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^(C1)God of my praise, ^(C2)Do not be silent!

For they have opened a ^(F1)wicked and ^(C1)deceitful mouth against me; They have spoken ^(F2)against me with a ^(C2)lying tongue.

They have also surrounded me with words of hatred, And have fought against me ^(C1)without cause.

In return ^(C1)for my love they act as my accusers; But ^(C2)I am in prayer.

So they have ^(F1)(C1)repaid me evil for good, And ^(C2)hatred for my love.

Appoint a wicked person over him, And may an ^(F1)(C1)accuser stand at his right hand.

When he is judged, may he ^(C1)come out guilty, And may his ^(C2)prayer become sin.

May ^(C1)his days be few; May ^(C2)another take his office.

May his ^(C1)children be fatherless, And his ^(C2)wife a widow.

May his ^(C1)children wander about and beg; And may they ^(C2)seek sustenance ^(F1)far from their ruined homes.

May ^(C1)the creditor ^(F1)seize everything that he has, And may ^(C2)strangers plunder the product of his labor.

May there be none to ^(F1)(C1)extend kindness to him, Nor ^(C2)any to be gracious to his fatherless children.

May his ^(C1)descendants be ^(F1)eliminated; May their ^(C2)name be wiped out in a following generation.

May ^(C1)the guilt of his fathers be remembered ^(F1)before the LORD, And do not let the sin of his mother be ^(C2)wiped out.

May ^(C1)they be before the LORD continually, So that He may ^(C2)eliminate their memory from the earth;

Because he did not remember to show mercy, But persecuted the ^(C1)afflicted and needy person, And the ^(C2)despondent in heart, to ^(C3)put them to death.

He also loved cursing, so ^(C1)it came to him; And he did not delight in blessing, so it was far from him.

But he ^(C1)clothed himself with cursing as with his garment, And it ^(C2)entered ^(F1)his body like water, And like oil into his bones.

May it be to him as ^(C1)a garment with which he covers himself, And as a belt which he constantly ^(C2)wears around himself.

May this be the ^(C1)reward of my accusers from the LORD, And of those who ^(C2)speak evil against my soul.

But You, ^(F1)GOD, the Lord, deal kindly with me ^(C1)for the sake of Your name; Because ^(C2)Your mercy is good, rescue me;

For ^(C1)I am afflicted and needy, And ^(F1)my heart is ^(C2)wounded within me.

I am passing ^(C1)like a shadow when it lengthens; I am shaken off ^(C2)like the locust.

My ^(C1)knees ^(F1)are weak from ^(C2)fasting, And my flesh has grown lean, without fatness.

I also have become a ^(C1)disgrace to them; When they see me, they ^(C2)shake their head.

^(C1)Help me, LORD my God; Save me according to Your mercy.

^(F1)And may they ^(C1)know that this is Your hand; You, LORD, have done it.

^(C1)They will curse, but You bless; When they arise, they will be ashamed, But Your ^(C2)servant will be glad.

^(F1)May ^(C1)my accusers be clothed with dishonor, And ^(F2)may they ^(C2)cover themselves with their own shame as with a robe.

With my mouth I will give thanks abundantly to the LORD; And ^(C1)I will praise Him in the midst of many.

For He stands ^(C1)at the right hand of the needy, To save him from those who ^(C2)judge his soul.

^(C1)The LORD says to my Lord: "^(C2)Sit at My right hand Until I make ^(C3)Your enemies a footstool for Your feet."

The LORD will stretch out Your strong ^(C1)scepter from Zion, saying, "^(C2)Rule in the midst of Your enemies."

Your ^(C1)people ^(F1)will volunteer freely on the day of Your ^(F2)power; ^(C2)In ^(F3)holy splendor, from the womb of the dawn, ^(F4)Your youth are to You as the ^(C3)dew.

^(C1)The LORD has sworn and will ^(C2)not ^(F1)change His mind, "You are a ^(C3)priest forever According to the order of Melchizedek."

The Lord is ^(C1)at Your right hand; He ^(F1)will ^(C2)shatter kings in the ^(C3)day of His wrath.

He will ^(C1)judge among the nations, He ^(F1)will fill them with ^(C2)corpses, He ^(F2)will ^(C3)shatter the ^(F3)chief men over a broad country.

He will ^(C1)drink from the brook by the wayside; Therefore He will ^(C2)lift up His head.

^(C1)I will give You thanks with all my heart; I will sing Your praises before the ^(C2)gods.

I will bow down ^(C1)toward Your holy temple And ^(C2)give thanks to Your name for Your mercy and Your ^(F1)truth; For You have ^(C3)made Your ^(F2)word great ^(F3)according to all Your name.

On the day I ^(C1)called, You answered me; You made me bold with ^(C2)strength in my soul.

^(C1)All the kings of the earth will give thanks to You, LORD, When they have heard the words of Your mouth.

And they will ^(C1)sing of the ways of the LORD, For ^(C2)great is the glory of the LORD.

For ^(C1)the LORD is exalted, Yet He ^(C2)looks after the lowly, But He knows the ^(C3)haughty from afar.

Though I ^(C1)walk in the midst of trouble, You will ^(F1)(C2)revive me; You will ^(C3)reach out with Your hand against the wrath of my enemies, And Your right hand will ^(C4)save me.

The LORD will ^(C1)accomplish what concerns me; Your ^(C2)faithfulness, LORD, is everlasting; ^(C3)Do not abandon the ^(C4)works of Your hands.