GOD'S WORD Translation GW
New King James Version NKJV
1 O God, whom I praise, do not turn a deaf ear to me.
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To the Chief Musician. A Psalm of David. Do not keep silent, O God of my praise!
2 Wicked and deceitful people have opened their mouths against me. They speak 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 They surround me with hateful words. They fight against 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 In return for my love, they accuse me, but I pray for them.
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In return for my love they are my accusers, But I give myself to prayer.
5 They reward me with evil instead of good and with hatred instead of love.
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Thus they have rewarded me evil for good, And hatred for my love.
6 [I said,] "Appoint the evil one to oppose him. Let Satan stand beside him.
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Set a wicked man over him, And let an accuser stand at his right hand.
7 When he stands trial, let him be found guilty. Let his prayer be considered sinful.
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When he is judged, let him be found guilty, And let his prayer become sin.
8 Let his days be few [in number]. Let someone else take his position.
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Let his days be few, And let another take his office.
9 "Let his children become fatherless and his wife a widow.
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Let his children be fatherless, And his wife a widow.
10 Let his children wander around and beg. Let them seek help far 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 Let a creditor take everything he owns. Let strangers steal what he has worked for.
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Let the creditor seize all that he has, And let strangers plunder his labor.
12 Let no one be kind to him anymore. Let no one show any pity to his fatherless 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 Let his descendants be cut off and their family name be wiped out by the next generation.
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Let his posterity be cut off, And in the generation following let their name be blotted out.
14 Let the LORD remember the guilt of his ancestors and not wipe out his mother's sin.
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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 Let their guilt and sin always remain on record in front of the LORD. Let the LORD remove every memory of him 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 because he did not remember to be kind. "He drove oppressed, needy, and brokenhearted people to their graves.
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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 to put curses [on others], so he, too, was cursed. He did not like to bless [others], so he never received a blessing.
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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 wore cursing as though it were clothing, so cursing entered his body like water and his bones like oil.
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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 Let cursing be his clothing, a belt he always wears."
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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 how the LORD rewards those who accuse me, those who say evil things 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 O LORD Almighty, deal with me out of the goodness of your name. Rescue me because of your mercy.
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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 I am oppressed and needy. I can feel the pain in my heart.
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For I am poor and needy, And my heart is wounded within me.
23 I fade away like a lengthening shadow. I have been shaken off like a grasshopper.
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I am gone like a shadow when it lengthens; I am shaken off like a locust.
24 My knees give way because I have been fasting. My body has become lean, without any fat.
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My knees are weak through fasting, And my flesh is feeble from lack of fatness.
25 I have become the victim of my enemies' insults. They look at me and 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, O LORD my God. Save me because of your mercy.
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Help me, O Lord my God! Oh, save me according to Your mercy,
27 Then they will know that this is your doing, that you, O LORD, are the one who saved me.
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That they may know that this is Your hand-- That You, Lord, have done it!
28 They may curse, but you will bless. Let those who attack me be ashamed, but let me 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 those who accuse me wear disgrace as though it were clothing. Let them be wrapped in their shame as though it were 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 With my mouth I will give many thanks to the LORD. I will praise him among many people,
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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 beside needy people to save them from those who would condemn them to death.
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For He shall stand at the right hand of the poor, To save him from those who condemn him.