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1 To the Overseer. -- A Psalm of David. O God of my praise, be not silent,
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My God, whom I praise, do not remain silent,
2 For the mouth of wickedness, and the mouth of deceit, Against me they have opened, They have spoken with me -- A tongue of falsehood, and words of hatred!
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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 They have compassed me about, And they fight me without cause.
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With words of hatred they surround me; they attack me without cause.
4 For my love they oppose me, and I -- prayer!
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In return for my friendship they accuse me, but I am a man of prayer.
5 And they set against 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 Appoint Thou over him the wicked, And an adversary standeth at his right hand.
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Appoint someone evil to oppose my enemy; let an accuser stand at his right hand.
7 In his being judged, he goeth forth wicked, And his prayer is for sin.
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When he is tried, let him be found guilty, and may his prayers condemn him.
8 His days are few, his oversight another taketh,
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May his days be few; may another take his place of leadership.
9 His sons are fatherless, and his wife a widow.
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May his children be fatherless and his wife a widow.
10 And wander continually do his sons, Yea, they have begged, And have sought out of their dry places.
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May his children be wandering beggars; may they be driven from their ruined homes.
11 An exactor layeth a snare for all that he hath, And strangers spoil his labour.
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May a creditor seize all he has; may strangers plunder the fruits of his labor.
12 He hath none to extend kindness, Nor is there one showing favour to his orphans.
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May no one extend kindness to him or take pity on his fatherless children.
13 His posterity is for cutting off, In another generation is their name blotted out.
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May his descendants be cut off, their names blotted out from the next generation.
14 The iniquity of his fathers Is remembered unto Jehovah, And the sin of his mother is not 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 They are before Jehovah continually, And He cutteth off from earth their memorial.
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May their sins always remain before the LORD, that he may blot out their name from the earth.
16 Because that he hath not remembered to do kindness, And pursueth the poor man and needy, And the smitten of heart -- to slay,
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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 And he loveth reviling, and it meeteth him, And he hath not delighted in blessing, And it is 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 And he putteth on reviling as his robe, And it cometh in as water into his midst, 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 It is to him as apparel -- he covereth himself, And for a continual girdle he girdeth it on.
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May it be like a cloak wrapped about him, like a belt tied forever around him.
20 This [is] the wage of mine accusers from Jehovah, And of those speaking 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 And Thou, O Jehovah Lord, Deal with me for Thy name's sake, Because Thy kindness [is] good, deliver me.
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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 For I [am] poor and needy, And my heart hath been pierced in my midst.
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For I am poor and needy, and my heart is wounded within me.
23 As a shadow when it is stretched out I have gone, I have been driven away as a locust.
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I fade away like an evening shadow; I am shaken off like a locust.
24 My knees have been feeble from fasting, And my flesh hath failed of fatness.
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My knees give way from fasting; my body is thin and gaunt.
25 And I -- I have been a reproach to them, They see me, they shake their head.
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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 Jehovah my God, Save me, according to Thy kindness.
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Help me, LORD my God; save me according to your unfailing love.
27 And they know that this [is] Thy hand, Thou, O Jehovah, Thou hast done it.
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Let them know that it is your hand, that you, LORD, have done it.
28 They revile, and Thou dost bless, They have risen, and are ashamed, And Thy servant doth 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 Mine accusers put on blushing, and are covered, As an upper robe [is] their shame.
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May my accusers be clothed with disgrace and wrapped in shame as in a cloak.
30 I thank Jehovah greatly with my mouth, And in the midst of many I 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 standeth at the right hand of the needy, To save from those judging his 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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