Draw the spear and javelin against my pursuers,
and assure me, “I am your deliverance.”(A)

Let those who intend to take my life
be disgraced and humiliated;
let those who plan to harm me
be turned back and ashamed.(B)
Let them be like chaff in the wind,
with the angel of the Lord driving them away.(C)

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Brandish spear(A) and javelin[a](B)
    against those who pursue me.
Say to me,
    “I am your salvation.(C)

May those who seek my life(D)
    be disgraced(E) and put to shame;(F)
may those who plot my ruin
    be turned back(G) in dismay.
May they be like chaff(H) before the wind,
    with the angel of the Lord(I) driving them away;

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 35:3 Or and block the way