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² For wicked and deceitful mouths open against me;
they speak against me with lying tongues.^(C1)3 They surround me with hateful words
and attack me without cause.^(C1)4 In return for my love they accuse me,
but I continue to pray.^(F1)(C1)5 They repay me evil for good,
and hatred for my love.^(C1)

⁶ Set a wicked person over him;
let an accuser^(F1) stand at his right hand.^(C1)7 When he is judged, let him be found guilty,
and let his prayer be counted as sin.^(C1)8 Let his days be few;
let another take over his position.^(C1)9 Let his children be fatherless
and his wife a widow.^(C1)10 Let his children wander as beggars,
searching for food far^(F1) from their demolished homes.^(C1)11 Let a creditor seize all he has;
let strangers plunder what he has worked for.^(C1)12 Let no one show him kindness,
and let no one be gracious to his fatherless children.^(C1)13 Let the line of his descendants be cut off;
let their name be blotted out in the next generation.^(C1)14 Let the iniquity of his fathers
be remembered before the Lord,^(C1)
and do not let his mother’s sin be blotted out.^(C2)15 Let their sins^(F1) always remain before the Lord,
and let him remove^(F2) all memory of them from the earth.^(C1)

¹⁶ For he did not think to show kindness,
but pursued the suffering, needy, and brokenhearted
in order to put them to death.^(C1)17 He loved cursing—let it fall on him;
he took no delight in blessing—let it be far from him.^(C1)18 He wore cursing like his coat—
let it enter his body like water
and go into his bones like oil.^(C1)19 Let it be like a robe he wraps around himself,
like a belt he always wears.^(C1)20 Let this be the Lord’s payment to my accusers,
to those who speak evil against me.^(C1)

²¹ But you, Lord, my Lord,
deal kindly with me for your name’s sake;^(C1)
because your faithful love is good, rescue me.^(C2)22 For I am suffering and needy;^(C1)
my heart is wounded within me.^(C2)23 I fade away like a lengthening shadow;^(C1)
I am shaken off like a locust.²⁴ My knees are weak from fasting,
and my body is emaciated.^(F1)(C1)25 I have become an object of ridicule to my accusers;^(F1)
when they see me, they shake their heads in scorn.^(C1)

²⁶ Help me, Lord my God;
save me according to your faithful love^(C1)27 so they may know that this is your hand
and that you, Lord, have done it.^(C1)28 Though they curse, you will bless.
When they rise up, they will be put to shame,
but your servant will rejoice.^(C1)29 My accusers will be clothed with disgrace;
they will wear their shame like a cloak.^(C1)30 I will fervently thank the Lord with my mouth;
I will praise him in the presence of many.^(C1)31 For he stands at the right hand of the needy
to save him from those who would condemn him.^(C1)