1  I will bless YHWH at all times; His praise shall continually be in my mouth.

title  A Psalm of David, when he changed his countenance before Abimelech; and he let him go, and he departed.

1  I will bless the Lord at all times: his praise shall be continually in my mouth.

1  To David, when he changed his appearance in the sight of Abimelech, and so he dismissed him, and he went away.

2  I will bless the Lord at all times. His praise will be ever in my mouth.

2  My soul shall glory in YHWH; the humble shall hear thereof, and be glad.

2  My soul shall boast herself in the Lord: let the meek hear, and rejoice.

2  In the Lord, my soul will be praised. May the meek listen and rejoice.

3  O magnify YHWH with me, and let us exalt His name together.

3  Magnify ye the Lord with me, and let us exalt his name together.

4  I sought YHWH, and He answered me, and delivered me from all my fears.

4  I sought the Lord diligently, and he hearkened to me, and delivered me from all my sojournings.

5  They looked unto Him, and were radiant; and their faces shall never be abashed.

5  Approach him and be enlightened, and your faces will not be confounded.

6  This poor man cried, and YHWH heard, and saved him out of all his troubles.

7  The angel of YHWH encampeth round about them that fear Him, and delivereth them.

7  The host of angels of the LORD encamps round about them that worship him, and delivers them.

8  O consider and see that YHWH is good; happy is the man that taketh refuge in Him.

8  Taste and see that the Lord is good: blessed is the man who hopes in him.

8  O taste and see that the LORD is good; blessed is the man that trusts in him.

9  O fear YHWH, ye His holy ones; for there is no want to them that fear Him.

9  Fear the Lord, all ye his saints: for there is no want to them that fear him.

9  The rich have become poor and suffer hunger;

10  The young lions do lack, and suffer hunger; but they that seek YHWH want not any good thing.

10  The rich have become poor and hungry: but they that seek the Lord diligently shall not want any good thing. Pause.

10  They that seek the LORD shall not lack any good thing.

11  Come, ye children, hearken unto me; I will teach you the fear of YHWH.

11  Come forward, sons. Listen to me. I will teach you the fear of the Lord.

11  Come, you children, listen to me, and I will teach you reverence for the LORD.

12  Who is the man that desireth life, and loveth days, that he may see good therein?

12  What man is there that desires life, loving to see good days?

12  Which is the man who wills life, who chooses to see good days?

13  Keep thy tongue from evil, and thy lips from speaking guile.

13  Prohibit your tongue from evil and your lips from speaking deceit.

14  Depart from evil, and do good; seek peace, and pursue it.

14  Turn away from evil, and do good. Inquire about peace, and pursue it.

15  The eyes of YHWH are toward the righteous, and His ears are open unto their cry.

16  The face of YHWH is against them that do evil, to cut off the remembrance of them from the earth.

16  but the face of the Lord is against them that do evil, to destroy their memorial from the earth. The righteous cried, and the Lord hearkened to them,

16  But the countenance of the Lord is upon those who do evil, to perish the remembrance of them from the earth.

17  They cried, and YHWH heard, and delivered them out of all their troubles.

17  and delivered them out of all their afflictions.

17  The just cried out, and the Lord heard them, and he freed them from all their tribulations.

18  YHWH is nigh unto them that are of a broken heart, and saveth such as are of a contrite spirit.

18  The Lord is near to them that are of a contrite heart; and will save the lowly in spirit.

19  Many are the ills of the righteous, but YHWH delivereth him out of them all.

20  He keepeth all his bones; not one of them is broken.

20  The Lord preserves all of their bones, not one of them shall be broken.

21  Evil shall kill the wicked; and they that hate the righteous shall be held guilty.

21  The death of sinners is evil: and they that hate righteousness will go wrong.

21  The death of a sinner is very harmful, and those who hate the just will fare badly.

22  YHWH redeemeth the soul of His servants; and none of them that take refuge in Him shall be desolate.

22  The Lord will redeem the souls of his servants: and none of those that hope in him shall go wrong.

22  The LORD redeems the soul of his servants, and none of them that trust in him shall be condemned.

35:2  Take hold of shield and buckler, and rise up to my help.

2  Take hold of weapons and a shield, and rise up in assistance to me.

35:3  Draw out also the spear, and the battle-axe, against them that pursue me; say unto my soul: 'I am Thy salvation.'

