| 1 | God of my praise, don't remain silent, |
| 2 | for they have opened the mouth of the wicked and the mouth of deceit against me. They have spoken to me with a lying tongue. |
| 3 | They have also surrounded me with words of hatred, and fought against me without a cause. |
| 4 | In return for my love, they are my adversaries; but I am in prayer. |
| 5 | They have rewarded me evil for good, and hatred for my love. |
| 6 | Set a wicked man over him. Let an adversary stand at his right hand. |
| 7 | When he is judged, let him come forth guilty. Let his prayer be turned into sin. |
| 8 | Let his days be few. Let another take his office. |
| 9 | Let his children be fatherless, and his wife a widow. |
| 10 | Let his children be wandering beggars. Let them be sought from their ruins. |
| 11 | Let the creditor seize all that he has. Let strangers plunder the fruit of his labor. |
| 12 | Let there be no one to extend kindness to him, neither let there be anyone to have pity on his fatherless children. |
| 13 | Let his posterity be cut off. In the generation following let their name be blotted out. |
| 14 | Let the iniquity of his fathers be remembered by Yahweh. Don't let the sin of his mother be blotted out. |
| 15 | Let them be before Yahweh continually, that he may cut off their memory from the earth; |
| 16 | because he didn't remember to show kindness, but persecuted the poor and needy man, the broken in heart, to kill them. |
| 17 | Yes, he loved cursing, and it came to him. He didn't delight in blessing, and it was far from him. |
| 18 | He clothed himself also with cursing as with his garment. It came into his inward parts like water, like oil into his bones. |
| 19 | Let it be to him as the clothing with which he covers himself, for the belt that is always around him. |
| 20 | This is the reward of my adversaries from Yahweh, of those who speak evil against my soul. |
| 21 | But deal with me, Yahweh the Lord, for your name's sake, because your loving kindness is good, deliver me; |
| 22 | for I am poor and needy. My heart is wounded within me. |
| 23 | I fade away like an evening shadow. I am shaken off like a locust. |
| 24 | My knees are weak through fasting. My body is thin and lacks fat. |
| 25 | I have also become a reproach to them. When they see me, they shake their head. |
| 26 | Help me, Yahweh, my God. Save me according to your loving kindness; |
| 27 | that they may know that this is your hand; that you, Yahweh, have done it. |
| 28 | They may curse, but you bless. When they arise, they will be shamed, but your servant shall rejoice. |
| 29 | Let my adversaries be clothed with dishonor. Let them cover themselves with their own shame as with a robe. |
| 30 | I will give great thanks to Yahweh with my mouth. Yes, I will praise him among the multitude. |
| 31 | For he will stand at the right hand of the needy, to save him from those who judge his soul. A Psalm by David. |
