Good News Translation GNT
World English Bible WEB
1 I praise you, God; don't remain silent!
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<<For the Chief Musician. A Psalm by David.>> God of my praise, don't remain silent,
2 Wicked people and liars have attacked me. They tell lies about me,
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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.
3 and they say evil things about me, attacking me for no reason.
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They have also surrounded me with words of hatred, And fought against me without a cause.
4 They oppose me, even though I love them and have prayed for them.
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In return for my love, they are my adversaries; But I am in prayer.
5 They pay me back evil for good and hatred for love.
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They have rewarded me evil for good, And hatred for my love.
6 Choose some corrupt judge to try my enemy, and let one of his own enemies accuse him.
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Set a wicked man over him. Let an adversary stand at his right hand.
7 May he be tried and found guilty; may even his prayer be considered a crime!
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When he is judged, let him come forth guilty. Let his prayer be turned into sin.
8 May his life soon be ended; may someone else take his job!
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Let his days be few. Let another take his office.
9 May his children become orphans, and his wife a widow!
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Let his children be fatherless, And his wife a widow.
10 May his children be homeless beggars; may they be driven from the ruins they live in!
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Let his children be wandering beggars. Let them be sought from their ruins.
11 May his creditors take away all his property, and may strangers get everything he worked for.
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Let the creditor seize all that he has. Let strangers plunder the fruit of his labor.
12 May no one ever be kind to him or care for the orphans he leaves behind.
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Let there be none to extend kindness to him, Neither let there be any to have pity on his fatherless children.
13 May all his descendants die, and may his name be forgotten in the next generation.
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Let his posterity be cut off. In the generation following let their name be blotted out.
14 May the Lord remember the evil of his ancestors and never forgive his mother's sins.
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Let the iniquity of his fathers be remembered by Yahweh. Don't let the sin of his mother be blotted out.
15 May the Lord always remember their sins, but may they themselves be completely forgotten!
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Let them be before Yahweh continually, That he may cut off the memory of them from the earth;
16 That man never thought of being kind; he persecuted and killed the poor, the needy, and the helpless.
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Because he didn't remember to show kindness, But persecuted the poor and needy man, The broken in heart, to kill them.
17 He loved to curse - may he be cursed! He hated to give blessings - may no one bless him!
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Yes, he loved cursing, and it came to him. He didn't delight in blessing, and it was far from him.
18 He cursed as naturally as he dressed himself; may his own curses soak into his body like water and into his bones like oil!
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He clothed himself also with cursing as with his garment. It came into his inward parts like water, Like oil into his bones.
19 May they cover him like clothes and always be around him like a belt!
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Let it be to him as the clothing with which he covers himself, For the belt that is always around him.
20 Lord, punish my enemies in that way - those who say such evil things against me!
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This is the reward of my adversaries from Yahweh, Of those who speak evil against my soul.
21 But my Sovereign Lord, help me as you have promised, and rescue me because of the goodness of your love.
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But deal with me, Yahweh the Lord, for your name's sake, Because your lovingkindness is good, deliver me;
22 I am poor and needy; I am hurt to the depths of my heart.
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For I am poor and needy. My heart is wounded within me.
23 Like an evening shadow I am about to vanish; I am blown away like an insect.
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I fade away like an evening shadow. I am shaken off as the locust.
24 My knees are weak from lack of food; I am nothing but skin and bones.
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My knees are weak through fasting. My body is thin and lacks fat.
25 When people see me, they laugh at me; they shake their heads in scorn.
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I have also become a reproach to them. When they see me, they shake their head.
26 Help me, O Lord my God; because of your constant love, save me!
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Help me, Yahweh, my God. Save me according to your lovingkindness;
27 Make my enemies know that you are the one who saves me.
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That they may know that this is your hand; That you, Yahweh, have done it.
28 They may curse me, but you will bless me. May my persecutors be defeated, and may I, your servant, be glad.
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They may curse, but you bless. When they arise, they will be put to shame, But your servant shall rejoice.
29 May my enemies be covered with disgrace; may they wear their shame like a robe.
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Let my adversaries be clothed with dishonor. Let them cover themselves with their own shame as with a robe.
30 I will give loud thanks to the Lord; I will praise him in the assembly of the people,
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I will give great thanks to Yahweh with my mouth. Yes, I will praise him among the multitude.
31 because he defends the poor and saves them from those who condemn them to death.
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For he will stand at the right hand of the needy, To save him from those who judge his soul.
Scripture taken from the Good News Translation - Second Edition, Copyright 1992 by American Bible Society. Used by Permission.
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