified, who delighteth in the prosperity of his servant.

²⁸ And my tongue shall talk of thy righteousness, and of thy praise, all the day.

⁹ They shall be inebriated with the plenty of thy house; and thou shalt make them drink of the torrent of thy pleasure.

¹⁰ For with thee is the fountain of life; and in thy light we shall see light.

¹¹ Extend thy mercy to them that know thee, and thy justice to them that are right in heart.

¹² Let not the foot of pride come to me, and let not the hand of the sinner move me.

¹³ There the workers of iniquity are fallen, they are cast out, and could not stand.

⁹ Then I will be glad in the Lord; I will be happy in his salvation.

¹⁰ Every part of me will say, Who can compare to you, Lord? You rescue the weak from the strong; the poor and needy from robbers.

¹¹ Hostile witnesses stand up to testify against me, accusing me of crimes I don't know anything about.

¹² They pay me back with evil instead of good. I feel like giving up.

¹³ But when they were sick, I put on clothes of sackcloth in sympathy. I denied myself through fasting. May my prayer for them return to bless me too.

¹⁴ I was upset for them, as if they were my own friends or family; I bowed down in grief as if I was mourning my own mother.

¹⁵ But when I was in trouble, they gathered around and laughed at me. Even strangers I don't know attacked me, constantly tearing me apart.

¹⁶ Like irreligious people mocking a cripple they mock me and call me names, gnashing their teeth at me.

¹⁷ How long, Lord, will you sit by and just watch? Save me from their vicious attacks; defend the only life I have from these lions.

¹⁸ Then I will thank you in front of the whole congregation and praise you in front of all the people.

¹⁹ Don't let my enemies take pleasure in my troubles, those people who hate me and tell lies about me, gloating over me for no reason.

²⁰ They are not looking for peace; they invent malicious and deceptive schemes against innocent peace-loving people.

²¹ They open their mouths wide to make accusations against me, saying, “Look! Look! We saw it with our own eyes!”

²² But Lord, you've seen all this! Say something! Don't give up on me, Lord!

²³ Wake up! Get up and defend me, my Lord and my God! Take up my case and make sure justice is done!

²⁴ Vindicate me, my Lord and my God, because you are just and right. Don't let them gloat over me.

²⁵ Don't let them say to themselves, “Look! We got what we wanted!” Don't let them say, “We completely destroyed him!”

²⁶ Make them totally ashamed, all those who are happy for the trouble I'm in. Let those who are celebrating over me be covered with shame and dishonor.

²⁷ Instead let those who are pleased I've been vindicated celebrate and shout for joy. Let them always say, “How great is the Lord! He is happy when his servants live in peace and have what they need.”

²⁸ I will tell others about your character of truth and right, praising you all day long!

⁹ Then my soule shalbe ioyfull in the Lord: it shall reioyce in his saluation.

¹⁰ All my bones shall say, Lord, who is like vnto thee, which deliuerest the poore from him, that is too strong for him! yea, the poore and him that is in miserie, from him that spoyleth him!

¹¹ Cruell witnesses did rise vp: they asked of me things that I knewe not.

¹² They rewarded me euill for good, to haue spoyled my soule.

¹³ Yet I, when they were sicke, I was clothed with a sacke: I humbled my soule with fasting: and my praier was turned vpon my bosome.

¹⁴ I behaued my selfe as to my friend, or as to my brother: I humbled my selfe, mourning as one that bewaileth his mother.

¹⁵ But in mine aduersitie they reioyced, and gathered them selues together: the abiects assembled themselues against me, and knewe not: they tare me and ceased not,

¹⁶ With the false skoffers at bankets, gnashing their teeth against me.

¹⁷ Lord, how long wilt thou beholde this? deliuer my soule from their tumult, euen my desolate soule from the lions.

¹⁸ So will I giue thee thankes in a great Congregation: I will praise thee among much people.

¹⁹ Let not them that are mine enemies, vniustly reioyce ouer mee, neyther let them winke with the eye, that hate mee without a cause.

²⁰ For they speake not as friendes: but they imagine deceitfull woordes against the quiet of the lande.

²¹ And they gaped on mee with their mouthes, saying, Aha, aha, our eye hath seene.

²² Thou hast seene it, O Lord: keepe not silence: be not farre from me, O Lord.

²³ Arise and wake to my iudgement, euen to my cause, my God, and my Lord.

²⁴ Iudge me, O Lord my God, according to thy righteousnesse, and let them not reioyce ouer mee.

²⁵ Let them not say in their hearts, O our soule reioyce: neither let them say, We haue deuoured him.

²⁶ Let them bee confounded, and put to shame together, that reioyce at mine hurt: let them bee clothed with confusion and shame, that lift vp themselues against me.

