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The Darby Translation DBY
1 Be not silent, O God of my praise!
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{To the chief Musician. Of David. A Psalm.} O God of my praise, be not silent:
2 For wicked and deceitful mouths are opened against me, speaking against me with lying tongues.
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For the mouth of the wicked [man] and the mouth of deceit are opened against me: they have spoken against me with a lying tongue,
3 They encircle me with words of hate, and attack me without cause.
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And with words of hatred have they encompassed me; and they fight against me without a cause.
4 In return for my love they accuse me, but I give myself to prayer.
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For my love they are mine adversaries; but I [give myself unto] prayer.
5 So they reward me evil for good, and hatred for my love.
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And they have rewarded me evil for good, and hatred for my love.
6 Appoint a wicked man against him; let an accuser stand at his right hand.
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Set a wicked [man] over him, and let [the] adversary stand at his right hand;
7 When he is tried, let him come forth guilty; let his prayer be counted as sin!
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When he shall be judged, let him go out guilty, and let his prayer become sin;
8 May his days be few; may another take his office!
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Let his days be few, let another take his office;
9 May his children be fatherless and his wife a widow!
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Let his sons be fatherless, and his wife a widow;
10 May his children wander about and beg, seeking food far from the ruins they inhabit!
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Let his sons be vagabonds and beg, and let them seek [their bread] far from their desolate places;
11 May the creditor seize all that he has; may strangers plunder the fruits of his toil!
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Let the usurer cast the net over all that he hath, and let strangers despoil his labour;
12 Let there be none to extend kindness to him, nor any to pity his fatherless children!
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Let there be none to extend kindness unto him, neither let there be any to favour his fatherless children;
13 May his posterity be cut off; may his name be blotted out in the second generation!
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Let his posterity be cut off; in the generation following let their name be blotted out:
14 May the iniquity of his fathers be remembered before the LORD, and let not the sin of his mother be blotted out!
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Let the iniquity of his fathers be remembered with Jehovah, and let not the sin of his mother be blotted out;
15 Let them be before the LORD continually, that he may cut off the memory of them from the earth!
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Let them be before Jehovah continually, that he may cut off the memory of them from the earth:
16 For he did not remember to show kindness, but pursued the poor and needy and the brokenhearted, to put them to death.
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Because he remembered not to shew kindness, but persecuted the afflicted and needy man, and the broken in heart, to slay him.
17 He loved to curse; let curses come upon him! He did not delight in blessing; may it be far from him!
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And he loved cursing; so let it come unto him. And he delighted not in blessing; and let it be far from him.
18 He clothed himself with cursing as his coat; may it soak into his body like water, like oil into his bones!
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And he clothed himself with cursing like his vestment; so let it come into his bowels like water, and like oil into his bones;
19 May it be like a garment that he wraps around him, like a belt that he puts on every day!
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Let it be unto him as a garment with which he covereth himself, and for a girdle wherewith he is constantly girded.
20 May this be the reward of my accusers from the LORD, of those who speak evil against my life!
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Let this be the reward of mine adversaries from Jehovah, and of them that speak evil against my soul.
21 But you, O GOD my Lord, deal on my behalf for your name's sake; because your steadfast love is good, deliver me!
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But do *thou* for me, Jehovah, Lord, for thy name's sake; because thy loving-kindness is good, deliver me:
22 For I am poor and needy, and my heart is stricken within me.
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For I am afflicted and needy, and my heart is wounded within me.
23 I am gone like a shadow at evening; I am shaken off like a locust.
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I am gone like a shadow when it lengtheneth; I am tossed about like the locust;
24 My knees are weak through fasting; my body has become gaunt, with no fat.
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My knees are failing through fasting, and my flesh hath lost its fatness;
25 I am an object of scorn to my accusers; when they see me, they wag their heads.
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And I am become a reproach unto them; [when] they look upon me they shake their heads.
26 Help me, O LORD my God! Save me according to your steadfast love!
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Help me, Jehovah my God; save me according to thy loving-kindness:
27 Let them know that this is your hand; you, O LORD, have done it!
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That they may know that this is thy hand; that *thou*, Jehovah, hast done it.
28 Let them curse, but you will bless! They arise and are put to shame, but your servant will be glad!
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Let *them* curse, but bless *thou*; when they rise up, let them be ashamed, and let thy servant rejoice.
29 May my accusers be clothed with dishonor; may they be wrapped in their own shame as in a cloak!
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Let mine adversaries be clothed with confusion, and let them cover themselves with their shame as with a mantle.
30 With my mouth I will give great thanks to the LORD; I will praise him in the midst of the throng.
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I will greatly celebrate Jehovah with my mouth; yea, I will praise him among the multitude.
31 For he stands at the right hand of the needy one, to save him from those who condemn his soul to death.
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For he standeth at the right hand of the needy, to save him from those that judge his soul.
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