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To the Overseer. -- A Psalm of David. O God of my praise, be not silent,
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For the mouth of wickedness, and the mouth of deceit, Against me they have opened, They have spoken with me -- A tongue of falsehood, and words of hatred!
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They have compassed me about, And they fight me without cause.
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For my love they oppose me, and I -- prayer!
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And they set against me evil for good, And hatred for my love.
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Appoint Thou over him the wicked, And an adversary standeth at his right hand.
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In his being judged, he goeth forth wicked, And his prayer is for sin.
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His days are few, his oversight another taketh,
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His sons are fatherless, and his wife a widow.
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And wander continually do his sons, Yea, they have begged, And have sought out of their dry places.