Septuagint Bible w/ Apocrypha LXX
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1 O God, pass not over my praise in silence;
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My God, whom I praise, do not remain silent,
2 for the mouth of the sinner and the mouth of the crafty man have been opened against me: they have spoken against me with a crafty tongue.
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for people who are wicked and deceitful have opened their mouths against me; they have spoken against me with lying tongues.
3 And they have compassed me with words of hatred; and fought against me without a cause.
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With words of hatred they surround me; they attack me without cause.
4 Instead of loving me, they falsely accused me: but I continued to pray.
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In return for my friendship they accuse me, but I am a man of prayer.
5 And they rewarded me evil for good, and hatred for my love.
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They repay me evil for good, and hatred for my friendship.
6 Set thou a sinner against him; and let the devil stand at his right hand.
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Appoint someone evil to oppose my enemy; let an accuser stand at his right hand.
7 When he is judged, let him go forth condemned: and let his prayer become sin.
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When he is tried, let him be found guilty, and may his prayers condemn him.
8 Let his days be few: and let another take his office of overseer.
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May his days be few; may another take his place of leadership.
9 Let his children be orphans, and his wife a widow.
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May his children be fatherless and his wife a widow.
10 Let his children wander without a dwelling-place, and beg: let them be cast out of their habitations.
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May his children be wandering beggars; may they be driven from their ruined homes.
11 Let his creditor exact all that belongs to him: and let strangers spoil his labours.
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May a creditor seize all he has; may strangers plunder the fruits of his labor.
12 Let him have no helper; neither let there be any one to have compassion on his fatherless children.
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May no one extend kindness to him or take pity on his fatherless children.
13 Let his children be given up to utter destruction: in one generation let his name be blotted out.
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May his descendants be cut off, their names blotted out from the next generation.
14 Let 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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May the iniquity of his fathers be remembered before the LORD; may the sin of his mother never be blotted out.
15 Let them be before the Lord continually; and let their memorial be blotted out from the earth.
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May their sins always remain before the LORD, that he may blot out their name from the earth.
16 Because he remembered not to shew mercy, but persecuted the needy and poor man, and that to slay him that was pricked in the heart.
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For he never thought of doing a kindness, but hounded to death the poor and the needy and the brokenhearted.
17 He loved cursing also, and it shall come upon him; and he took not pleasure in blessing, so it shall be removed far from him.
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He loved to pronounce a curse— may it come back on him. He found no pleasure in blessing— may it be far from him.
18 Yea, he put on cursing as a garment, and it is come as water into his bowels, and as oil into his bones.
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He wore cursing as his garment; it entered into his body like water, into his bones like oil.
19 Let it be to him as a garment which he puts on, and as a girdle with which he girds himself continually.
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May it be like a cloak wrapped about him, like a belt tied forever around him.
20 This is the dealing of the Lord with those who falsely accuse me, and of them that speak evil against my soul.
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May this be the LORD’s payment to my accusers, to those who speak evil of me.
21 But thou, O Lord, Lord, deal mercifully with me, for thy name’s sake: for thy mercy is good.
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But you, Sovereign LORD, help me for your name’s sake; out of the goodness of your love, deliver me.
22 Deliver me, for I am poor and needy; and my heart is troubled within me.
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For I am poor and needy, and my heart is wounded within me.
23 I am removed as a shadow in its going down: I am tossed up and down like locusts.
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I fade away like an evening shadow; I am shaken off like a locust.
24 My knees are weakened through fasting, and my flesh is changed by reason of the want of oil.
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My knees give way from fasting; my body is thin and gaunt.
25 I became also a reproach to them: when they saw me they shook their heads.
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I am an object of scorn to my accusers; when they see me, they shake their heads.
26 Help me, O Lord my God; and save me according to thy mercy.
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Help me, LORD my God; save me according to your unfailing love.
27 And let them know that this is thy hand; and that thou, Lord, hast wrought it.
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Let them know that it is your hand, that you, LORD, have done it.
28 Let them curse, but thou shalt bless: let them that rise up against me be ashamed, but let thy servant rejoice.
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While they curse, may you bless; may those who attack me be put to shame, but may your servant rejoice.
29 Let those that falsely accuse me be clothed with shame, and let them cover themselves with their shame as with a mantle.
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May my accusers be clothed with disgrace and wrapped in shame as in a cloak.
30 I will give thanks to the Lord abundantly with my mouth; and in the midst of many I will praise him.
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With my mouth I will greatly extol the LORD; in the great throng of worshipers I will praise him.
31 For he stood on the right hand of the poor, to save me from them that persecute my soul.
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For he stands at the right hand of the needy, to save their lives from those who would condemn them.
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