To the chief Musician, A Psalm
of David
. Hold not thy peace
, O God
of my praise
;
For the mouth of the wicked
and the mouth
of the deceitful
are opened
against me: they have spoken
against me with a lying
tongue
.
They compassed me about also with words
of hatred
; and fought
against me without a cause
.
For my love they are my adversaries
: but I give myself unto prayer
.
And they have rewarded me evil
for good
, and hatred
for my love
.
Set thou a wicked man
over him: and let Satan
stand
at his right hand
.
When he shall be judged, let him be
condemned
: and let his prayer
become sin
.
Let his days be few
; and let another
take
his office
.
Let his children be fatherless
, and his wife
a widow
.
Let his children be continually
vagabonds
, and beg
: let them seek
their bread also out of their desolate places
.
Let the extortioner catch
all that he hath; and let the strangers
spoil
his labour
.
Let there be none to extend mercy
unto him: neither let there be any to favour
his fatherless children
.
Let his posterity be cut off
; and in the generation
following
let their name
be blotted out
.
Let the iniquity of his fathers
be remembered
with the LORD
; and let not the sin
of his mother
be blotted out
.
Let them be before the LORD continually
, that he may cut off
the memory
of them from the earth
.
Because that he remembered not to shew
mercy
, but persecuted
the poor
and needy
man
, that he might even slay
the broken
in heart
.
As he loved cursing
, so let it come
unto him: as he delighted
not in blessing
, so let it be far
from him.
As he clothed himself with cursing
like as with his garment
, so let it come
into his bowels
like water
, and like oil
into his bones
.
Let it be unto him as the garment which covereth
him, and for a girdle
wherewith he is girded
continually
.
Let this be the reward of mine adversaries
from the LORD
, and of them that speak
evil
against my soul
.
But do thou for me, O GOD
the Lord
, for thy name's
sake: because thy mercy
is good
, deliver
thou me.
For I am poor and needy
, and my heart
is wounded
within
me.
I am gone like the shadow
when it declineth
: I am tossed up and down
as the locust
.
My knees are weak
through fasting
; and my flesh
faileth
of fatness
.
I became also a reproach unto them: when they looked
upon me they shaked
their heads
.
Help me, O LORD
my God
: O save
me according to thy mercy
:
That they may know that this is thy hand
; that thou, LORD
, hast done
it.
Let them curse, but bless
thou: when they arise
, let them be ashamed
; but let thy servant
rejoice
.
Let mine adversaries be clothed
with shame
, and let them cover
themselves with their own confusion
, as with a mantle
.
I will greatly praise
the LORD
with my mouth
; yea, I will praise
him among
the multitude
.
For he shall stand at the right hand
of the poor
, to save
him from those that condemn
his soul
.