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¹ For the Leader. A Psalm of David. ² For the mouth of the wicked and the mouth of deceit have they opened against me; they have spoken unto me with a lying tongue.³ They compassed me about also with words of hatred, and fought against me without a cause.⁴ In return for my love they are my adversaries; but I am all prayer.⁵ And they have laid upon me evil for good, and hatred for my love:

⁶ 'Set Thou a wicked man over him; and let an adversary stand at his right hand.⁷ When he is judged, let him go forth condemned; and let his prayer be turned into sin.⁸ Let his days be few; let another take his charge.⁹ Let his children be fatherless, and his wife a widow.¹⁰ Let his children be vagabonds, and beg; and let them seek their bread out of their desolate places.¹¹ Let the creditor distrain all that he hath; and let strangers make spoil of his labour.¹² Let there be none to extend kindness unto him; neither let there be any to be gracious unto his fatherless children.¹³ Let his posterity be cut off; in the generation following let their name be blotted out.¹⁴ Let the iniquity of his fathers be brought to remembrance unto the LORD; and let not the sin of his mother be blotted out.¹⁵ Let them be before the LORD continually, that He may cut off the memory of them from the earth.¹⁶ Because that he remembered not to do kindness, ¹⁷ Yea, he loved cursing, and it came unto him; and he delighted not in blessing, and it is far from him.¹⁸ He clothed himself also with cursing as with his raiment, and it is come into his inward parts like water, and like oil into his bones.¹⁹ Let it be unto him as the garment which he putteth on, and for the girdle wherewith he is girded continually.'²⁰ This would mine adversaries effect from the LORD, and they that speak evil against my soul.

²¹ But Thou, O GOD the Lord, deal with me for Thy name's sake; ²² For I am poor and needy, and my heart is wounded within me.²³ I am gone like the shadow when it lengtheneth; I am shaken off as the locust.²⁴ My knees totter through fasting; and my flesh is lean, and hath no fatness.²⁵ I am become also a taunt unto them; when they see me, they shake their head.²⁶ Help me, O LORD my God; O save me according to Thy mercy;²⁷ That they may know that this is Thy hand; that Thou, LORD, hast done it.²⁸ Let them curse, but bless Thou; when they arise, they shall be put to shame, but Thy servant shall rejoice.²⁹ Mine adversaries shall be clothed with confusion, and shall put on their own shame as a robe.³⁰ I will give great thanks unto the LORD with my mouth; yea, I will praise Him among the multitude;³¹ Because He standeth at the right hand of the needy, to save him from them that judge his soul.