Psalm 35
A psalm of David.
1Lord, stand up against those who stand up against me.
Fight against those who fight against me.
2Pick up your shield and your armor.
Rise up and help me.
3Get your spear and javelin ready to fight
against those who are chasing me.
Say to me, “I will save you.”
4Let those who are trying to kill me
be brought down in dishonor.
Let those who plan to destroy me
be turned back in terror.
5Let them be like straw blowing in the wind,
while the angel of the Lord drives them away.
6Let their path be dark and slippery,
while the angel of the Lord chases them.
7They set a trap for me without any reason.
Without any reason they dug a pit to catch me.
8So let them be destroyed without warning.
Let the trap they set for me catch them.
Let them fall into the pit and be destroyed.
9Then I will be full of joy because of what the Lord has done.
I will be glad because he has saved me.
10My whole being will cry out,
“Who is like you, Lord?
You save poor people from those who are too strong for them.
You save poor and needy people from those who rob them.”
11Mean people come forward to speak against me.
They ask me things I don’t know anything about.
12They pay me back with evil, even though I was good to them.
They leave me like someone who has lost a family member.
13But when they were sick, I put on the clothing of sadness.
I made myself humble by going without food.
My prayers for them weren’t always answered.
14So I went around crying
as if I were mourning over my friend or relative.
I bowed my head in sadness
as if I were weeping over my mother.
15But when I tripped and fell, they were all very happy.
Attackers gathered against me when I didn’t even know it.
They kept on telling lies about me.
16Like ungodly people, they were mean and made fun of me.
They ground their teeth at me in hate.
17Lord, how much longer will you just look on?
Save me from their deadly attacks.
Save the only life I have.
Save me from these lions.
18I will give you thanks in the whole community.
Among all your people I will praise you.
19Don’t let those who are my enemies without any reason
laugh at me and make fun of me.
Don’t let those who hate me without any reason
wink at me with an evil purpose.
20They don’t speak words of peace.
They make up false charges
against those who live quietly in the land.
21They make fun of me.
They say, “With our own eyes we have seen what you did.”
22Lord, you have seen this. Don’t be silent.
Lord, don’t be far away from me.
23Wake up! Rise up to help me!
My God and Lord, stand up for me.
24Lord my God, when you hand down your sentence, let it be in my favor.
You always do what is right.
Don’t let my enemies have the joy of seeing me fall.
25Don’t let them think, “That’s exactly what we wanted!”
Don’t let them say, “We have swallowed him up.”
26Let all those who laugh at me because I’m in trouble
be ashamed and bewildered.
Let all who think they are better than I am
put on shame and dishonor as if they were clothes.
27Let those who are happy when my name is cleared
shout with joy and gladness.
Let them always say, “May the Lord be honored.
He is pleased when everything goes well with the one who serves him.”
28You always do what is right. My tongue will speak about it
and praise you all day long.
Zaburi 35
Kuomba Msaada: Kuokolewa Kutokana Na Maadui
Zaburi ya Daudi.
135:1 1Sam 24:15; Kut 14:14Ee Bwana, pingana na wale wanaopingana nami,
upigane na hao wanaopigana nami.
235:2 Za 3:3, 7; Ay 17:3; Mwa 50:24; 35:3; Hes 25:7; Za 27:1; Yos 8:18Chukua ngao na kigao.
Inuka unisaidie.
3Inua mkuki wako na fumo35:3 Fumo ni sawa na sagai, maana yake ni mkuki mfupi. lako
dhidi ya hao wanaonifuatia.
Iambie nafsi yangu,
“Mimi ni wokovu wako.”
435:4 Za 38:12; 40:14; 69:6, 19; 70:2; 83:17; 25:3; 129:5; Yer 4:30; Mal 2:9; Isa 45:16Wafedheheshwe na waaibishwe
wale wanaotafuta uhai wangu.
Wanaofanya shauri kuniangamiza
warudishwe nyuma kwa hofu.
535:5 Ay 13:25; Za 1:4; 34:7Wawe kama makapi yapeperushwayo na upepo,
malaika wa Bwana akiwafukuza.
6Njia yao na iwe giza na ya utelezi,
malaika wa Bwana akiwafuatilia.
735:7 Ay 18:8; 9:31; Za 7:4; 7:15; 55:23Kwa vile walinifichia wavu wao bila sababu,
na bila sababu wamenichimbia shimo,
835:8 Isa 47:11; 1The 5:3; Za 7:15; Mit 5:22maafa na yawapate ghafula:
wavu walionifichia na uwatege wenyewe,
na waanguke katika shimo hilo,
kwa maangamizo yao.
