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O God, whom I
praise,
do not remain silent,
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for wicked and
deceitful men
have opened their mouths against me;
they have spoken against me with lying tongues.
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With words of hatred
they surround me;
they attack me without cause.
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In return for my
friendship they accuse me,
but I am a man of prayer.
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They repay me evil
for good,
and hatred for my friendship.
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Appoint an evil man
to oppose him;
let an accuser stand at his right hand.
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When he is tried,
let him be found guilty,
and may his prayers condemn him.
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May his days be few;
may another take his place of leadership.
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May his children be
fatherless
and his wife a widow.
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May his children be
wandering beggars;
may they be driven from their ruined homes.
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May a creditor seize
all he has;
may strangers plunder the fruits of his labour.
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May no one extend
kindness to him
or take pity on his fatherless children.
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May his descendants
be cut off,
their names blotted out from the next generation.
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May the iniquity of
his fathers be remembered before the LORD;
may the sin of his mother never be blotted out.
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May their sins
always remain before the LORD,
that he may cut off the memory of them from the earth.
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For he never thought
of doing a kindness,
but hounded to death the poor
and the needy and the brokenhearted.
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He loved to
pronounce a curse —
may it come on him;
he found no pleasure in blessing —
may it be far from him.
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He wore cursing as
his garment;
it entered into his body like water,
into his bones like oil.
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May it be like a
cloak wrapped about him,
like a belt tied forever around him.
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May this be the
LORD’s payment to my accusers,
to those who speak evil of me.
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But you, O Sovereign
LORD,
deal well with me for your name’s sake;
out of the goodness of your love, deliver me.
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For I am poor and
needy,
and my heart is wounded within me.
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I fade away like an
evening shadow;
I am shaken off like a locust.
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My knees give way
from fasting;
my body is thin and gaunt.
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I am an object of
scorn to my accusers;
when they see me, they shake their heads.
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Help me, O LORD my
God;
save me in accordance with your love.
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Let them know that
it is your hand,
that you, O LORD, have done it.
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They may curse, but
you will bless;
when they attack they will be put to shame,
but your servant will rejoice.
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My accusers will be
clothed with disgrace
and wrapped in shame as in a cloak.
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With my mouth I will
greatly extol the LORD;
in the great throng I will praise him.
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For he stands at the
right hand of the needy one,
to save his life from those who condemn him.
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