A Psalm of David.
Plead my cause, O LORD, with them that strive with me: fight against them that fight against me. Psa 43:1Jer 51:36Psa 119:154Isa 49:25Pro 23:11Pro 22:23Lam 3:58Act 5:39
Take hold of shield and buckler, and stand up for mine help. Psa 91:4Exo 15:3Isa 42:13Deu 32:41-42Isa 13:5Psa 7:12-13
Draw out also the spear, and stop the way against them that persecute me: say unto my soul, I am thy salvation. Isa 12:2Psa 27:2Psa 51:12Psa 91:16Isa 8:9-101Sa 23:26-27Act 4:28Gen 49:18
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. Psa 70:2-3Jer 46:5Psa 35:26Psa 38:12Psa 31:17-18Psa 129:5Psa 40:14-15Psa 71:24
Let them be as chaff before the wind: and let the angel of the LORD chase them. Job 21:18Isa 29:5Act 12:23Exo 14:19Heb 11:28Hos 13:3Isa 17:13Isa 37:36
Let their way be dark and slippery: and let the angel of the LORD persecute them. 1 Jer 23:12Psa 73:18Jer 13:16Pro 4:19
For without cause have they hid for me their net in a pit, which without cause they have digged for my soul. Jhn 15:25Psa 140:5Psa 9:15Job 18:8Psa 25:3Psa 69:4Psa 119:85Psa 7:3-5
Let destruction come upon him at unawares; and let his net that he hath hid catch himself: into that very destruction let him fall. 2 Psa 141:9-10Luk 21:34Pro 5:22Psa 9:151Th 5:3Isa 47:11Psa 57:61Sa 18:17
And my soul shall be joyful in the LORD: it shall rejoice in his salvation. Isa 61:10Luk 1:46-47Psa 48:11Psa 58:10-111Sa 2:1Gal 5:22Hab 3:18Php 3:1-3
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? Exo 15:11Psa 109:31Psa 140:12Psa 51:8Psa 71:19Psa 86:8Psa 18:17Psa 10:14
False witnesses did rise up; they laid to my charge things that I knew not. 3 4 Psa 27:12Mat 26:59-601Sa 24:9Act 6:131Sa 25:10Act 24:12-13Act 24:5-6
They rewarded me evil for good to the spoiling of my soul. 5 Jhn 10:32Jer 18:20Psa 38:20Luk 23:21-23Pro 17:13Psa 109:3-51Sa 20:31-331Sa 19:15
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. 6 Psa 69:10-11Job 30:25Mat 5:44Isa 58:5Lev 16:31Mat 10:13Luk 10:6Rom 12:14-15
I behaved myself as though he had been my friend or brother: I bowed down heavily, as one that mourneth for his mother. 7 8 Luk 19:41-422Sa 1:11-12Gen 24:672Sa 1:17-27Psa 38:6
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: 9 Jer 20:10Mrk 14:65Mat 27:27-30Mat 27:39-44Psa 7:2Psa 71:10-111Co 13:6Act 17:5
With hypocritical mockers in feasts, they gnashed upon me with their teeth. Lam 2:16Job 16:9Psa 37:12Act 7:54Jhn 18:281Co 5:81Sa 20:24-42Isa 1:14-15
Lord, how long wilt thou look on? rescue my soul from their destructions, my darling from the lions. 10 Hab 1:13Psa 22:20-21Psa 57:4Psa 74:9-10Psa 89:46Psa 94:3-4Psa 10:14Psa 13:1-2
I will give thee thanks in the great congregation: I will praise thee among much people. 11 Heb 2:12Psa 22:22-25Isa 25:3Psa 116:14Psa 116:18Psa 67:1-4Psa 117:1-2Psa 138:4-5
Let not them that are mine enemies wrongfully rejoice over me: neither let them wink with the eye that hate me without a cause. 12 Jhn 15:25Psa 69:4Pro 6:13Psa 13:4Psa 38:19Pro 10:10Jhn 16:20-22Psa 109:3
For they speak not peace: but they devise deceitful matters against them that are quiet in the land. Mat 26:41Pe 2:22-23Jer 11:19Act 23:15Act 25:3Dan 6:5Mat 12:19Mat 12:24
Yea, they opened their mouth wide against me, and said, Aha, aha, our eye hath seen it. Luk 11:53-54Psa 22:13Psa 40:15Psa 70:3Psa 54:7Isa 9:12
This thou hast seen, O LORD: keep not silence: O Lord, be not far from me. Exo 3:7Psa 10:1Psa 28:1Isa 65:6Psa 22:11Psa 38:21Psa 71:12Psa 22:19
Stir up thyself, and awake to my judgment, even unto my cause, my God and my Lord. Psa 44:23Psa 7:6Psa 59:4Psa 89:26Isa 51:9Jhn 20:28Psa 142:5Psa 80:2
Judge me, O LORD my God, according to thy righteousness; and let them not rejoice over me. Psa 43:1Psa 26:1Psa 7:82Th 1:6Psa 35:191Pe 2:22Job 20:5Psa 18:20-24
Let them not say in their hearts, Ah, so would we have it: let them not say, We have swallowed him up. 13 Lam 2:16Mat 27:43Psa 124:31Co 15:542Sa 20:19Exo 15:9Job 1:5Mrk 2:6
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. Job 8:22Psa 38:16Job 19:5Psa 132:18Isa 41:111Pe 5:5Dan 11:36Isa 65:13-15
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. 14 Jer 32:40-41Psa 149:4Psa 40:16Zep 3:17Pro 8:18Psa 70:4Psa 142:7Psa 147:11
And my tongue shall speak of thy righteousness and of thy praise all the day long. Psa 145:21Psa 71:24Psa 145:5Psa 51:14-15Psa 104:33-34Psa 34:1Psa 50:15Psa 71:15