Psalm 35:17-28

English Standard Version

¹⁷How long, O Lord, will you ^(A)look on?
    Rescue me from their destruction,
    ^(B)my precious life from the lions!
¹⁸I will thank you in ^(C)the great congregation;
    in the mighty throng I will praise you.

¹⁹^(D)Let not those rejoice over me
    who are ^(E)wrongfully my foes,
and let not those ^(F)wink the eye
    who ^(G)hate me ^(H)without cause.
²⁰For they do not speak peace,
    but against those who are quiet in the land
    they devise words of deceit.
²¹They ^(I)open wide their mouths against me;
    they say, ^(J)“Aha, Aha!
    Our eyes have seen it!”

²²^(K)You have seen, O Lord; ^(L)be not silent!
    O Lord, ^(M)be not far from me!
²³Awake and ^(N)rouse yourself for ^(O)my vindication,
    for my cause, my God and my Lord!
²⁴^(P)Vindicate me, O Lord, my God,
    according to your righteousness,
    and ^(Q)let them not rejoice over me!
²⁵Let them not say in their hearts,
    ^(R)“Aha, our heart's desire!”
Let them not say, ^(S)“We have swallowed him up.”

²⁶Let them be ^(T)put to shame and disappointed altogether
who rejoice at my calamity!
Let them be ^(U)clothed with shame and dishonor
who ^(V)magnify themselves against me!

²⁷Let those who delight in my righteousness
    shout for joy and be glad
    ^(W)and say evermore,
^(X)“Great is the Lord,
    who ^(Y)delights in the welfare of his servant!”
²⁸Then my ^(Z)tongue shall tell of your righteousness
    and of your praise all the day long.