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