Psalm 35a (Alto Community Cover)

[Please support the official release] Yahweh, work against those who work against me; fight against those who fight against me. Grab your small shield and large shield; rise up and help me. Use your spear and battle ax against those who chase me; say to my soul, "I am your salvation." May those who seek my life be shamed and dishonored. May those who plan to harm me be turned back and ashamed. May they be as chaff before the wind, as the angel of Yahweh drives them away. May their way be dark and slippery, as the angel of Yahweh chases them. Without cause they set their net for me; without cause they dug a pit for my life. Let destruction overtake them by surprise. Let the net that they have set catch them. Let them fall into it, to their destruction. But I will be joyful in Yahweh and rejoice in his salvation. All my bones will say, "Yahweh, who is like you, who rescues the oppressed from those who are too strong for them and the poor and needy from those who try to rob them?" Unrighteous witnesses rise up; they accuse me falsely. They repay me evil for good. I am sorrowful. As for me, when they were sick, my clothing was sackcloth; I fasted for them, and my prayer returned to my bosom. I went about in grief as for my brother; I bent down in mourning as for my mother. But when I stumbled, they rejoiced and gathered together; they gathered together against me, and I was surprised by them. They tore at me without stopping. With no respect at all they mocked me; they grind their teeth at me in rage.