Of David.{HR}Strive, O Jehovah, with mine adversaries;{HR}Fight with those that fight against me.
Take hold of shield and buckler and arise for my help,
And draw out the spear, and shut [the way] against my pursuers;{HR}Say unto my soul, I [am] thy salvation.
They shall be ashamed and put to shame who seek after my soul;{HR}They shall be driven backward and confounded who devise my hurt.
They shall be as chaff before the wind,{HR}And the angel of Jehovah overthrowing [them].
Their way shall be darkness and slippery places;{HR}And the angel of Jehovah pursuing them.
For without cause they have hidden a pit for me, their net;{HR}Without cause they have dug a pit for my soul.
Destruction shall come upon him, he shall not know;{HR}And his net which he hid shall catch him;{HR}Into destruction shall he fall in it.
And my soul shall rejoice in Jehovah,{HR}And shall be joyful in his salvation.
All my bones shall say, O Jehovah, who is like unto thee?{HR}Delivering the poor from him that is stronger than he,{HR}And the poor and needy from him that spoileth him.
False witnesses rise up; they ask me that which I have not known.
They requite me evil instead of good [to the] bereaving of my soul.
But as for me, when they were sick, my garment [was] sackcloth:{HR}I humbled my soul with fasting; and my prayer returneth into my bosom.
As if [he were] a neighbour, as if a brother to me,{HR}I have acted; like the mourning of a mother, mourning, I bowed down.
But in my halting they rejoiced and were gathered together;{HR}The slanderers were gathered together against me,{HR}And I knew it not; they reviled and were not silent,
With profane mockers [in] a feast, gnashing upon me [with] their teeth.
O Lord, how long wilt thou behold?{HR}Restore my soul from their destructions,{HR}Mine only one from the young lions.
I will praise thee in the great congregation;{HR}Among a strong people I will sing praise unto thee.
Let not mine enemies rejoice over me falsely;{HR}My haters without cause wink the eye.
For they speak not peace,{HR}But they devise deceitful words against the quiet ones of the earth.
And they open wide their mouth upon me;{HR}They have said, Aha, aha, our eye hath seen.
Thou hast seen, O Jehovah;{HR}Keep not silent, O Lord, be not far from me.
Awake up and arise for my judgment,{HR}My God and my Lord, for my cause.
Judge me according to thy righteousness,{HR}O Jehovah my God,{HR}And let them not rejoice over me.
Let them not say in their heart, Aha, our soul!{HR}Let them not say, We have swallowed him up.
They shall be ashamed and confounded together who rejoice at my hurt;{HR}They shall be clothed with shame and reproach who magnify themselves against me.
They shall shout for joy and rejoice who delight in my righteousness,{HR}And they shall say continually, Let Jehovah be magnified,{HR}who delighteth in the peace of his servant.
And my tongue shall celebrate thy righteousness,{HR}Thy praise, all the day.