Berean Study Bible

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1For the choirmaster. A Psalm of David. O God of my praise, be not silent.

1Be not silent, O God of my praise!

2For wicked and deceitful mouths open against me; they speak against me with lying tongues.

2For wicked and deceitful mouths are opened against me, speaking against me with lying tongues.

3They surround me with hateful words and attack me without cause.

3They encircle me with words of hate, and attack me without cause.

4In return for my love they accuse me, but I am a man of prayer.

4In return for my love they accuse me, but I give myself to prayer.

5They repay me evil for good, and hatred for my love.

5So they reward me evil for good, and hatred for my love.

6Set over him a wicked man; let an accuser stand at his right hand.

6Appoint a wicked man against him; let an accuser stand at his right hand.

7When he is tried, let him be found guilty, and may his prayer be regarded as sin.

7When he is tried, let him come forth guilty; let his prayer be counted as sin!

8May his days be few; may another take his position.

8May his days be few; may another take his office!

9May his children be fatherless and his wife a widow.

9May his children be fatherless and his wife a widow!

10May his children wander as beggars, seeking sustenance far from their ruined homes.

10May his children wander about and beg, seeking food far from the ruins they inhabit!

11May the creditor seize all he owns, and strangers plunder the fruits of his labor.

11May the creditor seize all that he has; may strangers plunder the fruits of his toil!

12May there be no one to extend kindness to him, and no one to favor his fatherless children.

12Let there be none to extend kindness to him, nor any to pity his fatherless children!

13May his descendants be cut off; may their name be blotted out from the next generation.

13May his posterity be cut off; may his name be blotted out in the second generation!

14May the iniquity of his fathers be remembered before the LORD, and the sin of his mother never be blotted out.

14May the iniquity of his fathers be remembered before the LORD, and let not the sin of his mother be blotted out!

15May their sins always remain before the LORD, that He may cut off their memory from the earth.

15Let them be before the LORD continually, that he may cut off the memory of them from the earth!

16For he never thought to show kindness, but pursued the poor and needy and brokenhearted, even to their death.

16For he did not remember to show kindness, but pursued the poor and needy and the brokenhearted, to put them to death.

17The cursing that he loved, may it fall on him; the blessing in which he refused to delight, may it be far from him.

17He loved to curse; let curses come upon him! He did not delight in blessing; may it be far from him!

18The cursing that he wore like a coat, may it soak into his body like water, and into his bones like oil.

18He clothed himself with cursing as his coat; may it soak into his body like water, like oil into his bones!

19May it be like a robe wrapped about him, like a belt tied forever around him.

19May it be like a garment that he wraps around him, like a belt that he puts on every day!

20May this be the LORD’s reward to my accusers, to those who speak evil against me.

20May this be the reward of my accusers from the LORD, of those who speak evil against my life!

21But You, O GOD, the Lord, deal kindly with me for the sake of Your name; deliver me by the goodness of Your loving devotion.

21But you, O GOD my Lord, deal on my behalf for your name’s sake; because your steadfast love is good, deliver me!

22For I am poor and needy; my heart is wounded within me.

22For I am poor and needy, and my heart is stricken within me.

23I am fading away like a lengthening shadow; I am shaken off like a locust.

23I am gone like a shadow at evening; I am shaken off like a locust.

24My knees are weak from fasting, and my body grows lean and gaunt.

24My knees are weak through fasting; my body has become gaunt, with no fat.

25I am an object of scorn to my accusers; when they see me, they shake their heads.

25I am an object of scorn to my accusers; when they see me, they wag their heads.

26Help me, O LORD my God; save me according to Your loving devotion.

26Help me, O LORD my God! Save me according to your steadfast love!

27Let them know that this is Your hand, that You, O LORD, have done it.

27Let them know that this is your hand; you, O LORD, have done it!

28Though they curse, You will bless. When they rise up, they will be put to shame, but Your servant will rejoice.

28Let them curse, but you will bless! They arise and are put to shame, but your servant will be glad!

29May my accusers be clothed with disgrace; may they wear their shame like a robe.

29May my accusers be clothed with dishonor; may they be wrapped in their own shame as in a cloak!

30With my mouth I will thank the LORD profusely; I will praise Him in the presence of many.

30With my mouth I will give great thanks to the LORD; I will praise him in the midst of the throng.

31For He stands at the right hand of the needy one, to save him from the condemners of his soul.

31For he stands at the right hand of the needy one, to save him from those who condemn his soul to death.

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