²⁷ But let them be ioyful and glad, that loue my righteousnesse: yea, let them say alway, Let the Lord be magnified, which loueth the prosperitie of his seruant.

²⁸ And my tongue shall vtter thy righteousnesse, and thy praise euery day.

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

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?'

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

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

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.

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.

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;

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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.'

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

⁹ And my soul shall be joyful in the Lord: It shall rejoice in his salvation.

¹⁰ All my bones shall say, Lord, who is like unto thee, Which deliverest the poor from him that is too strong for him, Yea, the poor and the needy from him that spoileth him?

¹¹ False witnesses did rise up; They laid to my charge things that I knew not.

¹² They rewarded me evil for good To the spoiling of my soul.

¹³ But as for me, when they were sick, my clothing was sackcloth: I humbled my soul with fasting; And my prayer returned into mine own bosom.

¹⁴ I behaved myself as though he had been my friend or brother: I bowed down heavily, as one that mourneth for his mother.

¹⁵ But in mine adversity they rejoiced, and gathered themselves together: Yea, the abjects gathered themselves together against me, and I knew it not; They did tear me, and ceased not:

¹⁶ With hypocritical mockers in feasts, They gnashed upon me with their teeth.

¹⁷ Lord, how long wilt thou look on? Rescue my soul from their destructions, My darling from the lions.

¹⁸ I will give thee thanks in the great congregation: I will praise thee among much people.

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

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

²¹ Yea, they opened their mouth wide against me, And said, Aha, aha, our eye hath seen it.

²² This thou hast seen, O Lord: keep not silence: O Lord, be not far from me.

²³ Stir up thyself, and awake to my judgment, Even unto my cause, my God and my Lord.

²⁴ Judge me, O Lord my God, according to thy righteousness; And let them not rejoice over me.

²⁵ Let them not say in their hearts, Ah, so would we have it: Let them not say, We have swallowed him up.

²⁶ Let them be ashamed and brought to confusion together that rejoice at mine hurt: Let them be clothed with shame and dishonour that magnify themselves against me.

²⁷ Let them shout for joy, and be glad, that favour my righteous cause: Yea, let them say continually, Let the Lord be magnified, Which hath pleasure in the prosperity of his servant.

²⁸ And my tongue shall speak of thy righteousness And of thy praise all the day long.

⁹ But my soul shall exult in the Lord: she shall be glad through his salvation.

¹⁰ All my bones will 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 robbeth him?

¹¹ There rise up witnesses of violence; concerning what I know not they question me.

¹² They recompense me with evil in place of good, bringing bereavement on my soul.

¹³ But as for me, when they were sick, my clothing was sackcloth: I afflicted with fasting my soul, and my prayer returned into my own bosom.

¹⁴ As though he had been to me a friend or a brother did I walk about: as one that mourneth for a mother did I sorrowfully bend down my head.

¹⁵ But in my downfall they rejoiced, and gathered themselves together; there gathered themselves together against me abject wretches, whom I knew not; they did tear me, and ceased not:

¹⁶ With hypocritical babbling mockers, they gnashed upon me with their teeth.

¹⁷ O Lord, how long wilt thou look on? rescue my soul from their destructions, from the young lions my solitary spirit.

¹⁸ I will thank thee in the great assembly: among a mighty people will I praise thee.

¹⁹ Let not rejoice over me those that are my enemies wrongfully: nor let those who hate me without cause wink with the eye.

²⁰ For they speak not peace; but against the quiet in the land they devise deceitful words.

²¹ Yea, they opened wide against me their mouth; they said, Aha, aha, our eye hath seen it.

²² Thou hast seen it, O Lord! remain not silent: O Lord, be not far from me.

²³ Arouse thyself, and awake to do me justice, my God and my Lord, unto my cause.

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

²⁵ Let them not say in their heart, Aha, this is the wish of our soul: let them not say, We have swallowed him up.

²⁶ Let those be made ashamed and put to the blush together that rejoice at my mishap; let them be clothed with shame and confusion that magnify themselves above me.

²⁷ Let those shout, and rejoice, that desire my righteousness: yea, let them say continually, Great is the Lord, who desireth the welfare of his servant.

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

⁹ They shall be fully satisfied with the fatness of thy house; And thou shalt cause them to drink of the full stream of thy delights.

¹⁰ For with thee is the fountain of life: In thy light we shall see light.

¹¹ Extend thy mercy to them that know thee; And thy righteousness to the upright in heart.

¹² Let not the foot of pride come against me, And let not the hand of sinners move me.

¹³ There have all the workers of iniquity fallen: They are cast out, and shall not be able to stand.

⁹ Then shall my soul rejoice in the LORD; It shall exult in his protection.

