25. Let them not say in their hearts,
Aha! Aha! It is to our mind!
Nor let them say,
We have swallowed him alive!
26. Let them be confounded and ashamed together,
who rejoice over my calamities;
let them be clothed with shame and confusion,
who make great claims against me.
27. Let those who desire my justification,
exult with joy and be filled
with gladness.
Let those who desire the peace
of your servant,
continually repeat, “The Lord be magnified!”
28. Thus shall my tongue speak of your righteousness,
and of your praise all the day long.
Psalm 35
5. O Lord, your mercy dwells
in the heavens,
and your truth is as high as the clouds.
6. Your righteousness is as solid as the mountains of God,
and your judgments are as great as the deep abyss.
7. As you, O Lord, have greatly multiplied your mercy;
let the children of the earth trust in the shelter of your wings.
8. They shall be fully satiated with the fatness of your house,
and you shall cause them to drink the full stream of your delights.
9. For with you is the wellspring of life,
and in your light we shall see light.
10. Extend your mercy to those who know you,
and your righteousness to those who are upright of heart.
11. Let not the foot of pride come against me,
nor the hand of sinners shake me.
12. There, all the evil doers have fallen!
They are cast out and will not be able to stand.
Psalm 37
1. O Lord, rebuke me not in your wrath;
nor chastise me in your anger.
2. For your darts are fixed deeply
within me,
and your hand is pressed heavily
upon me.
3. There is no health in my flesh because of your anger;
there is no peace for my bones because of my sins.
4. For my transgressions have soared over my head;
they have pressed heavily upon me like a weighty burden.
5. My wounds become infected
and malignant,
on account of my foolishness.
6. I have been in misery,
totally bent over—
all the day long I have been
in mourning.
7. For my soul was filled with illusions;
and there is no healthy soundness
in my flesh.
8. I have been afflicted and exceedingly depressed;
I have roared because of the groaning of my heart.
9. But all my desire is laid before you,
and my groaning is not hidden
from you.
10. My heart panted, my strength
failed me,
and the light of my eyes has left me.
11. My friends and neighbors stayed away from me,
they drew near but stopped;
even my nearest relatives stood aloof.
12. And those who sought my life pressed against me;
those who sought my ruin
spoke vanities,
they devised deceits all the day long.
13. But I, as someone deaf, heard not;
and as someone dumb, opened not
my mouth.
14. In fact, I became like a person who doesn’t hear,
and in whose mouth no reproofs
are found.
15. For in you, O Lord, I placed
my trust;
you O Lord, my God will hearken.
16. For I said, Perhaps my enemies will rejoice over me,
Indeed, when my feet slipped, they boasted and gloated.
17. For I am prepared for plagues,
my terrible situation continually
before me.
18. For I will declare my lawlessness,
and express sorrow for my sin.
19. But my enemies live and are stronger than I!
And those who hate me unjustly are multiplied!
20. Those who reward evil for good slandered me,
all because I follow righteousness.
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