1. Lord, battle with those who battle with me.Fight against those who fight against me.
2. Pick up the shield and armor.Rise up and help me.
3. Lift up your spears, both large and small,against those who chase me.Tell me, “I will save you.”
4. Make those who want to kill mebe ashamed and disgraced.Make those who plan to harm meturn back and run away.
5. Make them like chaff blown by the windas the angel of the Lord forces them away.
6. Let their road be dark and slipperyas the angel of the Lord chases them.
7. For no reason they spread out their net to trap me;for no reason they dug a pit for me.
8. So let ruin strike them suddenly.Let them be caught in their own nets;let them fall into the pit and die.
9. Then I will rejoice in the Lord;I will be happy when he saves me.
10. Even my bones will say,“Lord, who is like you?You save the weak from the strong,the weak and poor from robbers.”
11. Men without mercy stand up to testify.They ask me things I do not know.
12. They repay me with evil for the good I have done,and they make me very sad.