1. Contend, Hashem, with them that contend with me; fight against them that fight against me.
2. Take hold of mogen and tzinnah (large shield) and arise to my aid.
3. Draw out also the khanit (spear), and block the way against them that persecute me; say unto my nefesh, I am Thy Yeshuah (salvation).
4. Let them be put to shame and disgraced that seek after my nefesh; let a rout in retreat be theirs and let them be brought to dismay that plot my ruin.
5. Let them be like motz (chaff) before the ruach; and let the Malach Hashem drive them away.
6. Let their derech be choshech and slippery; and let the Malach Hashem pursue them.
7. For without cause have they hid for me their reshet (net) in a shachat (pit), which without cause they dug for my nefesh.
8. Let sho'ah (disaster) come upon him unawares; and let his own reshet (net) that he hath hid ensnare him; into that very sho'ah let him fall.
9. And my nefesh shall rejoice in Hashem; it shall be joyful in His Yeshuah (salvation).
10. All my atzmot shall say, Hashem, mi khamocha (who is like Thee), Who deliverest the oni (poor) from him that is too strong for him, yes, the oni and the evyon (needy) from him that despoileth him?
11. Edei chamas (witnesses of violence, false witnesses) rise up; they lay to my charge things, questioning me of that which I have no da'as.
12. They repay me ra'ah for tovah to the forlornness of my nefesh.
13. But as for me, when they were choleh (ill), my clothing was sackcloth; I humbled my nefesh with tzom (fasting); and my tefillah (prayer) turned back on mine own kheyk (bosom).
14. I went about as though he had been my re'a or ach; I bowed in sadness, as one that mourneth for his em.
15. But at mine stumbling they rejoiced, and gathered themselves together; yes, the attackers gathered themselves together against me, and I had no da'as; they did tear at me [with slander], and ceased not: