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¹ God, I praise you.
    Do not be silent.
² Wicked people and liars have spoken against me;
    they have told lies about me.
³ They have said hateful things about me
    and attack me for no reason.
⁴ They attacked me, even though I loved them
    and prayed for them.
⁵ I was good to them, but they repay me with evil.
    I loved them, but they hate me in return.

⁶ They say about me, "Have an evil person work against him,
    and let an accuser stand against him.
⁷ When he is judged, let him be found guilty,
    and let even his prayers show his guilt.
⁸ Let his life be cut short,
    and let another man replace him as leader.
⁹ Let his children become orphans
    and his wife a widow.
¹⁰ Make his children wander around, begging for food.
    Let them be forced out of the ruins in which they live.
¹¹ Let the people to whom he owes money take everything he owns,
    and let strangers steal everything he has worked for.
¹² Let no one show him love
    or have mercy on his orphaned children.
¹³ Let all his descendants die
    and be forgotten by those who live after him.
¹⁴ Lord, remember how wicked his ancestors were,
    and don't let the sins of his mother be wiped out.
¹⁵ Lord, always remember their sins.
    Then make people forget about them completely.

¹⁶ "He did not remember to be loving.
    He hurt the poor, the needy, and those who were sad
    until they were nearly dead.
¹⁷ He loved to put curses on others,
    so let those same curses fall on him.
He did not like to bless others,
    so do not let good things happen to him.
¹⁸ He cursed others as often as he wore clothes.
    Cursing others filled his body and his life,
    like drinking water and using olive oil.
¹⁹ So let curses cover him like clothes
    and wrap around him like a belt."
²⁰ May the Lord do these things to those who accuse me,
    to those who speak evil against me.

²¹ But you, Lord God,
    be kind to me so others will know you are good.
    Because your love is good, save me.
²² I am poor and helpless
    and very sad.
²³ I am dying like an evening shadow;
    I am shaken off like a locust.
²⁴ My knees are weak from fasting,
    and I have grown thin.
²⁵ My enemies insult me;
    they look at me and shake their heads.

²⁶ Lord my God, help me;
    because you are loving, save me.
²⁷ Then they will know that your power has done this;
    they will know that you have done it, Lord.
²⁸ They may curse me, but you bless me.
    They may attack me, but they will be disgraced.
    Then I, your servant, will be glad.
²⁹ Let those who accuse me be disgraced
    and covered with shame like a coat.

³⁰ I will thank the Lord very much;
    I will praise him in front of many people.
³¹ He defends the helpless
    and saves them from those who accuse them.