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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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Do not be silent, O God of my praise.
2 (108-2) for the mouth of the wicked and the mouth of the deceitful man is opened against me.
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For wicked and deceitful mouths are opened against me, speaking against me with lying tongues.
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 beset me with words of hate, and attack me without cause.
4 (108-4) Instead of making me a return of love, they detracted me: but I gave myself to prayer.
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In return for my love they accuse me, even while I make prayer for them.
5 (108-5) And they repaid 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 (108-6) Set thou the sinner over him: and may the devil stand at his right hand.
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They say, "Appoint a wicked man against him; let an accuser stand on his right.
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 he is tried, let him be found guilty; let his prayer be counted as sin.
8 (108-8) May his days be few: and his bishopric let another take.
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May his days be few; may another seize his position.
9 (108-9) May his children be fatherless, and his wife a widow.
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May his children be orphans, 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 about and beg; may they be driven out of the ruins they inhabit.
11 (108-11) May the usurer search all his substance: and let strangers plunder his labours.
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May the creditor seize all that he has; may strangers plunder the fruits of his toil.
12 (108-12) May there be none to help him: nor none to pity his fatherless offspring.
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May there be no one to do him a kindness, nor anyone to pity his orphaned children.
13 (108-13) May his posterity be cut off; in one generation may his 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 (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 iniquity of his father be remembered before the Lord, and do not let the sin of his mother be blotted out.
15 (108-15) May they be before the Lord continually, and let the memory of them perish from the earth:
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Let them be before the Lord continually, and may his memory be cut off from the earth.
16 (108-16) because he remembered not to shew mercy,
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For he did not remember to show kindness, but pursued the poor and needy and the brokenhearted to their 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; let curses come on him. He did not like blessing; may it be far from 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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He clothed himself with cursing as his coat, may it soak into his body like water, like oil into his bones.
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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May it be like a garment that he wraps around himself, like a belt that he wears every day."
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 that be the reward of my accusers from the Lord, of those who speak evil against my life.
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 you, O Lord my Lord, act on my behalf for your name's sake; because your steadfast love is good, deliver me.
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 pierced within me.
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 gone like a shadow at evening; I am shaken 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 through fasting; my body has become gaunt.
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 an object of scorn to my accusers; when they see me, they shake their heads.
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 according to your steadfast 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 know that this is your hand; you, O Lord, have done it.
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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Let them curse, but you will bless. Let my assailants be put to shame; may your servant be glad.
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 dishonor; may they be wrapped in their own shame as in a mantle.
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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With my mouth I will give great thanks to the Lord; I will praise him in the midst of the throng.
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 at the right hand of the needy, to save them from those who would condemn them to death.
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