1 Contend, LORD, with those who contend with me, 2 3Grasp shield and buckler, 4Dishonour and shame be on those 5As chaff before wind may they be, 6Slippery and dark be their way, 7For they wantonly hid their net for me, 8Upon them may ruin come unawares; 9Then I will exult in the LORD, 10and all my being will say, 11Violent witnesses rise, 12Evil for good they requite me, 13But when *they* were sick, *I* put on sackcloth, 14as if for my friend or my brother. 15When I stumbled, they gleefully gathered, 16impiously mocking and mocking, 17How long, LORD, will you look on? 18I will then give you thanks in the great congregation, 19Suffer not those to rejoice over me 20For it is not peace that they speak 21With wide open mouths they shout, 22But you have seen, too, O LORD, 23Bestir you, awake, for my right 24You are just, LORD: win for me justice, 25inwardly saying, “Hurrah! 26Shame and confusion together 27Let such as delight in my cause 28Then my tongue will tell of your justice,