International Standard Version

Berean Standard Bible

1God, whom I praise, do not be silent,

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

2for the mouths of wicked and deceitful people are opened against me; they speak against me with lying tongues.

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

3They surround me with hate-filled words, attacking me for no reason.

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

4Instead of receiving my love, they accuse me, though I continue in prayer.

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

5They devise evil against me instead of good, and hatred in place of my love.

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

6Appoint an evil person over him; may an accuser stand at his right side.

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

7When he is judged, may he be found guilty; may his prayer be regarded as sin.

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

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

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

9May his children become fatherless, and his wife a widow.

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

10May his children roam around begging, seeking food while driven far from their ruined homes.

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

11May creditors seize all his possessions, and may foreigners loot the property he has acquired.

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

12May no one extend gracious love to him, or show favor to his fatherless children.

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

13May his descendants be eliminated, and their memory be erased from the next generation.

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

14May his ancestors' guilt be remembered in the LORD's presence, and may his mother's guilt not be erased.

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

15May what they have done be continually in the LORD's presence; and may their memory be excised from the earth.

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

16For he didn't think to extend gracious love; he harassed to death the poor, the needy, and the broken hearted.

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

17He loved to curse—may his curses return upon him! He took no delight in blessing others — so may blessings be far from him.

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

18He wore curses like a garment— may they enter his inner being like water and his bones like oil.

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

19May those curses wrap around him like a garment, or like a belt that one always wears.

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

20May this be the way the LORD repays my accuser, those who speak evil against me.

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

21Now you, LORD my God, defend me for your name's sake; because your gracious love is good, deliver me!

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.

22Indeed, I am poor and needy, and my heart is wounded within me.

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

23I am fading away like a shadow late in the day; I am shaken off like a locust.

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

24My knees give way from fasting, and my skin is lean, deprived of oil.

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

25I have become an object of derision to them— they shake their heads whenever they see me.

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

26Help me, LORD my God! Deliver me in accord with your gracious love!

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

27Then they will realize that your hand is in this— that you, LORD, have accomplished it.

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

28They will curse, but you will bless. When they attack, they will be humiliated, while your servant rejoices.

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

29May my accusers be clothed with shame and wrapped in their humiliation as with a robe.

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

30I will give many thanks to the LORD with my mouth, praising him publicly,

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

31for he stands at the right hand of the needy one, to deliver him from his accusers.

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

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