Psalm 35:2-4
English Standard Version
2 Take hold of (A)shield and buckler
and rise for my help!
3 Draw the spear and javelin[a]
against my pursuers!
Say to my soul,
“I am your salvation!”
4 (B)Let them be (C)put to shame and dishonor
who seek after my life!
Let them be (D)turned back and disappointed
who devise evil against me!
Footnotes
- Psalm 35:3 Or and close the way
Psalm 35:2-4
King James Version
2 Take hold of shield and buckler, and stand up for mine help.
3 Draw out also the spear, and stop the way against them that persecute me: say unto my soul, I am thy salvation.
4 Let them be confounded and put to shame that seek after my soul: let them be turned back and brought to confusion that devise my hurt.
Read full chapter
Psalm 35:2-4
New American Standard Bible
2 Take hold of [a](A)buckler and shield
And rise up as (B)my help.
3 Draw also the spear and [b]the battle-axe to meet those who pursue me;
Say to my soul, “I am (C)your salvation.”
4 Let those be (D)ashamed and dishonored who seek my [c]life;
Let those be (E)turned back and humiliated who devise evil against me.
Footnotes
- Psalm 35:2 I.e., small shield
- Psalm 35:3 Or close up the path against those
- Psalm 35:4 Or soul
The ESV® Bible (The Holy Bible, English Standard Version®), © 2001 by Crossway, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers. ESV Text Edition: 2025.
New American Standard Bible®, Copyright © 1960, 1971, 1977, 1995, 2020 by The Lockman Foundation. All rights reserved.
