New American Standard Bible 1995

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1For the choir director. A Psalm of David. O God of my praise, Do not be silent!

1For the music director, a psalm of David. O God whom I praise, do not ignore me!

2For they have opened the wicked and deceitful mouth against me; They have spoken against me with a lying tongue.

2For they say cruel and deceptive things to me; they lie to me.

3They have also surrounded me with words of hatred, And fought against me without cause.

3They surround me and say hateful things; they attack me for no reason.

4In return for my love they act as my accusers; But I am in prayer.

4They repay my love with accusations, but I continue to pray.

5Thus they have repaid me evil for good And hatred for my love.

5They repay me evil for good, and hate for love.

6Appoint a wicked man over him, And let an accuser stand at his right hand.

6Appoint an evil man to testify against him! May an accuser stand at his right side!

7When he is judged, let him come forth guilty, And let his prayer become sin.

7When he is judged, he will be found guilty! Then his prayer will be regarded as sinful.

8Let his days be few; Let another take his office.

8May his days be few! May another take his job!

9Let his children be fatherless And his wife a widow.

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

10Let his children wander about and beg; And let them seek sustenance far from their ruined homes.

10May his children roam around begging, asking for handouts as they leave their ruined home!

11Let the creditor seize all that he has, And let strangers plunder the product of his labor.

11May the creditor seize all he owns! May strangers loot his property!

12Let there be none to extend lovingkindness to him, Nor any to be gracious to his fatherless children.

12May no one show him kindness! May no one have compassion on his fatherless children!

13Let his posterity be cut off; In a following generation let their name be blotted out.

13May his descendants be cut off! May the memory of them be wiped out by the time the next generation arrives!

14Let the iniquity of his fathers be remembered before the LORD, And do not let the sin of his mother be blotted out.

14May his ancestors' sins be remembered by the LORD! May his mother's sin not be forgotten!

15Let them be before the LORD continually, That He may cut off their memory from the earth;

15May the LORD be constantly aware of them, and cut off the memory of his children from the earth!

16Because he did not remember to show lovingkindness, But persecuted the afflicted and needy man, And the despondent in heart, to put them to death.

16For he never bothered to show kindness; he harassed the oppressed and needy, and killed the disheartened.

17He also loved cursing, so it came to him; And he did not delight in blessing, so it was far from him.

17He loved to curse others, so those curses have come upon him. He had no desire to bless anyone, so he has experienced no blessings.

18But he clothed himself with cursing as with his garment, And it entered into his body like water And like oil into his bones.

18He made cursing a way of life, so curses poured into his stomach like water and seeped into his bones like oil.

19Let it be to him as a garment with which he covers himself, And for a belt with which he constantly girds himself.

19May a curse attach itself to him, like a garment one puts on, or a belt one wears continually!

20Let this be the reward of my accusers from the LORD, And of those who speak evil against my soul.

20May the LORD repay my accusers in this way, those who say evil things about me!

21But You, O GOD, the Lord, deal kindly with me for Your name's sake; Because Your lovingkindness is good, deliver me;

21O sovereign LORD, intervene on my behalf for the sake of your reputation! Because your loyal love is good, deliver me!

22For I am afflicted and needy, And my heart is wounded within me.

22For I am oppressed and needy, and my heart beats violently within me.

23I am passing like a shadow when it lengthens; I am shaken off like the locust.

23I am fading away like a shadow at the end of the day; I am shaken off like a locust.

24My knees are weak from fasting, And my flesh has grown lean, without fatness.

24I am so starved my knees shake; I have turned into skin and bones.

25I also have become a reproach to them; When they see me, they wag their head.

25I am disdained by them. When they see me, they shake their heads.

26Help me, O LORD my God; Save me according to Your lovingkindness.

26Help me, O LORD my God! Because you are faithful to me, deliver me!

27And let them know that this is Your hand; You, LORD, have done it.

27Then they will realize this is your work, and that you, LORD, have accomplished it.

28Let them curse, but You bless; When they arise, they shall be ashamed, But Your servant shall be glad.

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

29Let my accusers be clothed with dishonor, And let them cover themselves with their own shame as with a robe.

29My accusers will be covered with shame, and draped in humiliation as if it were a robe.

30With my mouth I will give thanks abundantly to the LORD; And in the midst of many I will praise Him.

30I will thank the LORD profusely, in the middle of a crowd I will praise him,

31For He stands at the right hand of the needy, To save him from those who judge his soul.

31because he stands at the right hand of the needy, to deliver him from those who threaten his life.

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