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