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Lift up your ·spears [javelins], both large and small,
    against those who ·chase [pursue] me.
Tell ·me [L my soul], “I ·will save you [am your salvation/victory].”

Make those who ·want to kill me [L seek my life/soul]
    be ashamed and ·disgraced [humiliated].
Make those who ·plan to harm me [plot evil against me]
    turn back and ·run away [be dismayed].
Make them like chaff [C the worthless leftovers from threshing grain] blown by the wind
    as the angel of the Lord ·forces [drives] them away.

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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