The Psalms - Ferrar Fenton Bible Translation page 687
The Psalms, Solomon and Sacred Writers
Boox I
PSALMS.
Psnu 35.
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PSALM 35.
Qi; Qnliib.
Srzmza r.
Against my opponents, O LORD lead the iight.
Seize Your shield and come on to my aid
Couch the spear, and close in with my hunters
I will come to save you.
Bring to shame, and disgrace all who seek for my life,
Repulse and reprove those who plot for my wrong;
Let them be like the chaff to the wind ;
And as when the LORD’S Angel pursues
Let their pathway be slippery and dark,
At the time the LORD‘s Angel comes on.
For they dig for me pits without cause,
And lay nets for my innocent life.
Let them meet with destruction unknown,
The net spread for my life, catch themselves,
In their pit let them all to despair.
Then my life will be glad in the LORD,
And rejoice in salvation from im.
All my bones they will say to the LORD,
Who like You saves the weak, from the strong,
From their robbers, the poor and oppressed? ’
Srlmza za.
False witnesses rose against me,
They accused me of what I knew not.
They repaid me with evil for good,
With intent to bereave me of life.
Tho' I, had in their griefs worn a sack,
And enfeebled my life by my fasts,
And my prayer from my bosom drew out.
I went on my trembeling knees,
As. though mourning a mother in death.
But they joy and collect,,as I grieve,-
Against me the rufnans combine.
Those I know not, incessantly tear;
And as reprobates laugh at a feast,
Against me they rattle their teeth!
STANZA 3.
How- long, Loma, will you only look on P
Ol deliver myllife from their rage,
Your beloved from their lion·like yells!
In public I then can thank You,
Would extol to a powerful race.
Srauza 4.
Let no traitors triumph on me,
Ceaseless haters, who wink with their eye;
Who never will think about peace,
But of things that will trouble the land,
They reflect, as the means of revolt.
Such opened their mouths against me,
We have Seen it ourselves}
Lone, you also saw, be not silent my Prince,
And from me remove not far away.
Awake, reuse, and rise up as my judge,
My GOD and my Prince plead for me!
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