1Di Davide. O Signore, contendi contro i miei avversari, combatti contro quelli che mi combattono.2Prendi il piccolo scudo e il grande scudo e vieni in mio aiuto.3Tira fuori la lancia e chiudi la via ai miei persecutori; dimmi: «Sono io la tua salvezza».4Siano confusi e svergognati quelli che cercano di togliermi la vita; si ritirino e siano umiliati quelli che meditano la mia rovina.5Siano come pula al vento e l’angelo del Signore li scacci.6Sia la loro via tenebrosa e sdrucciolevole, e l’angelo del Signore li insegua.7Poiché, senza motivo, m’hanno teso di nascosto la loro rete, senza motivo hanno scavato una fossa per togliermi la vita.8Sventura li colga all’improvviso e siano presi nella rete che essi hanno nascosta; cadano nella trappola preparata per me.9Allora l’anima mia esulterà nel Signore, mi rallegrerò della sua salvezza.10Tutte le mie ossa diranno: «O Signore, chi è simile a te che liberi il povero da chi è più forte di lui, il povero e il bisognoso da chi vuol derubarlo?»11Si alzano contro di me perfidi testimoni; mi interrogano su cose delle quali non so nulla.12Mi rendono male per bene; desolata è l’anima mia.13Eppure, io, quando erano malati, vestivo il cilicio, affliggevo l’anima mia con il digiuno e pregavo con il capo chino sul petto.14Camminavo triste come per la perdita d’un amico, d’un fratello, andavo chino e oscuro in volto, come uno che pianga sua madre.15Ma quando io vacillo, essi si rallegrano, si radunano; si raduna contro di me gente abietta che io non conosco; mi lacerano senza posa.16Quei profani, come buffoni da mensa, digrignano i denti contro di me.17O Signore, fino a quando starai a guardare? Allontana l’anima mia dalla loro malvagità, l’unica mia, da quelle belve.18Io ti celebrerò nella grande assemblea, ti loderò in mezzo a un popolo numeroso.19Non si rallegrino di me quelli che a torto mi sono nemici, né strizzino l’occhio quelli che mi odiano senza motivo[1].20Poiché non parlano di pace, anzi meditano inganni contro la gente pacifica del paese.21Aprono larga la bocca contro di me e dicono: «Ah, ah! Abbiamo visto con i nostri occhi».22Anche tu hai visto, o Signore; non tacere! O Signore, non allontanarti da me.23Risvègliati, dèstati per farmi giustizia, o mio Dio, mio Signore, per difendere la mia causa.24Giudica secondo la tua giustizia, o Signore, Dio mio; fa’ che essi non si rallegrino di me,25che non dicano in cuor loro: «Ah, ecco il nostro desiderio!» Che non dicano: «Lo abbiamo divorato».26Siano tutti insieme svergognati e confusi quelli che si rallegrano dei miei mali; siano ricoperti di vergogna e disonore quelli che s’innalzano superbi contro di me.27Cantino e si rallegrino quelli che si compiacciono della mia giustizia, e possano sempre dire: «Glorificato sia il Signore che vuole la pace del suo servo!»28La mia lingua celebrerà la tua giustizia, esprimerà la tua lode per sempre.
1Contend, O LORD, with those who contend with me; fight against those who fight against me! (Eso 14,25; Is 42,13; Is 49,25)2Take hold of shield and buckler and rise for my help! (Sal 5,12; Sal 91,4)3Draw the spear and javelin[1] against my pursuers! Say to my soul, “I am your salvation!”4Let them be put to shame and dishonor who seek after my life! Let them be turned back and disappointed who devise evil against me! (Sal 35,26; Sal 40,14; Sal 69,22; Sal 70,2; Sal 71,13; Sal 83,17; Sal 109,6; Sal 129,5)5Let them be like chaff before the wind, with the angel of the LORD driving them away! (Giob 21,18)6Let their way be dark and slippery, with the angel of the LORD pursuing them! (Sal 73,18; Ger 23,12)7For without cause they hid their net for me; without cause they dug a pit for my life.[2] (Giob 18,8; Sal 7,15; Sal 69,4)8Let destruction come upon him when he does not know it! And let the net that he hid ensnare him; let him fall into it—to his destruction! (Is 47,11; 1Te 5,3)9Then my soul will rejoice in the LORD, exulting in his salvation. (Sal 9,14; Lu 1,47)10All my bones shall say, “O LORD, who is like you, delivering the poor from him who is too strong for him, the poor and needy from him who robs him?” (Eso 15,11; Sal 51,8; Sal 71,19; Sal 86,8; Sal 89,6; Sal 89,8; Sal 113,5)11Malicious[3] witnesses rise up; they ask me of things that I do not know. (Sal 27,12)12They repay me evil for good; my soul is bereft.