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^1 (a)Be not silent, O ^(b)God of my praise!
² For wicked and ^(c)deceitful mouths are opened against me,
    speaking against me with lying tongues.
³ They encircle me with words of hate,
    and attack me ^(d)without cause.
⁴ In return for my love they ^(e)accuse me,
    but I ^(f)give myself to prayer.^[a]
5 So they ^(g)reward me evil for good,
    and hatred for my love.

^6 (h)Appoint a wicked man ⁽ⁱ⁾against him;
    let an accuser stand ^(j)at his right hand.
⁷ When he is tried, let him come forth guilty;
    let his ^(k)prayer be counted as sin!
⁸ May his ^(l)days be few;
    may ^(m)another take his ⁽ⁿ⁾office!
⁹ May his ^(o)children be fatherless
    and his wife a widow!
¹⁰ May his children ^(p)wander about and beg,
    ^(q)seeking food far from the ruins they inhabit!
¹¹ May ^(r)the creditor seize all that he has;
    may ^(s)strangers plunder the fruits of his toil!
¹² Let there be none to ^(t)extend kindness to him,
    nor any to ^(u)pity his fatherless children!
¹³ May his ^(v)posterity be cut off;
    may his ^(w)name be blotted out in the second generation!
¹⁴ May ^(x)the iniquity of his fathers be remembered before the Lord,
    and let not the sin of his mother be ^(y)blotted out!
^15 (z)Let them be before the Lord continually,
    that he may ^(aa)cut off the memory of them from the earth!

¹⁶ For he did not remember to show kindness,
    but pursued ^(ab)the poor and needy
    and ^(ac)the brokenhearted, to put them to death.
^17 (ad)He loved to curse; let curses come^[b] upon him!
    He did not delight in blessing; may it be far^[c] from him!
¹⁸ He ^(ae)clothed himself with cursing as his coat;
    may it ^(af)soak^[d] into his body like water,
    like oil into his bones!
¹⁹ May it be like a garment that he wraps around him,
    like a belt that he puts on every day!
²⁰ May this be the reward of my ^(ag)accusers from the Lord,
    of those who speak evil against my life!

²¹ But you, O God my Lord,
    deal on my behalf ^(ah)for your name's sake;
    because your ^(ai)steadfast love is good, deliver me!
²² For I am ^(aj)poor and needy,
    and my heart is stricken within me.
²³ I am gone like ^(ak)a shadow at evening;
    I am ^(al)shaken off like a locust.
²⁴ My knees are weak ^(am)through fasting;
    my ^(an)body has become gaunt, with no fat.
²⁵ I am ^(ao)an object of scorn to my accusers;
    when they see me, they ^(ap)wag their heads.

^26 (aq)Help me, O Lord my God!
    Save me according to your steadfast love!
²⁷ Let them ^(ar)know that this is your hand;
    you, O Lord, have done it!
^28 (as)Let them curse, but you will bless!
    They arise and are put to shame, but ^(at)your servant will be glad!
²⁹ May my accusers be ^(au)clothed with dishonor;
    may they ^(av)be wrapped in their own shame as in a cloak!

³⁰ With my mouth I will give great thanks to the Lord;
    I will ^(aw)praise him in the midst of the throng.
³¹ For he stands ^(ax)at the right hand of the needy one,
    to save him from those who condemn his soul to death.