PSAL. XXXV.
This Psalm was Penned by David, when he was s•…•…andred and persecuted by Saul and his Servants, as is manifest from the whole Body of it.
A Psalm of David.
1. PLead * 1.1 my cause, O LORD a 1.2, with them that † 1.3 strive with me: fight against them that fight against me.
2. Take hold of shield and buckler b 1.4, and stand up for mine help.
3. Draw out also the spear c 1.5, and stop the may d 1.6 against them that persecute me: say unto my soul e 1.7, I am thy salvation.
4. * 1.8 Let them be confounded f 1.9 and put to shame, that seek after my soul; let them * 1.10 be turned back g 1.11, and brought to confusion, that devise my hurt.
5. * 1.12 Let them be as chaff before the wind h 1.13: and let the angel of the LORD i 1.14 chase them.
6. Let their way k 1.15 be † 1.16 * 1.17 dark and slippery l 1.18, and let the angel of the LORD persecute them.
7. For without cause m 1.19 have they hid for me their net, in a pit, which without cause they digged for my soul n 1.20.
8. Let destruction come upon him o 1.21 † 1.22 at una∣wares, and * 1.23 let his net that he hath hid, catch himself: into that very destruction let him fall.
9. And my soul shall be joyful in the LORD p 1.24: it shall rejoyce in his salvation.
10. All my bones q 1.25 shall say r 1.26, LORD, who is like unto thee, which deliverest the poor that is too strong for him, yea, the poor and the needy from him that spoileth him!
11. False † 1.27 witnesses did rise up; † 1.28 they laid to my charge things that I knew not s 1.29.
12. * 1.30 They rewarded me evil for good t 1.31, to the † 1.32 spoiling of my soul u 1.33.