¹⁰ All my bones shall say, Who, O LORD! is like thee, Who dost rescue the afflicted from the oppressor, The afflicted and destitute from the spoiler?

¹¹ False witnesses have risen up; They charge me with that which has not entered my mind.

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

¹³ And yet I, during their sickness, clothed myself with sackcloth, And afflicted myself with fasting; And my prayer was turned to my bosom.

¹⁴ I behaved myself as if he had been my friend or brother; I bowed down in sadness, as one mourning for his mother.

¹⁵ But at my fall they rejoice, and gather themselves together; Revilers whom I know not assemble themselves against me; They tear me without ceasing.

¹⁶ With base men who mock for their bread, They gnash at me with their teeth.

¹⁷ How long, O LORD! wilt thou look on? O rescue my life from the destruction they plot for me; My precious life from these young lions!

¹⁸ I will thank thee in the great assembly! Before a numerous people I will praise thee.

¹⁹ Let not them that are my enemies wrongfully triumph over me; Let them not wink with the eye, who hate me without cause!

²⁰ For they speak not peace; They devise deceit against them that are quiet in the land.

²¹ Yea, they open their mouths wide against me; They say, “Aha, aha! our eyes seeth it.”

²² Thou seest it, O LORD! be not silent! O LORD! be not far from me!

²³ Arouse thyself; awake for my defence! My God and my Lord, awake to my cause!

²⁴ Judge me according to thy righteousness, O Jehovah, my God! Let them not triumph over me!

²⁵ Let them not say in their hearts, “Aha! we have our wish!” Let them not say, “We have swallowed him up!”

²⁶ May they all be confounded and brought to shame, Who rejoice at my calamity! May they be clothed with ignominy and disgrace, Who exalt themselves against me!

²⁷ Let them shout for joy, and be glad, Who favor my righteous cause; Let them ever say, “The LORD be praised, Who delighteth in the prosperity of his servant!”

²⁸ So shall my tongue speak of thy righteousness, And daily repeat thy praise.

⁹ Then I will exult in the Lord, and be joyful because of his help;

¹⁰ and all my being will say, “Who, O Lord, is like you, who save the helpless from those too strong for them, the poor and the helpless from those who despoil them?”

¹¹ Violent witnesses rise, and ask of me things that I know not.

¹² Evil for good they requite me, leaving me inwardly comfortless.

¹³ But when they were sick, I put on sackcloth, and chastened myself with fasting. I prayed with head bowed low,

¹⁴ as if for my friend or my brother. I went about bowed and in mourning, as one who laments his mother.

¹⁵ When I stumbled, they gleefully gathered, strangers gathered around me, and tore at me without ceasing,

¹⁶ impiously mocking and mocking, bearing their teeth at me.

¹⁷ How long, Lord, will you look on? Rescue me from their roaring, my precious life from the lions.

¹⁸ I will then give you thanks in the great congregation, and praise you before many people.

¹⁹ Suffer not those to rejoice over me who are falsely my foes, suffer not those who without cause abhor me to wink with the eye.

²⁰ For it is not peace that they speak of those who are quiet in the land; but treacherous charges they plot.

²¹ With wide open mouths they shout, “Hurrah! Hurrah! With our own eyes we saw it.”

²² But you have seen, too, O Lord, keep not silence, O Lord, be not far from me.

²³ Bestir you, awake, for my right my God, my Lord, for my cause.

²⁴ You are just, Lord: win for me justice, let them not rejoice over me,

²⁵ inwardly saying, “Hurrah! The desire of our hearts at last! Now we have swallowed him up.”

²⁶ Shame and confusion together on those who rejoice at my hurt! Clothed with shame and dishonour be those who are haughty to me!

²⁷ Let such as delight in my cause ring out their gladness, and say evermore, “Great is the Lord whose delight is the well-being of his servant.”

²⁸ Then my tongue will tell of your justice, and all the day long of your praise.

⁹ Then I will exult in the Lord, and be joyful because of his help;

¹⁰ and all my being will say, “Who, O Lord, is like you, who save the helpless from those too strong for them, the poor and the helpless from those who despoil them?”

¹¹ Violent witnesses rise, and ask of me things that I know not.

¹² Evil for good they requite me, leaving me inwardly comfortless.

¹³ But when they were sick, I put on sackcloth, and chastened myself with fasting. I prayed with head bowed low,

¹⁴ as if for my friend or my brother. I went about bowed and in mourning, as one who laments his mother.

¹⁵ When I stumbled, they gleefully gathered, strangers gathered around me, and tore at me without ceasing,

¹⁶ impiously mocking and mocking, bearing their teeth at me.

¹⁷ How long, Lord, will you look on? Rescue me from their roaring, my precious life from the lions.

¹⁸ I will then give you thanks in the great congregation, and praise you before many people.

¹⁹ Suffer not those to rejoice over me who are falsely my foes, suffer not those who without cause abhor me to wink with the eye.

²⁰ For it is not peace that they speak of those who are quiet in the land; but treacherous charges they plot.

²¹ With wide open mouths they shout, “Hurrah! Hurrah! With our own eyes we saw it.”

²² But you have seen, too, O Lord, keep not silence, O Lord, be not far from me.

²³ Bestir you, awake, for my right my God, my Lord, for my cause.

²⁴ You are just, Lord: win for me justice, let them not rejoice over me,

²⁵ inwardly saying, “Hurrah! The desire of our hearts at last! Now we have swallowed him up.”

²⁶ Shame and confusion together on those who rejoice at my hurt! Clothed with shame and dishonor be those who are haughty to me!

²⁷ Let such as delight in my cause ring out their gladness, and say evermore, “Great is the Lord whose delight is the well-being of his servant.”

²⁸ Then my tongue will tell of your justice, and all the day long of your praise.

⁹ My soul shall be joyful in Adonai . It shall rejoice in his yishu'ah ·salvation·.

¹⁰ All my bones shall say, “Adonai , who is like you, who delivers the poor from him who is too strong for him; yes, the poor and the needy from him who robs him?”

¹¹ Malicious witnesses come forward. They ask me about things about which I know nothing.

¹² They reward me evil for good, to the bereaving of my soul.

¹³ But as for me, when they were sick, my clothing was sackcloth. I afflicted my soul with fasting. My prayer teshuvah ·completely returned· into my own bosom.

¹⁴ I behaved myself as though it had been my friend or my brother. I bowed down mourning, as one who mourns his mother.

¹⁵ But in my adversity, they rejoiced, and gathered themselves together. The attackers gathered themselves together against me, and I didn’t know it. They tore at me, and didn’t cease.

¹⁶ Like the profane mockers in feasts, they gnashed their teeth at me.

¹⁷ Lord, how long will you look on? Rescue my soul from their destruction, my precious life from the lions.

¹⁸ I will yadah ·extend hands in thankful praise· to you in the great assembly. I will praise you among many people.

¹⁹ Don’t let those who are my enemies wrongfully rejoice over me; neither let those who hate me without a cause wink their eyes.

²⁰ For they don’t speak peace, but they devise deceitful words against those who are quiet in the land.

²¹ Yes, they opened their mouth wide against me. They said, “Aha! Aha! Our eye has seen it!”

²² You have seen it, Adonai . Don’t keep silent. Lord, don’t be far from me.

²³ Wake up! Rise up to my mishpat ·justice· me, my God! My Lord, contend for me!

²⁴ Vindicate me, Adonai my God, according to your righteousness. Don’t let them gloat over me.

²⁵ Don’t let them say in their heart, “Aha! That’s the way we want it!” Don’t let them say, “We have swallowed him up!”

²⁶ Let them be disappointed and confounded together who rejoice at my calamity. Let them be clothed with shame and dishonor who magnify themselves against me.

²⁷ Let them shout for joy and be glad, who favor my upright cause. Yes, let them say continually, “Adonai be magnified, who has pleasure in the prosperity of his servant!”

²⁸ My tongue shall talk about your righteousness and about your tehilah ·praise song· all day long.

⁹ But I will be joyful in Yahweh and rejoice in his salvation.

¹⁰ All my bones will say, “Yahweh, who is like you, who rescues the oppressed from those who are too strong for them and the poor and needy from those who try to rob them?”

¹¹ Unrighteous witnesses rise up; they accuse me falsely.

¹² They repay me evil for good. I am sorrowful.

¹³ But, when they were sick, I wore sackcloth; I fasted for them with my head bowed on my chest.

¹⁴ I went about in grief as for my brother; I bent down in mourning as for my mother.

¹⁵ But when I stumbled, they rejoiced and gathered together; they gathered together against me, and I was surprised by them. They tore at me without stopping.

¹⁶ With no respect at all they mocked me; they grind their teeth at me in rage.

¹⁷ Lord, how long will you look on? Rescue my soul from their destructive attacks, my life from the lions.

¹⁸ Then I will thank you in the great assembly; I will praise you among many people.

¹⁹ Do not let my deceitful enemies rejoice over me; do not let them carry out their wicked schemes.

²⁰ For they do not speak peace, but they devise deceitful words against those in our land who live in peace.

²¹ They open their mouths wide against me; they said, “Aha, Aha, our eyes have seen it.”

²² You have seen it, Yahweh, do not be silent; Lord, do not be far from me.

²³ Arouse yourself and awake to my defense; My God and my Lord, defend my cause.

²⁴ Defend me, Yahweh my God, because of your righteousness; do not let them rejoice over me.

²⁵ Do not let them say in their heart, “Aha, we have what we wanted.” Do not let them say, “We have devoured him.”

²⁶ May they be put to shame and may they be confounded who rejoice at my distress. May those who exalt themselves over me be clothed with shame and dishonor.

²⁷ Let those who desire my vindication shout for joy and be glad; may they say continually, “Yahweh be praised, he who delights in the welfare of his servant.”

²⁸ Then I will tell of your justice and praise you all day long.

⁹ My soul shall be joyful in Yahweh. It shall rejoice in his salvation.

¹⁰ All my bones shall say, “Yahweh, who is like you, who delivers the poor from him who is too strong for him; yes, the poor and the needy from him who robs him?”

¹¹ Unrighteous witnesses rise up. They ask me about things that I don’t know about.

¹² They reward me evil for good, to the bereaving of my soul.

¹³ But as for me, when they were sick, my clothing was sackcloth. I afflicted my soul with fasting. My prayer returned into my own bosom.

¹⁴ I behaved myself as though it had been my friend or my brother. I bowed down mourning, as one who mourns his mother.

¹⁵ But in my adversity, they rejoiced, and gathered themselves together. The attackers gathered themselves together against me, and I didn’t know it. They tore at me, and didn’t cease.

¹⁶ Like the profane mockers in feasts, they gnashed their teeth at me.

¹⁷ Lord, how long will you look on? Rescue my soul from their destruction, my precious life from the lions.

¹⁸ I will give you thanks in the great assembly. I will praise you among many people.

¹⁹ Don’t let those who are my enemies wrongfully rejoice over me; neither let those who hate me without a cause wink their eyes.

²⁰ For they don’t speak peace, but they devise deceitful words against those who are quiet in the land.

²¹ Yes, they opened their mouth wide against me. They said, “Aha! Aha! Our eye has seen it!”

²² You have seen it, Yahweh. Don’t keep silent. Lord, don’t be far from me.

²³ Wake up! Rise up to defend me, my God! My Lord, contend for me!

²⁴ Vindicate me, Yahweh my God, according to your righteousness. Don’t let them gloat over me.

²⁵ Don’t let them say in their heart, “Aha! That’s the way we want it!” Don’t let them say, “We have swallowed him up!”

²⁶ Let them be disappointed and confounded together who rejoice at my calamity. Let them be clothed with shame and dishonor who magnify themselves against me.

²⁷ Let those who favor my righteous cause shout for joy and be glad. Yes, let them say continually, “May Yahweh be magnified, who has pleasure in the prosperity of his servant!”

²⁸ My tongue shall talk about your righteousness and about your praise all day long.

⁹ My soul shall be joyful in the LORD. It shall rejoice in his salvation.

¹⁰ All my bones shall say, “LORD, who is like you, who delivers the poor from him who is too strong for him; yes, the poor and the needy from him who robs him?”

¹¹ Unrighteous witnesses rise up. They ask me about things that I don’t know about.

¹² They reward me evil for good, to the bereaving of my soul.

¹³ But as for me, when they were sick, my clothing was sackcloth. I afflicted my soul with fasting. My prayer returned into my own bosom.

¹⁴ I behaved myself as though it had been my friend or my brother. I bowed down mourning, as one who mourns his mother.

¹⁵ But in my adversity, they rejoiced, and gathered themselves together. The attackers gathered themselves together against me, and I didn’t know it. They tore at me, and didn’t cease.

¹⁶ Like the profane mockers in feasts, they gnashed their teeth at me.

¹⁷ Lord, how long will you look on? Rescue my soul from their destruction, my precious life from the lions.

¹⁸ I will give you thanks in the great assembly. I will praise you amongst many people.

¹⁹ Don’t let those who are my enemies wrongfully rejoice over me; neither let those who hate me without a cause wink their eyes.

²⁰ For they don’t speak peace, but they devise deceitful words against those who are quiet in the land.

²¹ Yes, they opened their mouth wide against me. They said, “Aha! Aha! Our eye has seen it!”

²² You have seen it, LORD. Don’t keep silent. Lord, don’t be far from me.

²³ Wake up! Rise up to defend me, my God! My Lord, contend for me!

²⁴ Vindicate me, LORD my God, according to your righteousness. Don’t let them gloat over me.

²⁵ Don’t let them say in their heart, “Aha! That’s the way we want it!” Don’t let them say, “We have swallowed him up!”

²⁶ Let them be disappointed and confounded together who rejoice at my calamity. Let them be clothed with shame and dishonour who magnify themselves against me.

²⁷ Let those who favour my righteous cause shout for joy and be glad. Yes, let them say continually, “May The LORD be magnified, who has pleasure in the prosperity of his servant!”

²⁸ My tongue shall talk about your righteousness and about your praise all day long.

