Psalm 36 Your Love, O Lord (Jaymi Vandewater) Psalm 35 - Awake, O Lord by Jon Degroot Plead my cause, LORD, with those opposing me Fight against those who, who fight against me Pick up Your shield and armor, stand up and help me Draw out Your spear, stop those pursuing me And say to my soul, “I am your salvation” Let those who hunt me down be put to disgrace And those who plot against me be turned back in shame May they be like the chaff blown away by the wind The angel of the LORD driving them away May their way be dark, slippery, empty, and vain With Your angel pursuing them all the way For they set traps to catch me, though I’ve done nothing wrong Let them fall in their traps before they even know Then my soul will joy in Yahweh And I’ll exalt in His salvation All my bones will say, “Who is like You, saving the powerless from those oppressing them?” Violent witnesses rise up from everywhere With accusations I’ve never heard before And they repay me evil for doing good to them Like one who’s lost a loved one, my soul is overwhelmed Though I when they were sick, I prayed and fasted for them I put on mourning clothes, prayed with my head to my chest I grieved as if they were my brother or my friend As one who grieves his mother, I bowed myself down But at my stumbling, they gathered and rejoiced O, wretched men that I’ve never seen before Their torture is relentless, their mockings never cease They tear at me with words, they gnash at me with their teeth How long, O Lord, will you watch this? Deliver me from their endless violence Save my precious life from these lions Then I will praise You in the great assembly I will give You praise in front of everyone Don’t let those wrongfully my foes rejoice over me Nor those who hate me without cause wink with malice They speak not peace, but lies against the faithful in the land They open wide their mouths against me They say, “Aha, our eyes have seen it” You have seen it, LORD Don’t be silent to me, O Lord Do not be far from me Do not be far from me Awake, O Lord Awake, O Lord, and arise for my right and my cause Lord, my God O vindicate me according to Your righteousness Don’t let my foes rejoice Don’t let them say in their hearts, “We’ve achieved our desire “We’ve devoured his very soul” Let them be disgraced who rejoice at my pain Let them be clothed with shame who exalt themselves against me Let those who joy in my victory shout for joy and be glad May they ever say, “Great is the LORD Who delights in my prosperity” Then my tongue shall declare Your righteousness And Your praise all day long Then my tongue shall declare Your righteousness And Your praise all day long