Prayer for God, the Divine Warrior

Psalms 35:1-10

Contend with my opponents, O LORD; fight against those who fight against me.

Take up Your shield and buckler; arise and come to my aid.

Draw the spear and javelin against my pursuers; say to my soul: “I am your salvation.”

May those who seek my life be disgraced and put to shame; may those who plan to harm me be driven back and confounded.

May they be like chaff in the wind, as the angel of the LORD drives them away.

May their path be dark and slick, as the angel of the LORD pursues.

For without cause they laid their net for me; without reason they dug a pit for my soul.

May ruin befall them by surprise; may the net they hid ensnare them; may they fall into the hazard they created.

Then my soul will rejoice in the LORD and exult in His salvation.

All my bones will exclaim, “Who is like You, O LORD, who delivers the afflicted from the aggressor, the poor and needy from the robber?”