⁹ And my soul shall be joyful in the LORD: it shall rejoice in his salvation.

¹⁰ All my bones shall say, LORD, who is like thee, who deliverest the poor from him that is too strong for him, even the poor and the needy from him that spoileth him?

¹¹ False witnesses arose; they laid to my charge things that I knew not.

¹² They rewarded me evil for good to the spoiling of my soul.

¹³ But as for me, when they were sick, my clothing was sackcloth: I humbled my soul with fasting; and my prayer returned into my own bosom.

¹⁴ I behaved myself as though he had been my friend or brother: I bowed down heavily, as one that mourneth for his mother.

¹⁵ But in my adversity they rejoiced, and assembled themselves: yes , the abjects assembled themselves against me, and I knew it not; they did tear me , and ceased not:

¹⁶ With hypocritical mockers in feasts, they gnashed upon me with their teeth.

¹⁷ LORD, how long wilt thou look on? rescue my soul from their destructions, my darling from the lions.

¹⁸ I will give thee thanks in the great congregation: I will praise thee among many people.

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

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

²¹ Yes, they opened their mouth wide against me, and said, Aha, aha, our eye hath seen it .

²² This thou hast seen, O LORD: keep not silence: O LORD, be not far from me.

²³ Stir up thyself, and awake to my judgment, even to my cause, my God and my LORD.

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

²⁵ Let them not say in their hearts, Ah, so would we have it: let them not say, We have swallowed him up.

²⁶ Let them be ashamed and brought to confusion together that rejoice at my hurt: let them be clothed with shame and dishonor that magnify themselves against me.

²⁷ Let them shout for joy, and be glad, that favor my righteous cause: yes, let them say continually, Let the LORD be magnified, who hath pleasure in the prosperity of his servant.

²⁸ And my tongue shall speak of thy righteousness and of thy praise all the day long.

⁹ My soul shall be joyful in the LORD. It shall rejoice in his salvation.

¹⁰ All my bones shall say, “LORD, who is like you, who delivers the poor from him who is too strong for him; yes, the poor and the needy from him who robs him?”

¹¹ Unrighteous witnesses rise up. They ask me about things that I don’t know about.

¹² They reward me evil for good, to the bereaving of my soul.

¹³ But as for me, when they were sick, my clothing was sackcloth. I afflicted my soul with fasting. My prayer returned into my own bosom.

¹⁴ I behaved myself as though it had been my friend or my brother. I bowed down mourning, as one who mourns his mother.

¹⁵ But in my adversity, they rejoiced, and gathered themselves together. The attackers gathered themselves together against me, and I didn’t know it. They tore at me, and didn’t cease.

¹⁶ Like the profane mockers in feasts, they gnashed their teeth at me.

¹⁷ Lord, how long will you look on? Rescue my soul from their destruction, my precious life from the lions.

¹⁸ I will give you thanks in the great assembly. I will praise you among many people.

¹⁹ Don’t let those who are my enemies wrongfully rejoice over me; neither let those who hate me without a cause wink their eyes.

²⁰ For they don’t speak peace, but they devise deceitful words against those who are quiet in the land.

²¹ Yes, they opened their mouth wide against me. They said, “Aha! Aha! Our eye has seen it!”

²² You have seen it, LORD. Don’t keep silent. Lord, don’t be far from me.

²³ Wake up! Rise up to defend me, my God! My Lord, contend for me!

²⁴ Vindicate me, LORD my God, according to your righteousness. Don’t let them gloat over me.

²⁵ Don’t let them say in their heart, “Aha! That’s the way we want it!” Don’t let them say, “We have swallowed him up!”

²⁶ Let them be disappointed and confounded together who rejoice at my calamity. Let them be clothed with shame and dishonor who magnify themselves against me.

²⁷ Let those who favor my righteous cause shout for joy and be glad. Yes, let them say continually, “May The LORD be magnified, who has pleasure in the prosperity of his servant!”

²⁸ My tongue shall talk about your righteousness and about your praise all day long.

⁹ My soul shall be joyful in the LORD. It shall rejoice in his salvation.

¹⁰ All my bones shall say, “LORD, who is like you, who delivers the poor from him who is too strong for him; yes, the poor and the needy from him who robs him?”

¹¹ Unrighteous witnesses rise up. They ask me about things that I don’t know about.

¹² They reward me evil for good, to the bereaving of my soul.

¹³ But as for me, when they were sick, my clothing was sackcloth. I afflicted my soul with fasting. My prayer returned into my own bosom.

¹⁴ I behaved myself as though it had been my friend or my brother. I bowed down mourning, as one who mourns his mother.

¹⁵ But in my adversity, they rejoiced, and gathered themselves together. The attackers gathered themselves together against me, and I didn’t know it. They tore at me, and didn’t cease.

