Psalm 35:11-37:13

English Standard Version

^11 (A)Malicious^[a] witnesses rise up;
    they ask me of things that I do not know.
^12 (B)They repay me evil for good;
    my soul is bereft.^[b]
13 But I, ^(C)when they were sick—
    I ^(D)wore sackcloth;
    I ^(E)afflicted myself with fasting;
I prayed ^(F)with head bowed^[c] on my chest.
¹⁴     I went about as though I grieved for my friend or my brother;
as one who laments his mother,
    I ^(G)bowed down in mourning.

¹⁵ But at my stumbling they rejoiced and gathered;
    they gathered together against me;
^(H)wretches whom I did not know
    tore at me without ceasing;
¹⁶ like profane mockers at a feast,^[d]
    they ^(I)gnash at me with their teeth.

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

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

^22 (T)You have seen, O Lord; ^(U)be not silent!
    O Lord, ^(V)be not far from me!
²³ Awake and ^(W)rouse yourself for ^(X)my vindication,
    for my cause, my God and my Lord!
^24 (Y)Vindicate me, O Lord, my God,
    according to your righteousness,
    and ^(Z)let them not rejoice over me!
²⁵ Let them not say in their hearts,
    ^(AA)“Aha, our heart's desire!”
Let them not say, ^(AB)“We have swallowed him up.”

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

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

⁵ Your steadfast love, O Lord, extends to the heavens,
    your faithfulness to the clouds.
^6 (AS)Your righteousness is like the mountains of God;
    ^(AT)your judgments are like the great deep;
    man and beast you ^(AU)save, O Lord.

^7 (AV)How precious is your steadfast love, O God!
    The children of mankind take refuge ^(AW)in the shadow of your wings.
⁸ They feast on ^(AX)the abundance of your house,
    and you give them drink from ^(AY)the river of ^(AZ)your delights.
⁹ For with you is ^(BA)the fountain of life;
    ^(BB)in your light do we see light.

¹⁰ Oh, continue your steadfast love to those who ^(BC)know you,
    and your righteousness to ^(BD)the upright of heart!
¹¹ Let not the foot of arrogance come upon me,
    nor the hand of the wicked drive me away.
¹² There ^(BE)the evildoers lie fallen;
    they are thrust down, ^(BF)unable to rise.

^3 (BL)Trust in the Lord, and do good;
    ^(BM)dwell in the land and befriend faithfulness.^[g]
4 (BN)Delight yourself in the Lord,
    and he will ^(BO)give you the desires of your heart.

^5 (BP)Commit your way to the Lord;
    ^(BQ)trust in him, and he will act.
^6 (BR)He will bring forth your righteousness as the light,
    and your justice as ^(BS)the noonday.

^7 (BT)Be still before the Lord and wait patiently for him;
    ^(BU)fret not yourself over the one who ^(BV)prospers in his way,
    over the man who carries out evil devices!

^8 (BW)Refrain from anger, and forsake wrath!
    ^(BX)Fret not yourself; it tends only to evil.
^9 (BY)For the evildoers shall be cut off,
    but those who wait for the Lord shall ^(BZ)inherit the land.

¹⁰ In ^(CA)just a little while, the wicked will be no more;
    though you look carefully at ^(CB)his place, he will not be there.
¹¹ But ^(CC)the meek shall inherit the land
    and delight themselves in ^(CD)abundant peace.

¹² The wicked ^(CE)plots against the righteous
    and ^(CF)gnashes his teeth at him,
¹³ but the Lord ^(CG)laughs at the wicked,
    for he sees that his ^(CH)day is coming.