Psalms

The first book of Psalms, song 35, Vulgate and King James Version

Psalm 35

Vulgate

   1 David. Iudica, Domine, iudicantes me; impugna impugnantes me.
   2 Apprehende clipeum et scutum et exsurge in adiutorium mihi.
   3 Effunde frameam et securim adversus eos, qui persequuntur me. Dic animae meae: "Salus tua ego sum".
   4 Confundantur et revereantur quaerentes animam meam; avertantur retrorsum et confundantur cogitantes mihi mala.
   5 Fiant tamquam pulvis ante ventum, et angelus Domini impellens eos;
   6 fiat via illorum tenebrae et lubricum, et angelus Domini persequens eos.
   7 Quoniam gratis absconderunt mihi laqueum suum, gratis foderunt foveam animae meae.
   8 Veniat illi calamitas, quam ignorat, et captio, quam abscondit, apprehendat eum, et in eandem calamitatem ipse cadat.
   9 Anima autem mea exsultabit in Domino et delectabitur super salutari suo.
   10 Omnia ossa mea dicent: "Domine, quis similis tibi? Eripiens inopem de manu fortiorum eius, egenum et pauperem a diripientibus eum".
   11 Surgentes testes iniqui, quae ignorabam, interrogabant me;
   12 retribuebant mihi mala pro bonis, desolatio est animae meae.
   13 Ego autem, cum infirmarentur, induebar cilicio, humiliabam in ieiunio animam meam; et oratio mea in sinu meo convertebatur.
   14 Quasi pro proximo et quasi pro fratre meo ambulabam, quasi lugens matrem contristatus incurvabar.
   15 Cum autem vacillarem, laetati sunt et convenerunt; convenerunt contra me percutientes, et ignoravi.
   16 Diripuerunt et non desistebant; tentaverunt me, subsannaverunt me subsannatione, frenduerunt super me dentibus suis.
   17 Domine, quamdiu aspicies? Restitue animam meam a malignitate eorum, a leonibus unicam meam.
   18 Confitebor tibi in ecclesia magna, in populo multo laudabo te.
   19 Non supergaudeant mihi inimici mei mendaces, qui oderunt me gratis et annuunt oculis.
   20 Etenim non pacifice loquebantur et contra mansuetos terrae dolos cogitabant.
   21 Et dilataverunt super me os suum; dixerunt: "Euge, euge, viderunt oculi nostri". -
   22 Vidisti, Domine, ne sileas; Domine, ne discedas a me.
   23 Exsurge et evigila ad iudicium meum, Deus meus et Dominus meus, ad causam meam.
   24 Iudica me secundum iustitiam tuam, Domine Deus meus, et non supergaudeant mihi.
   25 Non dicant in cordibus suis: "Euge animae nostrae"; nec dicant: "Devoravimus eum".
   26 Erubescant et revereantur simul, qui gratulantur malis meis; induantur confusione et reverentia, qui magna loquuntur super me
   27 Exsultent et laetentur, qui volunt iustitiam meam, et dicant semper: "Magnificetur Dominus, qui vult pacem servi sui".
   28 Et lingua mea meditabitur iustitiam tuam, tota die laudem tuam.

King James Version

   A Psalm of David.
   1 Plead my cause, O LORD, with them that strive with me: fight against them that fight against me.
   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.
   5 Let them be as chaff before the wind: and let the angel of the LORD chase them.
   6 Let their way be dark and slippery: and let the angel of the LORD persecute them.
   7 For without cause have they hid for me their net in a pit, which without cause they have digged for my soul.
   8 Let destruction come upon him at unawares; and 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: it shall rejoice in his salvation.
   10 All my bones shall say, LORD, who is like unto thee, which deliverest the poor from him that is too strong for him, yea, the poor and the needy from him that spoileth him?
   11 False witnesses did rise up; they laid to my charge things that I knew not.
   12 They rewarded me evil for good to the spoiling of my soul.
   13 But as for me, when they were sick, my clothing was sackcloth: I humbled my soul with fasting; and my prayer returned into mine own bosom.
   14 I behaved myself as though he had been my friend or brother: I bowed down heavily, as one that mourneth for his mother.
   15 But in mine adversity they rejoiced, and gathered themselves together: yea, the abjects gathered themselves together against me, and I knew it not; they did tear me, and ceased not:
   16 With hypocritical mockers in feasts, they gnashed upon me with their teeth.
   17 Lord, how long wilt thou look on? rescue my soul from their destructions, my darling from the lions.
   18 I will give thee thanks in the great congregation: I will praise thee among much people.
   19 Let not them that are mine enemies wrongfully rejoice over me: neither let them wink with the eye that hate me without a cause.
   20 For they speak not peace: but they devise deceitful matters against them that are quiet in the land.
   21 Yea, they opened their mouth wide against me, and said, Aha, aha, our eye hath seen it.
   22 This thou hast seen, O LORD: keep not silence: O Lord, be not far from me.
   23 Stir up thyself, and awake to my judgment, even unto my cause, my God and my Lord.
   24 Judge me, O LORD my God, according to thy righteousness; and let them not rejoice over me.
   25 Let them not say in their hearts, Ah, so would we have it: let them not say, We have swallowed him up.
   26 Let them be ashamed and brought to confusion together that rejoice at mine hurt: let them be clothed with shame and dishonour that magnify themselves against me.
   27 Let them shout for joy, and be glad, that favour my righteous cause: yea, let them say continually, Let the LORD be magnified, which hath pleasure in the prosperity of his servant.
   28 And my tongue shall speak of thy righteousness and of thy praise all the day long.