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    Shield me and help me.
Aim your spear at everyone
who hunts me down,
    but promise to save me.

Let all who want to kill me
be disgraced
    and put to shame.
Chase away and confuse
    all who plan to harm me.

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Take up shield(A) and armor;
    arise(B) and come to my aid.(C)
Brandish spear(D) and javelin[a](E)
    against those who pursue me.
Say to me,
    “I am your salvation.(F)

May those who seek my life(G)
    be disgraced(H) and put to shame;(I)
may those who plot my ruin
    be turned back(J) in dismay.

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 35:3 Or and block the way