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¹ O ^(a)God of my praise,
^(b)Do not be silent!
² For they have opened the ^[a]wicked and ^(c)deceitful mouth against me;
They have spoken ^[b]against me with a ^(d)lying tongue.
³ They have also surrounded me with words of hatred,
And fought against me ^(e)without cause.
⁴ In return ^(f)for my love they act as my accusers;
But ^(g)I am in prayer.
⁵ Thus they have ^[c](h)repaid me evil for good
And ⁽ⁱ⁾hatred for my love.

⁶ Appoint a wicked man over him,
And let an ^[d](j)accuser stand at his right hand.
⁷ When he is judged, let him ^(k)come forth guilty,
And let his ^(l)prayer become sin.
⁸ Let ^(m)his days be few;
Let ⁽ⁿ⁾another take his office.
⁹ Let his ^(o)children be fatherless
And his ^(p)wife a widow.
¹⁰ Let his ^(q)children wander about and beg;
And let them ^(r)seek sustenance ^[e]far from their ruined homes.
¹¹ Let ^(s)the creditor ^[f]seize all that he has,
And let ^(t)strangers plunder the product of his labor.
¹² Let there be none to ^[g](u)extend lovingkindness to him,
Nor ^(v)any to be gracious to his fatherless children.
¹³ Let his ^(w)posterity be ^[h]cut off;
In a following generation let their ^(x)name be blotted out.

¹⁴ Let ^(y)the iniquity of his fathers be remembered ^[i]before the Lord,
And do not let the sin of his mother be ^(z)blotted out.
¹⁵ Let ^(aa)them be before the Lord continually,
That He may ^(ab)cut off their memory from the earth;
¹⁶ Because he did not remember to show lovingkindness,
But persecuted the ^(ac)afflicted and needy man,
And the ^(ad)despondent in heart, to ^(ae)put them to death.
¹⁷ He also loved cursing, so ^(af)it came to him;
And he did not delight in blessing, so it was far from him.
¹⁸ But he ^(ag)clothed himself with cursing as with his garment,
And it ^(ah)entered into ^[j]his body like water
And like oil into his bones.
¹⁹ Let it be to him as ^(ai)a garment with which he covers himself,
And for a belt with which he constantly ^(aj)girds himself.
^20 [k]Let this be the ^(ak)reward of my accusers from the Lord,
And of those who ^(al)speak evil against my soul.

²¹ But You, O ^[l]God, the Lord, deal kindly with me ^(am)for Your name's sake;
Because ^(an)Your lovingkindness is good, deliver me;
²² For ^(ao)I am afflicted and needy,
And ^[m]my heart is ^(ap)wounded within me.
²³ I am passing ^(aq)like a shadow when it lengthens;
I am shaken off ^(ar)like the locust.
²⁴ My ^(as)knees ^[n]are weak from ^(at)fasting,
And my flesh has grown lean, without fatness.
²⁵ I also have become a ^(au)reproach to them;
When they see me, they ^(av)wag their head.

^26 (aw)Help me, O Lord my God;
Save me according to Your lovingkindness.
^27 [o]And let them ^(ax)know that this is Your hand;
You, Lord, have done it.
^28 (ay)Let them curse, but You bless;
When they arise, they shall be ashamed,
But Your ^(az)servant shall be glad.
^29 [p]Let ^(ba)my accusers be clothed with dishonor,
And ^[q]let them ^(bb)cover themselves with their own shame as with a robe.

³⁰ With my mouth I will give thanks abundantly to the Lord;
And in the midst of many ^(bc)I will praise Him.
³¹ For He stands ^(bd)at the right hand of the needy,
To save him from those who ^(be)judge his soul.