3  Bring forth a sword, and stop the way against them that persecute me: say to my soul, I am thy salvation.

35:4  Let them be ashamed and brought to confusion that seek after my soul; let them be turned back and be abashed that devise my hurt.

4  Let them that seek my soul be ashamed and confounded: let them that devise evils against me be turned back and put to shame.

4  Let them be confounded and in awe, who pursue my soul. Let them be turned back and be confounded, who think up evil against me.

35:5  Let them be as chaff before the wind, the angel of YHWH thrusting them.

5  May they become like dust before the face of the wind, and let the Angel of the Lord hem them in.

35:6  Let their way be dark and slippery, the angel of YHWH pursuing them.

6  May their way become dark and slippery, and may the Angel of the Lord pursue them.

35:7  For without cause have they hid for me the pit, even their net, without cause have they digged for my soul.

7  For, without cause, they have concealed their snare for me unto destruction. Over nothing, they have rebuked my soul.

7  For they have dug pits for me and have spread a snare for my soul.

35:8  Let destruction come upon him unawares; and let his net that he hath hid catch himself; with destruction let him fall therein.

8  Let a snare which they know not come upon them; and the gin which they hid take them; and let them fall into the very same snare.

8  Let the snare, of which he is ignorant, come upon him, and let the deception, which he has hidden, take hold of him: and may he fall into that very snare.

35:9  And my soul shall be joyful in YHWH; it shall rejoice in His salvation.

9  But my soul shall exult in the Lord: it shall delight in his salvation.

9  My soul shall be joyful in God; it shall rejoice in his salvation.

35:10  All my bones shall say: 'YHWH, who is like unto Thee, who deliverest the poor from him that is too strong for him, yea, the poor and the needy from him that spoileth him?'

10  All my bones will say, “Lord, who is like you?” He rescues the needy from the hand of the stronger one, the indigent and the poor from those who plunder him.

35:11  Unrighteous witnesses rise up; they ask me of things that I know not.

11  Unfair witnesses have risen up, interrogating me about things of which I am ignorant.

35:12  They repay me evil for good; bereavement is come to my soul.

12  They repaid me evil for good, to the deprivation of my soul.

12  They rewarded me evil for good, and they destroyed my reputation among men.

35:13  But as for me, when they were sick, my clothing was sackcloth, I afflicted my soul with fasting; and my prayer, may it return into mine own bosom.

13  But I, when they troubled me, put on sackcloth, and humbled my soul with fasting: and my prayer shall return to my own bosom.

35:14  I went about as though it had been my friend or my brother; I bowed down mournful, as one that mourneth for his mother.

14  I behaved agreeably towards them as if it had been our neighbour or brother: I humbled myself as one mourning and sad of countenance.

14  Like a neighbor, and like our brother, so did I please; like one mourning and contrite, so was I humbled.

35:15  But when I halt they rejoice, and gather themselves together; the abjects gather themselves together against me, and those whom I know not; they tear me, and cease not;

15  Yet they rejoiced against me, and plagues were plentifully brought against me, and I knew it not: they were scattered, but repented not.

15  During my misery they gathered together and rejoiced; yea, they gathered together against me for a long time, and I knew it not;

35:16  With the profanest mockeries of backbiting they gnash at me with their teeth.

16  They tempted me, they sneered at me most contemptuously, they gnashed their teeth upon me.

16  They have been scattered, yet they were unremorseful. They have tested me. They scoffed at me with scorn. They gnashed their teeth over me.

35:17  Lord, how long wilt Thou look on? Rescue my soul from their destructions, mine only one from the lions.

17  Lord, when will you look down upon me? Restore my soul from before their malice, my only one from before the lions.

35:18  I will give Thee thanks in the great congregation; I will praise Thee among a numerous people.

18  I will confess to you in a great Church. I will praise you among a weighty people.

35:19  Let not them that are wrongfully mine enemies rejoice over me; neither let them wink with the eye that hate me without a cause.

19  May those who are my unjust adversaries not be glad over me: those who have hated me without cause, and who nod agreement with their eyes.

19  Let mine enemies not rejoice over me, nor the mockers who hate me for no reason; they wink with their eyes but they do not salute.

35:20  For they speak not peace; but they devise deceitful matters against them that are quiet in the land.

20  For to me they spoke peaceably, but imagined deceits in their anger.

20  Against the meek of the earth, they devise mischievous things.

35:21  Yea, they open their mouth wide against me; they say: 'Aha, aha, our eye hath seen it.'

