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The Book of Psalms, Chapter 35, Verse 2

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[A Psalm] of David. Plead [my cause], O LORD, with them that strive with me: fight against them that fight against me.
King James Version
Take hold of shield and buckler, and stand up for mine help.
American Standard Version
Take hold of shield and buckler, And stand up for my help.
New English Translation
Grab your small shield and large shield, and rise up to help me!
World English Bible
Take hold of shield and buckler, and stand up for my help.
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Draw out also the spear, and stop [the way] against them that persecute me: say unto my soul, I [am] thy salvation.
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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.
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Let them be as chaff before the wind: and let the angel of the LORD chase [them].
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Let their way be dark and slippery: and let the angel of the LORD persecute them.
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For without cause have they hid for me their net [in] a pit, [which] without cause they have digged for my soul.
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Let destruction come upon him at unawares; and let his net that he hath hid catch himself: into that very destruction let him fall.
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And my soul shall be joyful in the LORD: it shall rejoice in his salvation.
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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?
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False witnesses did rise up; they laid to my charge [things] that I knew not.
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They rewarded me evil for good [to] the spoiling of my soul.