Psalm of David.
1 Dispute, O Jehovah, with those who contend with me;
Fight against those who fight me.
2 Take hold of the shield and the pavés,
And stand up in my help.
3 Pull out the spear, close against my persecutors;
Say to my soul: I am your salvation.
4 Let those who seek my life be ashamed and confounded;
Be turned back and ashamed those that my evil try.
5 Let them be like chaff before the wind,
And the angel of the Lord harasses them.
6 Let your road be dark and slippery,
And the angel of the Lord persecutes them.
7 For without cause they hid their net for me in a pit;
Without a cause they dug a pit for my soul.
8 Let him be broken without knowing it,
And the network that he hid locks him up;
With brokenness fall into it.
9 Then my soul rejoices in Jehovah;
He will rejoice in his salvation.
10 All my bones shall say, Jehovah, who is like you,
That pounds the afflicted from the stronger than he,
And the poor and needy of the one who strips him?
11 Evil witnesses arise;
Of what I do not know, they ask me;
12 They repay me badly for good,
To afflict my soul.
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