Please read both these sections of Scripture
Ecclesiastes 1:9 KJV
9 The thing that hath been,
it is that which shall be; and that which is done is that which shall be
done: and there is no new thing under the sun.
Psalms 35 KJV
(Entire Chapter)
1
Plead my cause, O
Lord,
with them that strive with me: fight against them that fight against me.
2 Take hold of shield and buckler, and stand
up for mine help.
3 Draw out also the spear, and stop the way
against them that persecute me: say unto my soul, I am thy salvation.
4 Let them be confounded and put to shame
that seek after my soul: let them be turned back and brought to
confusion that devise my hurt.
5 Let them be as chaff before the wind: and
let the angel of the
Lord
chase them.
6 Let their way be dark and slippery: and
let the angel of the
Lord
persecute them.
7 For without cause have they hid for me
their net in a pit, which without cause they have digged for my soul.
8 Let destruction come upon him at unawares;
and let his net that he hath hid catch himself: into that very
destruction let him fall.
9 And my soul shall be joyful in the
Lord:
it shall rejoice in his salvation.
10 All my bones shall say,
Lord,
who is like unto thee, which deliverest the poor from him that is too
strong for him, yea, the poor and the needy from him that spoileth him?
11 False witnesses did rise up; they laid to
my charge things that I knew not.
12 They rewarded me evil for good to the
spoiling of my soul.
13 But as for me, when they were sick, my
clothing was sackcloth: I humbled my soul with fasting; and my prayer
returned into mine own bosom.
14 I behaved myself as though he had been my
friend or brother: I bowed down heavily, as one that mourneth for his
mother.
15 But in mine adversity they rejoiced, and
gathered themselves together: yea, the abjects gathered themselves
together against me, and I knew it not; they did tear me, and ceased
not:
16 With hypocritical mockers in feasts, they
gnashed upon me with their teeth.
17 Lord, how long wilt thou look on? rescue
my soul from their destructions, my darling from the lions.
18 I will give thee thanks in the great
congregation: I will praise thee among much people.
19 Let not them that are mine enemies
wrongfully rejoice over me: neither let them wink with the eye that hate
me without a cause.
20 For they speak not peace: but they devise
deceitful matters against them that are quiet in the land.
21 Yea, they opened their mouth wide against
me, and said, Aha, aha, our eye hath seen it.
22 This thou hast seen, O
Lord:
keep not silence: O Lord, be not far from me.
23 Stir up thyself, and awake to my
judgment, even unto my cause, my God and my Lord.
24 Judge me, O
Lord my
God, according to thy righteousness; and let them not rejoice over me.
25 Let them not say in their hearts, Ah, so
would we have it: let them not say, We have swallowed him up.
26 Let them be ashamed and brought to
confusion together that rejoice at mine hurt: let them be clothed with
shame and dishonour that magnify themselves against me.
27 Let them shout for joy, and be glad, that
favour my righteous cause: yea, let them say continually, Let the
Lord be
magnified, which hath pleasure in the prosperity of his servant.
28 And my tongue shall speak of thy
righteousness and of thy praise all the day long.
