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1 <<For the Chief Musician. A Psalm by David.>> God of my praise, don't remain silent,
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My God, whom I praise, do not remain silent,
2 For they have opened the mouth of the wicked and the mouth of deceit against me. They have spoken to me with a lying tongue.
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for people who are wicked and deceitful have opened their mouths against me; they have spoken against me with lying tongues.
3 They have also surrounded me with words of hatred, And fought against me without a cause.
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With words of hatred they surround me; they attack me without cause.
4 In return for my love, they are my adversaries; But I am in prayer.
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In return for my friendship they accuse me, but I am a man of prayer.
5 They have rewarded me evil for good, And hatred for my love.
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They repay me evil for good, and hatred for my friendship.
6 Set a wicked man over him. Let an adversary stand at his right hand.
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Appoint someone evil to oppose my enemy; let an accuser stand at his right hand.
7 When he is judged, let him come forth guilty. Let his prayer be turned into sin.
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When he is tried, let him be found guilty, and may his prayers condemn him.
8 Let his days be few. Let another take his office.
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May his days be few; may another take his place of leadership.
9 Let his children be fatherless, And his wife a widow.
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May his children be fatherless and his wife a widow.
10 Let his children be wandering beggars. Let them be sought from their ruins.
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May his children be wandering beggars; may they be driven from their ruined homes.
11 Let the creditor seize all that he has. Let strangers plunder the fruit of his labor.
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May a creditor seize all he has; may strangers plunder the fruits of his labor.
12 Let there be none to extend kindness to him, Neither let there be any to have pity on his fatherless children.
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May no one extend kindness to him or take pity on his fatherless children.
13 Let his posterity be cut off. In the generation following let their name be blotted out.
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May his descendants be cut off, their names blotted out from the next generation.
14 Let the iniquity of his fathers be remembered by the LORD. Don't let the sin of his mother be blotted out.
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May the iniquity of his fathers be remembered before the LORD; may the sin of his mother never be blotted out.
15 Let them be before the LORD continually, That he may cut off the memory of them from the eretz;
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May their sins always remain before the LORD, that he may blot out their name from the earth.
16 Because he didn't remember to show kindness, But persecuted the poor and needy man, The broken in heart, to kill them.
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For he never thought of doing a kindness, but hounded to death the poor and the needy and the brokenhearted.
17 Yes, he loved cursing, and it came to him. He didn't delight in blessing, and it was far from him.
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He loved to pronounce a curse— may it come back on him. He found no pleasure in blessing— may it be far from him.
18 He clothed himself also with cursing as with his garment. It came into his inward parts like water, Like oil into his bones.
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He wore cursing as his garment; it entered into his body like water, into his bones like oil.
19 Let it be to him as the clothing with which he covers himself, For the belt that is always around him.
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May it be like a cloak wrapped about him, like a belt tied forever around him.
20 This is the reward of my adversaries from the LORD, Of those who speak evil against my soul.
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May this be the LORD’s payment to my accusers, to those who speak evil of me.
21 But deal with me, the LORD the Lord, for your name's sake, Because your lovingkindness is good, deliver me;
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But you, Sovereign LORD, help me for your name’s sake; out of the goodness of your love, deliver me.
22 For I am poor and needy. My heart is wounded within me.
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For I am poor and needy, and my heart is wounded within me.
23 I fade away like an evening shadow. I am shaken off as the arbeh.
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I fade away like an evening shadow; I am shaken off like a locust.
24 My knees are weak through fasting. My body is thin and lacks fat.
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My knees give way from fasting; my body is thin and gaunt.
25 I have also become a reproach to them. When they see me, they shake their head.
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I am an object of scorn to my accusers; when they see me, they shake their heads.
26 Help me, LORD, my God. Save me according to your lovingkindness;
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Help me, LORD my God; save me according to your unfailing love.
27 That they may know that this is your hand; That you, LORD, have done it.
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Let them know that it is your hand, that you, LORD, have done it.
28 They may curse, but you bless. When they arise, they will be put to shame, But your servant shall rejoice.
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While they curse, may you bless; may those who attack me be put to shame, but may your servant rejoice.
29 Let my adversaries be clothed with dishonor. Let them cover themselves with their own shame as with a robe.
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May my accusers be clothed with disgrace and wrapped in shame as in a cloak.
30 I will give great thanks to the LORD with my mouth. Yes, I will praise him among the multitude.
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With my mouth I will greatly extol the LORD; in the great throng of worshipers I will praise him.
31 For he will stand at the right hand of the needy, To save him from those who judge his soul.
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For he stands at the right hand of the needy, to save their lives from those who would condemn them.
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