[4] (Sal 38,20; Sal 109,4; Ger 18,20; Giov 10,32)13But I, when they were sick— I wore sackcloth; I afflicted myself with fasting; I prayed with head bowed[5] on my chest. (Nu 29,7; 1Re 20,31; Giob 30,25; Sal 69,10; Sal 69,11; Mat 10,13)14I went about as though I grieved for my friend or my brother; as one who laments his mother, I bowed down in mourning. (Sal 38,6)15But at my stumbling they rejoiced and gathered; they gathered together against me; wretches whom I did not know tore at me without ceasing; (Giob 30,1; Giob 30,8; Giob 30,12)16like profane mockers at a feast,[6] they gnash at me with their teeth. (Giob 16,9; Sal 37,12; Lam 2,16)17How long, O Lord, will you look on? Rescue me from their destruction, my precious life from the lions! (Sal 22,20; Abac 1,13)18I will thank you in the great congregation; in the mighty throng I will praise you. (Sal 22,25)19Let not those rejoice over me who are wrongfully my foes, and let not those wink the eye who hate me without cause. (Sal 13,4; Sal 35,7; Sal 35,24; Sal 38,19; Sal 69,4; Sal 119,78; Sal 119,86; Prov 6,13; Prov 10,10; Giov 15,25)20For they do not speak peace, but against those who are quiet in the land they devise words of deceit.21They open wide their mouths against me; they say, “Aha, Aha! Our eyes have seen it!” (Sal 22,13; Sal 35,25; Sal 40,15; Sal 70,3)22You have seen, O LORD; be not silent! O Lord, be not far from me! (Eso 3,7; Sal 10,1; Sal 28,1)23Awake and rouse yourself for my vindication, for my cause, my God and my Lord! (Sal 7,6; Sal 44,23; Sal 59,4; Sal 80,2)24Vindicate me, O LORD, my God, according to your righteousness, and let them not rejoice over me! (Sal 7,8; Sal 35,19)25Let them not say in their hearts, “Aha, our heart’s desire!” Let them not say, “We have swallowed him up.” (2Sam 17,16; Sal 35,21; Lam 2,16)26Let them be put to shame and disappointed altogether who rejoice at my calamity! Let them be clothed with shame and dishonor who magnify themselves against me! (Giob 8,22; Giob 19,5; Sal 4,1)27Let those who delight in my righteousness shout for joy and be glad and say evermore, “Great is the LORD, who delights in the welfare of his servant!” (Sal 34,3; Sal 40,16; Sal 70,4; Sal 149,4)28Then my tongue shall tell of your righteousness and of your praise all the day long. (Sal 51,14; Sal 71,8; Sal 71,15; Sal 71,24)
Salmo 35
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1A Psalm of David. Plead my cause , O LORD, with them that strive with me: fight against them that fight against me.2Take hold of shield and buckler, and stand up for mine help.3Draw out also the spear, and stop the way against them that persecute me: say unto my soul, I am thy salvation.4Let them be confounded and put to shame that seek after my soul: let them be turned back and brought to confusion that devise my hurt.5Let them be as chaff before the wind: and let the angel of the LORD chase them .6Let their way be dark and slippery: and let the angel of the LORD persecute them.7For without cause have they hid for me their net in a pit, which without cause they have digged for my soul.8Let destruction come upon him at unawares; and let his net that he hath hid catch himself: into that very destruction let him fall.9And my soul shall be joyful in the LORD: it shall rejoice in his salvation.10All my bones shall say, LORD, who is like unto thee, which deliverest the poor from him that is too strong for him, yea, the poor and the needy from him that spoileth him?11False witnesses did rise up; they laid to my charge things that I knew not.12They rewarded me evil for good to the spoiling of my soul.13But as for me, when they were sick, my clothing was sackcloth: I humbled my soul with fasting; and my prayer returned into mine own bosom.14I behaved myself as though he had been my friend or brother: I bowed down heavily, as one that mourneth for his mother.15But in mine adversity they rejoiced, and gathered themselves together: yea , the abjects gathered themselves together against me, and I knew it not; they did tear me , and ceased not:16With hypocritical mockers in feasts, they gnashed upon me with their teeth.17Lord, how long wilt thou look on? rescue my soul from their destructions, my darling from the lions.18I will give thee thanks in the great congregation: I will praise thee among much people.19Let not them that are mine enemies wrongfully rejoice over me: neither let them wink with the eye that hate me without a cause.20For they speak not peace: but they devise deceitful matters against them that are quiet in the land.21Yea, they opened their mouth wide against me, and said, Aha, aha, our eye hath seen it .22This thou hast seen, O LORD: keep not silence: O Lord, be not far from me.23Stir up thyself, and awake to my judgment, even unto my cause, my God and my Lord.24Judge me, O LORD my God, according to thy righteousness; and let them not rejoice over me.25Let them not say in their hearts, Ah, so would we have it: let them not say, We have swallowed him up.26Let them be ashamed and brought to confusion together that rejoice at mine hurt: let them be clothed with shame and dishonour that magnify themselves against me.27Let them shout for joy, and be glad, that favour my righteous cause: yea, let them say continually, Let the LORD be magnified, which hath pleasure in the prosperity of his servant.28And my tongue shall speak of thy righteousness and of thy praise all the day long.