December 19, 2017 · 00:04:39
Of David. O LORD, strive with my adversaries, give battle to my foes, 2 take up shield and buckler, and come to my defense; 3 ready the spear and javelin against my pursuers; tell me, “I am your deliverance.” 4 Let those who seek my life be frustrated and put to shame; let those who plan to harm me fall back in disgrace. 5 Let them be as chaff in the wind, the LORD’s angel driving them on. 6 Let their path be dark and slippery, with the LORD’s angel in pursuit. 7 For without cause they hid a net to trap me; without cause they dug a pit for me. 8 Let disaster overtake them unawares; let the net they hid catch them; let them fall into it when disaster [strikes]. 9 Then shall I exult in the LORD, rejoice in His deliverance. 10 All my bones shall say, “LORD, who is like You? You save the poor from one stronger than he, the poor and needy from his despoiler.” 11 Malicious witnesses appear who question me about things I do not know. 12 They repay me evil for good, [seeking] my bereavement. 13 Yet, when they were ill, my dress was sackcloth, I kept a fast— may what I prayed for happen to me! 14 I walked about as though it were my friend or my brother; I was bowed with gloom, like one mourning for his mother. 15 But when I stumble, they gleefully gather; wretches gather against me, I know not why; they tear at me without end. 16 With impious, mocking grimace they gnash their teeth at me. 17 O Lord, how long will You look on? Rescue me from their attacks, my precious life, from the li