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1 (108-1) <Unto the end, a psalm for David.> (108-2) O God, be not thou silent in my praise:
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O God, whom I praise, don’t stand silent and aloof
2 (108-2) for the mouth of the wicked and the mouth of the deceitful man is opened against me.
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while the wicked slander me and tell lies about me.
3 (108-3) They have spoken against me with deceitful tongues; and they have compassed me about with words of hatred; and have fought against me without cause.
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They surround me with hateful words and fight against me for no reason.
4 (108-4) Instead of making me a return of love, they detracted me: but I gave myself to prayer.
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I love them, but they try to destroy me with accusations even as I am praying for them!
5 (108-5) And they repaid me evil for good: and hatred for my love.
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They repay evil for good, and hatred for my love.
6 (108-6) Set thou the sinner over him: and may the devil stand at his right hand.
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They say, “Get an evil person to turn against him. Send an accuser to bring him to trial.
7 (108-7) When he is judged, may he go out condemned; and may his prayer be turned to sin.
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When his case comes up for judgment, let him be pronounced guilty. Count his prayers as sins.
8 (108-8) May his days be few: and his bishopric let another take.
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Let his years be few; let someone else take his position.
9 (108-9) May his children be fatherless, and his wife a widow.
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May his children become fatherless, and his wife a widow.
10 (108-10) Let his children be carried about vagabonds, and beg; and let them be cast out of their dwellings.
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May his children wander as beggars and be driven from their ruined homes.
11 (108-11) May the usurer search all his substance: and let strangers plunder his labours.
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May creditors seize his entire estate, and strangers take all he has earned.
12 (108-12) May there be none to help him: nor none to pity his fatherless offspring.
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Let no one be kind to him; let no one pity his fatherless children.
13 (108-13) May his posterity be cut off; in one generation may his name be blotted out.
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May all his offspring die. May his family name be blotted out in the next generation.
14 (108-14) May the iniquity of his fathers be remembered in the sight of the Lord: and let not the sin of his mother be blotted out.
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May the LORD never forget the sins of his fathers; may his mother’s sins never be erased from the record.
15 (108-15) May they be before the Lord continually, and let the memory of them perish from the earth:
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May the LORD always remember these sins, and may his name disappear from human memory.
16 (108-16) because he remembered not to shew mercy,
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For he refused all kindness to others; he persecuted the poor and needy, and he hounded the brokenhearted to death.
17 (108-17) But persecuted the poor man and the beggar; and the broken in heart, to put him to death.
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He loved to curse others; now you curse him. He never blessed others; now don’t you bless him.
18 (108-18) And he loved cursing, and it shall come unto him: and he would not have blessing, and it shall be far from him. And he put on cursing, like a garment: and it went in like water into his entrails, and like oil in his bones.
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Cursing is as natural to him as his clothing, or the water he drinks, or the rich food he eats.
19 (108-19) May it be unto him like a garment which covereth him; and like a girdle with which he is girded continually.
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Now may his curses return and cling to him like clothing; may they be tied around him like a belt.”
20 (108-20) This is the work of them who detract me before the Lord; and who speak evils against my soul.
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May those curses become the LORD ’s punishment for my accusers who speak evil of me.
21 (108-21) But thou, O Lord, do with me for thy name’s sake: because thy mercy is sweet. Do thou deliver me,
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But deal well with me, O Sovereign LORD, for the sake of your own reputation! Rescue me because you are so faithful and good.
22 (108-22) 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 full of pain.
23 (108-23) I am taken away like the shadow when it declineth: and I am shaken off as locusts.
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I am fading like a shadow at dusk; I am brushed off like a locust.
24 (108-24) My knees are weakened through fasting: and my flesh is changed for oil.
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My knees are weak from fasting, and I am skin and bones.
25 (108-25) And I am become a reproach to them: they saw me and they shaked their heads.
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I am a joke to people everywhere; when they see me, they shake their heads in scorn.
26 (108-26) Help me, O Lord my God; save me; according to thy mercy.
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Help me, O LORD my God! Save me because of your unfailing love.
27 (108-27) And let them know that this is thy hand: and that thou, O Lord, hast done it.
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Let them see that this is your doing, that you yourself have done it, LORD .
28 (108-28) They will curse and thou wilt bless: let them that rise up against me be confounded: but thy servant shall rejoice.
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Then let them curse me if they like, but you will bless me! When they attack me, they will be disgraced! But I, your servant, will go right on rejoicing!
29 (108-29) Let them that detract me be clothed with shame: and let them be covered with their confusion as with a double cloak.
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May my accusers be clothed with disgrace; may their humiliation cover them like a cloak.
30 (108-30) I will give great thanks to the Lord with my mouth: and in the midst of many I will praise him.
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But I will give repeated thanks to the LORD, praising him to everyone.
31 (108-31) Because he hath stood at the right hand of the poor, to save my soul from persecutors.
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For he stands beside the needy, ready to save them from those who condemn them.
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