935:9 Za 2:11; 9:14; 13:5; 27:1; Lk 1:47; 1Sam 2:1; Isa 61:10; Ebr 3:18Ndipo nafsi yangu itashangilia katika Bwana
na kuufurahia wokovu wake.
1035:10 Kut 9:14; Za 12:5; 71:19; 18:17, 31; 113:5; 37:14; 86:1; 74:21; 109:16; 140:12; Isa 41:17Nitapaza sauti yangu nikisema,
“Ni nani aliye kama wewe, Ee Bwana?
Wewe huwaokoa maskini kutokana na wale walio na nguvu kuliko wao,
maskini na mhitaji kutokana na wanaowanyangʼanya!”
1135:11 Kut 23:1; Mt 26:60Mashahidi wakatili wanainuka,
wananiuliza mambo nisiyoyajua.
1235:12 Yer 18:20; Za 38:20; 109:5; Mit 17:13Wananilipa baya kwa jema
na kuiacha nafsi yangu ukiwa.
1335:13 2Sam 3:31; 1Fal 20:31; Za 30:11; 69:10, 11; 109:24; Ay 30:25Lakini walipokuwa wagonjwa, nilivaa nguo ya gunia
na nikajinyenyekesha kwa kufunga.
Maombi yangu yaliponirudia bila kujibiwa,
1435:14 Za 38:6; 42:9; 43:2niliendelea kuomboleza
kama vile wao ni rafiki au ndugu.
Niliinamisha kichwa chini kwa huzuni
kama ninayemwombolezea mama yangu.
1535:15 Ay 31:29; 16:10Lakini nilipojikwaa,
walikusanyika kwa shangwe;
washambuliaji walijikusanya dhidi yangu
bila mimi kujua.
Walinisingizia pasipo kukoma.
1635:16 Za 22:7; Mk 10:34; 9:18; Ay 16:9; Mdo 7:54Kama watu wasiomcha Mungu, wamenidhihaki,
wamenisagia meno.
1735:17 Za 6:3; 22:20, 21; 57:4; 58:6Ee Bwana, utatazama mpaka lini?
Niokoe maisha yangu na maangamizi yao,
uhai wangu wa thamani
kutokana na simba hawa.
1835:18 Za 22:20, 25; 42:4; 109:30Nami nitakushukuru mbele ya kusanyiko kubwa,
nitakusifu katikati ya watu wengi.
1935:19 Za 9:13; 38:19; 69:4; Yn 15:25; Mit 6:13; 10:10Usiwaache wale wanaonisimanga,
wale ambao ni adui zangu bila sababu;
usiwaache wale ambao ni adui zangu bila sababu
wakonyeze jicho kwa hila.
2035:20 Za 38:12; 55:21; Yer 9:8; Mik 6:12Hawazungumzi kwa amani,
bali wanatunga mashtaka ya uongo
dhidi ya wale wanaoishi
kwa utulivu katika nchi.
2135:21 Ay 16:10; Eze 25:3; Za 40:15; 70:3Hunifumbulia vinywa vyao wakisema, “Aha! Aha!
Kwa macho yetu wenyewe tumeliona.”
2235:22 Kut 3:7; Za 10:1, 14Ee Bwana, umeona hili, usiwe kimya.
Usiwe mbali nami, Ee Bwana.
2335:23 Za 7:6; 80:2; 17:13; 1Sam 24:15Amka, inuka unitetee!
Unipiganie Mungu wangu na Bwana wangu.
2435:24 Za 22:17; 7:8; 26:11; 2The 1:6Nihukumu kwa haki yako, Ee Bwana Mungu wangu,
sawasawa na haki yako;
usiwaache wakusimange.
2535:25 Mit 1:12; Za 35:21; 124:3; Mao 2:16Usiwaache wafikiri, “Aha, hili ndilo tulilotaka!”
Au waseme, “Tumemmeza.”
2635:26 Za 22:17; 4:1; 109:29; 38:16; Ay 8:22; 19:5; Mik 7:10Wote wanaofurahia dhiki yangu
waaibishwe na wachanganyikiwe;
hao wanaojiinua dhidi yangu
wavikwe aibu na dharau.
2735:27 Za 9:4; 20:5; 33:3; 147:11; 149:4; Ay 17:3Wale wanaofurahia hukumu yangu ya haki
wapige kelele za shangwe na furaha;
hebu waseme siku zote, “Bwana atukuzwe,
ambaye amefurahia mafanikio ya mtumishi wake.”
2835:28 Za 5:8; 51:14; 71:15, 24; 72:15Ulimi wangu utanena haki yako
na sifa zako mchana kutwa.
