O aGod of my praise, bDo not be silent!
2For they have opened the 1wicked and adeceitful mouth against me; They have spoken 2against me with a blying tongue.
3They have also surrounded me with words of hatred, And fought against me awithout cause.
4In return afor my love they act as my accusers; But bI am in prayer.
5Thus they have 1 arepaid me evil for good And bhatred for my love.
6Appoint a wicked man over him, And let an 1 aaccuser stand at his right hand.
7When he is judged, let him acome forth guilty, And let his bprayer become sin.
8Let ahis days be few; Let banother take his office.
9Let his achildren be fatherless And his bwife a widow.
10Let his achildren wander about and beg; And let them bseek sustenance 1far from their ruined homes.
11Let athe creditor 1seize all that he has, And let bstrangers plunder the product of his labor.
12Let there be none to 1 aextend lovingkindness to him, Nor bany to be gracious to his fatherless children.
13Let his aposterity be 1cut off; In a following generation let their bname be blotted out.
14Let athe iniquity of his fathers be remembered 1before the LORD, And do not let the sin of his mother be bblotted out.
15Let athem be before the LORD continually, That He may bcut off their memory from the earth;
16Because he did not remember to show lovingkindness, But persecuted the aafflicted and needy man, And the bdespondent in heart, to cput them to death.
17He also loved cursing, so ait came to him; And he did not delight in blessing, so it was far from him.
18But he aclothed himself with cursing as with his garment, And it bentered into 1his body like water And like oil into his bones.
19Let it be to him as aa garment with which he covers himself, And for a belt with which he constantly bgirds himself.
201Let this be the areward of my accusers from the LORD, And of those who bspeak evil against my soul.
21But You, O 1GOD, the Lord, deal kindly with me afor Your name's sake; Because bYour lovingkindness is good, deliver me;
22For aI am afflicted and needy, And 1my heart is bwounded within me.
23I am passing alike a shadow when it lengthens; I am shaken off blike the locust.
24My aknees 1are weak from bfasting, And my flesh has grown lean, without fatness.
25I also have become a areproach to them; When they see me, they bwag their head.
26aHelp me, O LORD my God; Save me according to Your lovingkindness.
271And let them aknow that this is Your hand; You, LORD, have done it.
28aLet them curse, but You bless; When they arise, they shall be ashamed, But Your bservant shall be glad.
291Let amy accusers be clothed with dishonor, And 2let them bcover themselves with their own shame as with a robe.
30With my mouth I will give thanks abundantly to the LORD; And in the midst of many aI will praise Him.
31For He stands aat the right hand of the needy, To save him from those who bjudge his soul.