21  And they opened wide their mouth upon me; they said Aha, aha, our eyes have seen it.

35:22  Thou hast seen, O YHWH; keep not silence; O Lord, be not far from me.

22  You have seen, O Lord, do not be silent. Lord, do not depart from me.

35:23  Rouse Thee, and awake to my judgment, even unto my cause, my God and my Lord.

35:24  Judge me, O YHWH my God, according to Thy righteousness; and let them not rejoice over me.

24  Judge me according to your justice, O Lord, my God, and do not let them be glad over me.

35:25  Let them not say in their heart: 'Aha, we have our desire'; let them not say: 'We have swallowed him up.'

25  Do not let them say in their hearts, “Well, well, to our soul.” Neither let them say, “We have devoured him.”

35:26  Let them be ashamed and abashed together that rejoice at my hurt; let them be clothed with shame and confusion that magnify themselves against me.

26  Let them be confounded and ashamed together that rejoice at my afflictions: let them be clothed with shame and confusion that speak great swelling words against me.

35:27  Let them shout for joy, and be glad, that delight in my righteousness; yea, let them say continually: 'Magnified be YHWH, who delighteth in the peace of His servant.'

27  Let them exult and rejoice, who wish my justice, and let them ever say, “The Lord be magnified,” who will the peace of his servant.

35:28  And my tongue shall speak of Thy righteousness, and of Thy praise all the day.

28  And so my tongue will express your justice: your praise all day long.

36:1  Transgression speaketh to the wicked, methinks-- there is no fear of God before his eyes.

title  For the end, by David the servant of the Lord.

1  The transgressor, that he may sin, says within himself, that there is no fear of God before his eyes.

36:2  For it flattereth him in his eyes, until his iniquity be found, and he be hated.

Ps35:2  For he has acted deceitfully in his sight, such that his iniquity will be found to be hatred.

2  He is unwilling to see his sins forgiven, or to hate them.

36:3  The words of his mouth are iniquity and deceit; he hath left off to be wise, to do good.

36:4  He deviseth iniquity upon his bed; he setteth himself in a way that is not good; he abhorreth not evil.

4  He devises iniquity on his bed; he gives himself to every evil way; and does not abhor evil.

Ps35:4  He has been considering iniquity on his bed. He has set himself on every way that is not good; moreover, he has not hated evil.

36:5  Thy lovingkindness, O YHWH, is in the heavens; Thy faithfulness reacheth unto the skies.

5  O Lord, thy mercy is in the heaven; and thy truth reaches to the clouds.

Ps35:5  Lord, your mercy is in heaven, and your truth is even to the clouds.

36:6  Thy righteousness is like the mighty mountains; Thy judgments are like the great deep; man and beast Thou preservest, O YHWH.

Ps35:6  Your justice is like the mountains of God. Your judgments are a great abyss. Men and beasts, you will save, O Lord.

36:7  How precious is Thy lovingkindness, O God! and the children of men take refuge in the shadow of Thy wings.

7  How hast thou multiplied thy mercy, O God! so the children of men shall trust in the shelter of thy wings.

Ps35:7  How you have multiplied your mercy, O God! And so the sons of men will hope under the cover of your wings.

36:8  They are abundantly satisfied with the fatness of Thy house; and Thou makest them drink of the river of Thy pleasures.

8  They shall be fully satisfied with the fatness of thine house; and thou shalt cause them to drink of the full stream of thy delights.

Ps35:8  They will be inebriated with the fruitfulness of your house, and you will give them to drink from the torrent of your enjoyment.

36:9  For with Thee is the fountain of life; in Thy light do we see light.

Ps35:9  For with you is the fountain of life; and within your light, we will see the light.

36:10  O continue Thy lovingkindness unto them that know Thee; and Thy righteousness to the upright in heart.

10  Extend thy mercy to them that know thee; and thy righteousness to the upright in heart.

Ps35:10  Extend your mercy before those who know you, and your justice to these, who are upright in heart.

36:11  Let not the foot of pride overtake me, and let not the hand of the wicked drive me away.

Ps35:11  May arrogant feet not approach me, and may the hand of the sinner not disturb me.

36:12  There are the workers of iniquity fallen; they are thrust down, and are not able to rise.

12  There have all the workers of iniquity fallen: they are cast out, and shall not be able to stand.

Ps35:12  In that place, those who work iniquity have fallen. They have been expelled; they were not able to stand.