Plead my cause Oh Lord

With those who strive against me

Fight with those Oh Lord

Fight with those who fight against me

Take hold of my weapons

Restrain me from my flesh

Stop those who pursue me

Be to them as a mesh

 

And say to my soul

“I AM Salvation”

 

Bring shame and dishonor

To those who seek my life

May they be brought to confusion

Their lives filled with strife

May they be as the chaff

That blows away in the wind

For they love their own darkness

Proud of their sin

 

And say to my soul

“I AM Salvation”

 

May their pathways be darkened

May an angel pursue them

They have hidden their nets

Bring to them what is due them

In Your hands I release them

Keep me still before You, then

 

And say to my soul

“I AM Salvation”

 

My soul will rejoice now

For You have my foes

 All my bones now sing

And my countenance glows

Who is Like You Oh Lord

For You have delivered the poor

From the snare of the enemy holding them at Death's door

 

And You say to their souls
"I AM Salvation"

 

Fierce witnesses rise

Asking what I don’t know

Rewarding evil for good

To the sorrow of my soul

Yet when they were sick

I bowed in compassion and prayed

Proclaiming their freedom, "The Price had been paid!"

 

And spoke over their souls

“He is Salvation”

 

They rejoiced in my trials

They mocked and accused me

Though I did not know it

They tore and abused me

They snarled in their anger

They tried to confuse me

How long will You look on?

How long will they bruise me?

 

But You spoke to my soul

“I AM Salvation”

 

This all You have seen

Speak again to me Lord

For You have delivered me

With a  two-edged sword

Stir up Yourself, now

And bring with You, reward

Bind me now to Your heart with a three-fold cord

 

And say to my soul

“I AM Salvation”

 

Salvation:  Hebrew ישועה (yĕshuw`ah).