1Contend with my opponents, O LORD;
fight against those who fight against me.
2Take up Your shield and buckler;
arise and come to my aid.
3Draw the spear and javelin against my pursuers;
say to my soul: “I am your salvation.”
4May those who seek my life
be disgraced and put to shame;
may those who plan to harm me
be driven back and confounded.
5May they be like chaff in the wind,
as the angel of the LORD drives them away.
6May their path be dark and slick,
as the angel of the LORD pursues.
7For without cause they laid their net for me;
without reason they dug a pit for my soul.
8May ruin befall them by surprise;
may the net they hid ensnare them;
may they fall into the hazard they created.
— Psalm 35:1-8