Psalm 35. Prayer for Help.

Oppose those who oppose me, Lord,
and fight those who fight against me!

2 Take your shield and armor
and come to my rescue.

3 Lift up your spear and war ax
against those who pursue me.
Promise that you will save me.

4 May those who try to kill me
be defeated and disgraced!
May those who plot against me
be turned back and confused!

5 May they be like straw blown by the wind
as the angel of the Lord pursues them!

6 May their path be dark and slippery
while the angel of the Lord strikes them down!

7 Without any reason they laid a trap for me
and dug a deep hole to catch me.

8 But destruction will catch them before they know it;
they will be caught in their own trap
and fall to their destruction!

9 Then