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Psalms 35

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1Of David. Contend with my opponents, O LORD; fight against those who fight against me. ✦ 2Take up Your shield and buckler; arise and come to my aid. ✦ 3Draw the spear and javelin against my pursuers; say to my soul: “I am your salvation.” ✦ 4May those who seek my life be disgraced and put to shame; may those who plan to harm me be driven back and confounded. ✦ 5May they be like chaff in the wind, as the angel of the LORD drives them away. ✦ 6May their path be dark and slick, as the angel of the LORD pursues. ✦ 7For without cause they laid their net for me; without reason they dug a pit for my soul. ✦ 8May ruin befall them by surprise; may the net they hid ensnare them; may they fall into the hazard they created. ✦ 9Then my soul will rejoice in the LORD and exult in His salvation. ✦ 10All my bones will exclaim, “Who is like You, O LORD, who delivers the afflicted from the aggressor, the poor and needy from the robber?” ✦ 11Hostile witnesses come forward; they make charges I know nothing about. ✦ 12They repay me evil for good, to the bereavement of my soul. ✦ 13Yet when they were ill, I put on sackcloth; I humbled myself with fasting, but my prayers returned unanswered. ✦ 14I paced about as for my friend or brother; I was bowed down with grief, like one mourning for his mother. ✦ 15But when I stumbled, they assembled in glee; they gathered together against me. Assailants I did not know slandered me without ceasing. ✦ 16Like godless jesters at a feast, they gnashed their teeth at me. ✦ 17How long, O Lord, will You look on? Rescue my soul from their ravages, my precious life from these lions. ✦ 18Then I will give You thanks in the great assembly; I will praise You among many people. ✦ 19Let not my enemies gloat over me without cause, nor those who hate me without reason wink in malice. ✦ 20For they do not speak peace, but they devise deceitful schemes against those who live quietly in the land. ✦ 21They gape at me and say, “Aha, aha! Our eyes have seen!” ✦ 22O LORD, You have seen it; be not silent. O Lord, be not far from me. ✦ 23Awake and rise to my defense, to my cause, my God and my Lord! ✦ 24Vindicate me by Your righteousness, O LORD my God, and do not let them gloat over me. ✦ 25Let them not say in their hearts, “Aha, just what we wanted!” Let them not say, “We have swallowed him up!” ✦ 26May those who gloat in my distress be ashamed and confounded; may those who exalt themselves over me be clothed in shame and reproach. ✦ 27May those who favor my vindication shout for joy and gladness; may they always say, “Exalted be the LORD who delights in His servant’s well-being.” ✦ 28Then my tongue will proclaim Your righteousness and Your praises all day long. ✦

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Where this chapter connects

Ps 38 ·10Ps 22 ·9Ps 69 ·7Ps 71 ·7Ps 35 ·6Ps 7 ·6Ps 40 ·5Matt 27 ·5

Christ at the center

The Psalms are Christ's own prayer book and a gallery of his portraits — the suffering one of Psalm 22, the risen Lord of Psalm 16, the priest-king of Psalm 110, the Son to whom the nations are given.

How Psalms 35 points to him is part of the one story that runs through all Scripture — meet Jesus at the heart of the web, or follow a trail that traces him from Genesis to Revelation.

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  • ★ Start hereAudioThrough the WordThrough the Word · ~10 min/chapter · Free · evangelical

    A clear ~10-minute audio teaching for every one of the Bible's 1,189 chapters — the most systematic free way to study chapter by chapter.

  • ★ Start hereCommentaryPsalms (Tyndale OT Commentaries)Derek Kidner · Paid · evangelical

    Concise, theologically rich, and wonderfully accessible — the best place to start on the Psalms.

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  • SermonChuck Smith — C2000 SeriesChuck Smith · Free · evangelical

    Free verse-by-verse audio through the entire Bible from the founder of Calvary Chapel.

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  • VideoBibleProject — Psalms videosBibleProject · Lay · Free · evangelical

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  • CommentaryEnduring Word — Psalms 35David Guzik · Lay · Free · evangelical

    Readable, verse-by-verse exposition of the whole chapter.

  • CommentaryMatthew Henry on PsalmsMatthew Henry · Pastoral · Free · evangelical

    The beloved Puritan exposition of this whole book — warm, devotional, and verse by verse (free, CCEL).

  • ReferenceBlue Letter Bible — Psalms 35Blue Letter Bible · Seminary · Free

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