1 Contend, O Lord, with those that contend with me; ♦︎
fight against those that fight against me.
2 Take up shield and buckler ♦︎
and rise up to help me.
3 Draw the spear and bar the way
against those who pursue me; ♦︎
say to my soul, I am your salvation.
4 Let those who seek after my life be shamed and disgraced; ♦︎
let those who plot my ruin fall back and be put to confusion.
5 Let them be as chaff before the wind, ♦︎
with the angel of the Lord thrusting them down.
6 Let their way be dark and slippery, ♦︎
with the angel of the Lord pursuing them.
7 For they have secretly spread a net for me without a cause; ♦︎
without any cause they have dug a pit for my soul.
8 Let ruin come upon them unawares; ♦︎
let them be caught in the net they laid;
let them fall in it to their destruction.
9 Then will my soul be joyful in the Lord ♦︎
and glory in his salvation.
10 My very bones will say, Lord, who is like you? ♦︎
You deliver the poor from those that are too strong for them,
the poor and needy from those who would despoil them.
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