Psa 35:1-10 | ESV | STEP | Of David . Contend , O Lord , with those who contend with me; fight against those who fight against me!

Psalms 35:1-10

Great Is the Lord

Of David.

1 Contend, O Lord, with those who ^acontend with me;
^bfight against those who fight against me!
2 Take hold of ^cshield 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 ^eLet them be ^fput to shame and dishonor
who seek after my life!
Let them be ^gturned back and disappointed
who devise evil against me!
5 Let them be like ^hchaff before the wind,
with the angel of the Lord driving them away!
6 Let their way be dark and ⁱslippery,
with the angel of the Lord pursuing them!
7 For ^jwithout cause ^kthey hid their net for me;
without cause they dug ^la 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 ⁿdestruction come upon him ^owhen 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,
^pexulting in his salvation.
10 All my ^qbones shall say,
“O Lord, ^rwho is like you,
delivering the poor
from him who is too strong for him,
the poor and needy from him who robs him?”