Psa 12, Psa 35 | ESV | STEP | To the choirmaster : according to The Sheminith . A Psalm of David . Save , O Lord , for the godly one is gone ; for the faithful have vanished from among the children of man .

1 Save, O Lord, for ^bthe godly one is gone;
for the faithful have vanished from among the children of man.
2 Everyone ^cutters lies to his neighbor;
with ^dflattering lips and ^ea double heart they speak.
3 May the Lord cut off all ^fflattering lips,
the tongue that makes ^ggreat boasts,
4 those who say, “With our tongue we will prevail,
our lips are with us; who is master over us?”
5 “Because ^hthe poor are plundered, because the needy groan,
ⁱI will now arise,” says the Lord;
“I will place him in the ^jsafety for which he longs.”
6 ^kThe words of the Lord are pure words,
like silver refined in a furnace on the ground,
purified seven times.
7 You, O Lord, will keep them;
you will guard us ^{▼▼Or guard him} from this generation forever.
8 On every side the wicked prowl,
as vileness is exalted among the children of man.

Psalms 35

Great Is the Lord

Of David.

1 Contend, O Lord, with those who ^mcontend with me;
ⁿfight against those who fight against me!
2 Take hold of ^oshield and buckler
and rise for my help!
3 Draw the spear and javelin ^{▼▼Or and close the way}
against my pursuers!
Say to my soul,
“I am your salvation!”
4 ^qLet them be ^rput to shame and dishonor
who seek after my life!
Let them be ^sturned back and disappointed
who devise evil against me!
5 Let them be like ^tchaff before the wind,
with the angel of the Lord driving them away!
6 Let their way be dark and ^uslippery,
with the angel of the Lord pursuing them!
7 For ^vwithout cause ^wthey hid their net for me;
without cause they dug ^xa pit for my life. ^{▼▼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 ^zdestruction come upon him ^aawhen 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,
^abexulting in his salvation.
10 All my ^acbones shall say,
“O Lord, ^adwho is like you,
delivering the poor
from him who is too strong for him,
the poor and needy from him who robs him?”
11 ^aeMalicious ^{▼▼Or Violent} witnesses rise up;
they ask me of things that I do not know.
12 ^agThey repay me evil for good;
my soul is bereft. ^{▼▼Hebrew it is bereavement to my soul}
13 But I, ^aiwhen they were sick—
I ^ajwore sackcloth;
I ^akafflicted myself with fasting;
I prayed ^alwith head bowed ^{▼▼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 ^anbowed down in mourning.
15 But at my stumbling they rejoiced and gathered;
they gathered together against me;
^aowretches whom I did not know
tore at me without ceasing;
16 like profane mockers at a feast, ^{▼▼The meaning of the Hebrew phrase is uncertain}
they ^aqgnash at me with their teeth.
17 How long, O Lord, will you ^arlook on?
Rescue me from their destruction,
^asmy precious life from the lions!
18 I will thank you in ^atthe great congregation;
in the mighty throng I will praise you.
19 ^auLet not those rejoice over me
who are ^avwrongfully my foes,
and let not those ^awwink the eye
who ^axhate me ^aywithout cause.
20 For they do not speak peace,
but against those who are quiet in the land
they devise words of deceit.
21 They ^azopen wide their mouths against me;
they say, ^ba“Aha, Aha!
Our eyes have seen it!”
22 ^bbYou have seen, O Lord; ^bcbe not silent!
O Lord, ^bdbe not far from me!
23 Awake and ^berouse yourself for ^bfmy vindication,
for my cause, my God and my Lord!
24 ^bgVindicate me, O Lord, my God,
according to your righteousness,
and ^bhlet them not rejoice over me!
25 Let them not say in their hearts,
^bi“Aha, our heart’s desire!”
Let them not say, ^bj“We have swallowed him up.”
26 Let them be ^bkput to shame and disappointed altogether
who rejoice at my calamity!
Let them be ^blclothed with shame and dishonor
who ^bmmagnify themselves against me!
27 Let those who delight in my righteousness
shout for joy and be glad
^bnand say evermore,
^bo“Great is the Lord,
who ^bpdelights in the welfare of his servant!”
28 Then my ^bqtongue shall tell of your righteousness
and of your praise all the day long.

Psalms 12

The Faithful Have Vanished

To the choirmaster: according to The Sheminith. ▼▼Probably a musical or liturgical term A Psalm of David.

Psalms 35

Great Is the Lord

Of David.

To the choirmaster: according to The Sheminith. ^{▼▼Probably a musical or liturgical term} A Psalm of David.