¹⁶ Like the profane mockers in feasts, they gnashed their teeth at me.

¹⁷ Lord, how long will you look on? Rescue my soul from their destruction, my precious life from the lions.

¹⁸ I will give you thanks in the great assembly. I will praise you amongst many people.

¹⁹ Don’t let those who are my enemies wrongfully rejoice over me; neither let those who hate me without a cause wink their eyes.

²⁰ For they don’t speak peace, but they devise deceitful words against those who are quiet in the land.

²¹ Yes, they opened their mouth wide against me. They said, “Aha! Aha! Our eye has seen it!”

²² You have seen it, LORD. Don’t keep silent. Lord, don’t be far from me.

²³ Wake up! Rise up to defend me, my God! My Lord, contend for me!

²⁴ Vindicate me, LORD my God, according to your righteousness. Don’t let them gloat over me.

²⁵ Don’t let them say in their heart, “Aha! That’s the way we want it!” Don’t let them say, “We have swallowed him up!”

²⁶ Let them be disappointed and confounded together who rejoice at my calamity. Let them be clothed with shame and dishonour who magnify themselves against me.

²⁷ Let those who favour my righteous cause shout for joy and be glad. Yes, let them say continually, “May The LORD be magnified, who has pleasure in the prosperity of his servant!”

²⁸ My tongue shall talk about your righteousness and about your praise all day long.

⁹ But my soul shall fully have joy in the Lord; and shall delight on his health.

¹⁰ All my bones shall say, Lord, who is like thee? Thou deliverest a poor man from the hand of his stronger; a needy man and poor from them that diversely ravish him.

¹¹ Wicked witnesses rising asked me things, which I knew not.

¹² They yielded to me evils for goods; barrenness to my soul.

¹³ But when they were dis-easeful to me; I was clothed in an hair-shirt. I meeked my soul in fasting; and my prayer shall be turned into my bosom.

¹⁴ I pleased so as our neighbour, as our brother; I was made meek, so as mourning and sorrowful.

¹⁵ And they were glad, and came together against me; torments were gathered on me, and I knew it not. They were scattered, and not compunct;

¹⁶ they tempted me, they scorned me with mocking, they gnashed on me with their teeth.

¹⁷ Lord, when thou shalt behold, restore thou my soul from the wicked-ness of them; mine one alone from lions.

¹⁸ I shall acknowledge to thee in a great church; I shall praise thee in a firm people.

¹⁹ They that be adversaries wickedly to me, have not joy on me; that hate me without cause, and beckon with eyes.

²⁰ For soothly they spake not peace-ably to me; and they speaking in wrath-fulness of the earth, thought guiles.

²¹ And they made large their mouth on me; they said, Well, well! our eyes have seen.

²² Lord, thou hast seen, be thou not still; Lord, depart thou not from me.

²³ Rise up, and give attention to my doom; my God and my Lord, behold into my cause.

²⁴ My Lord God, deem thou me by thy rightfulness or rightwiseness; and have they not joy on me.

²⁵ Say they not in their hearts, Well, well, to our soul; neither say they, We shall devour him.

²⁶ Shame they, and dread they together; that joy for mine evils. Be they clothed with shame and dread; that speak evil things on me.

²⁷ Have they full joy, and be they glad, that will or desire my rightful-ness or rightwiseness; and say they evermore, The Lord be magnified, which desire the peace of his servant.

²⁸ And my tongue shall bethink thy rightfulness or rightwiseness; all day thy praising.

⁹ But my soul shall fully have joy in the Lord; and shall delight on his health. (But my soul shall have full out joy, or shall rejoice, in the Lord; and it shall delight in his salvation, or in his deliverance.)

¹⁰ All my bones shall say, Lord, who is like thee? Thou deliverest a poor man from the hand of his stronger; a needy man and poor from them that diversely ravish him. (All my bones said, Lord, who is like thee? Thou rescuest the poor from the hands of those who be stronger; yea, the poor and the needy from those who oppress them.)

¹¹ Wicked witnesses rising (up) asked me things, which I knew not.

¹² They yielded to me evils for goods; barrenness to my soul. (They gave me evil for good; making my soul barren.)

¹³ But when they were dis-easeful to me; I was clothed in an hair-shirt. I meeked my soul in fasting; and my prayer shall be turned (again) into my bosom. (But yet when they were sick; I was clothed in a hair-shirt. I humbled myself with fasting; and I prayed to the Lord for them.)

¹⁴ I pleased so as our neighbour, as our brother; I was made meek, so as mourning and sorrowful. (I went around, like he was my neighbour, or my brother; I was humbled, like one mourning and sorrowful for his own mother.)

