The Complete Jewish Bible CJB
New King James Version NKJV
1 For the leader. A psalm of David: God, whom I praise, don't remain silent!
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To the Chief Musician. A Psalm of David. Do not keep silent, O God of my praise!
2 For wicked and deceitful men have opened their mouths against me, spoken against me with lying tongues,
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For the mouth of the wicked and the mouth of the deceitful Have opened against me; They have spoken against me with a lying tongue.
3 surrounded me with hateful words, and attacked me without cause.
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They have also surrounded me with words of hatred, And fought against me without a cause.
4 In return for my love they became my accusers, even though I prayed for them.
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In return for my love they are my accusers, But I give myself to prayer.
5 They repay me evil for good and hatred for my love.
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Thus they have rewarded me evil for good, And hatred for my love.
6 [They say,] "Appoint a wicked man over him, may an accuser stand at his right.
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Set a wicked man over him, And let an accuser stand at his right hand.
7 When he is tried, let him be found guilty, may even his plea be counted a sin.
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When he is judged, let him be found guilty, And let his prayer become sin.
8 May his days be few, may someone else take his position.
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Let his days be few, And let another take his office.
9 May his children be fatherless and his wife a widow.
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Let his children be fatherless, And his wife a widow.
10 May his children be wandering beggars, foraging for food from their ruined homes.
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Let his children continually be vagabonds, and beg; Let them seek their bread also from their desolate places.
11 May creditors seize all he owns and strangers make off with his earnings.
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Let the creditor seize all that he has, And let strangers plunder his labor.
12 May no one treat him kindly, and may no one take pity on his orphaned children.
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Let there be none to extend mercy to him, Nor let there be any to favor his fatherless children.
13 May his posterity be cut off; may his name be erased within a generation.
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Let his posterity be cut off, And in the generation following let their name be blotted out.
14 May the wrongs of his ancestors be remembered by ADONAI, and may the sin of his mother not be erased;
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Let the iniquity of his fathers be remembered before the Lord, And let not the sin of his mother be blotted out.
15 may they always be before ADONAI, so he can cut off all memory of them from the earth.
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Let them be continually before the Lord, That He may cut off the memory of them from the earth;
16 For he did not remember to show kindness but hounded the downtrodden, the poor and the brokenhearted to death.
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Because he did not remember to show mercy, But persecuted the poor and needy man, That he might even slay the broken in heart.
17 He loved cursing; may it recoil on him! He didn't like blessing; may it stay far from him!
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As he loved cursing, so let it come to him; As he did not delight in blessing, so let it be far from him.
18 He clothed himself with cursing as routinely as with his coat; May it enter inside him as easily as water, as easily as oil into his bones.
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As he clothed himself with cursing as with his garment, So let it enter his body like water, And like oil into his bones.
19 May it cling to him like the coat he wears, like the belt he wraps around himself."
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Let it be to him like the garment which covers him, And for a belt with which he girds himself continually.
20 This is what my adversaries want ADONAI to do, those who speak evil against me.
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Let this be the Lord's reward to my accusers, And to those who speak evil against my person.
21 But you, God, ADONAI, treat me as your name demands; rescue me, because your grace is good.
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But You, O God the Lord, Deal with me for Your name's sake; Because Your mercy is good, deliver me.
22 For I am poor and needy, and my heart within me is wounded.
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For I am poor and needy, And my heart is wounded within me.
23 Like a lengthening evening shadow, I am gone; I am shaken off like a locust.
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I am gone like a shadow when it lengthens; I am shaken off like a locust.
24 My knees are weak from lack of food, my flesh wastes away for lack of nourishment.
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My knees are weak through fasting, And my flesh is feeble from lack of fatness.
25 I have become the object of their taunts; when they see me, they shake their heads.
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I also have become a reproach to them; When they look at me, they shake their heads.
26 Help me, ADONAI, my God! Save me, in keeping with your grace;
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Help me, O Lord my God! Oh, save me according to Your mercy,
27 so that they will know that this comes from your hand, that you, ADONAI, have done it.
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That they may know that this is Your hand-- That You, Lord, have done it!
28 Let them go on cursing; but you, bless! When they attack, let them be put to shame; but let your servant rejoice.
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Let them curse, but You bless; When they arise, let them be ashamed, But let Your servant rejoice.
29 Let my adversaries be clothed with confusion, let them wear their own shame like a robe.
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Let my accusers be clothed with shame, And let them cover themselves with their own disgrace as with a mantle.
30 I will eagerly thank ADONAI with my mouth, I will praise him right there in the crowd,
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I will greatly praise the Lord with my mouth; Yes, I will praise Him among the multitude.
31 because he stands alongside a needy person to defend him from unjust accusers.
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For He shall stand at the right hand of the poor, To save him from those who condemn him.
Complete Jewish Bible Copyright 1998 by David H. Stern. Published by Jewish New Testament Publications, Inc. All rights reserved. Used by permission.
Scripture taken from the New King James Version. Copyright © 1982 by Thomas Nelson, Inc. Used by permission. All rights reserved.