¹⁵ And they were glad, and came together against me; torments were gathered on me, and I knew it not. They were scattered, and not compunct; (But when I was in torment, they were glad, and came together against me; yea, they were gathered together against me, and I knew not why. They tore me apart, and would not stop;)

¹⁶ they tempted me, they scorned me with mocking, they gnashed on me with their teeth.

¹⁷ Lord, when thou shalt behold, restore thou my soul from the wickedness of them; mine one alone from lions. (Lord, how long shalt thou but look at me? rescue thou me from their wicked assailings, yea, save my life from these lions.)

¹⁸ I shall acknowledge to thee in a great church; I shall praise thee in a firm people. (I shall give thanks to thee in the great congregation; I shall praise thee before many people.)

¹⁹ They that be adversaries wickedly to me, have not joy on me; that hate me without cause, and beckon with eyes. (Let not those who be my adversaries wickedly have joy over me; let not those who hate me for no reason, leer at me with delight.)

²⁰ For soothly they spake (not) peaceably to me; and they speaking in wrathfulness of the earth, thought guiles. (For they do not speak peacefully; but they tell forth all kinds of lies, against those, who live quietly upon the earth.)

²¹ And they made large their mouth on me; they said, Well, well! our eyes have seen. (And they opened their mouths wide against me; and they said, Well, well! now our eyes have seen it all!)

²² Lord, thou hast seen, be thou not still; Lord, depart thou not from me. (Lord, thou hast seen all of this, so keep thou not silent; Lord, go thou not away from me.)

²³ Rise up, and give attention to my doom; my God and my Lord, behold into my cause. (Rise up, and give me justice; my God and my Lord, (please plead) my case!)

²⁴ My Lord God, deem thou me by thy rightfulness; and have they not joy on me. (My Lord God, judge thou me by thy righteousness; and do not let them have joy over me.)

²⁵ Say they not in their hearts, Well, well, to our soul; neither say they, We shall devour him. (Let them not say in their hearts, Well, well; nor let them say, We have devoured him!)

²⁶ Shame they, and dread they together; that joy for mine evils. Be they clothed with shame and dread; that speak evil things on me. (Let them all be ashamed, and fearful; who take joy over my suffering. Let them be clothed with shame and fear; who speak evil against me.)

²⁷ Have they full joy, and be they glad, that will my rightfulness; and say they evermore, The Lord be magnified, which desire the peace of his servant. (Have they full out joy,or rejoice, and be they glad, who desire my vindication; and let them say forevermore, The Lord be magnified, who delighteth in his servant’s prosperity.)

²⁸ And my tongue shall bethink thy rightfulness; all day thy praising. (And my tongue shall speak of thy righteousness, or thy justice, and thy praises; all day long.)

⁹ And my soul is joyful in Jehovah, It rejoiceth in His salvation.

¹⁰ All my bones say, 'Jehovah, who is like Thee, Delivering the poor from the stronger than he, And the poor and needy from his plunderer.'

¹¹ Violent witnesses rise up, That which I have not known they ask me.

¹² They pay me evil for good, bereaving my soul,

¹³ And I — in their sickness my clothing is sackcloth, I have humbled with fastings my soul, And my prayer unto my bosom returneth.

¹⁴ As if a friend, as if my brother, I walked habitually, As a mourner for a mother, Mourning I have bowed down.

¹⁵ And — in my halting they have rejoiced, And have been gathered together, Gathered against me were the smiters, And I have not known, They have rent, and they have not ceased;

¹⁶ With profane ones, mockers in feasts, Gnashing against me their teeth.

¹⁷ Lord, how long dost thou behold? Keep back my soul from their desolations, From young lions my only one.

¹⁸ I thank Thee in a great assembly, Among a mighty people I praise Thee.

¹⁹ Mine enemies rejoice not over me with falsehood, Those hating me without cause wink the eye.

²⁰ For they speak not peace, And against the quiet of the land, Deceitful words they devise,

²¹ And they enlarge against me their mouth, They said, 'Aha, aha, our eye hath seen.'

²² Thou hast seen, O Jehovah, Be not silent, O Lord — be not far from me,

²³ Stir up, and wake to my judgment, My God, and my Lord, to my plea.

²⁴ Judge me according to Thy righteousness, O Jehovah my God, And they do not rejoice over me.

²⁵ They do not say in their heart, 'Aha, our desire.' They do not say, 'We swallowed him up.'

²⁶ They are ashamed and confounded together, Who are rejoicing at my evil. They put on shame and confusion, Who are magnifying themselves against me.

²⁷ They sing and rejoice, who are desiring my righteousness, And they say continually, 'Jehovah is magnified, Who is desiring the peace of His servant.'

²⁸ And my tongue uttereth Thy righteousness, All the day Thy praise!