1Hold not thy peace, O God of my praise;studyinterlinear
2For the mouth of the wicked and the mouth of the deceitful are opened against me: they have spoken against me with a lying tongue.studyinterlinear
3They compassed me about also with words of hatred; and fought against me without a cause.studyinterlinear
4For my love they are my adversaries: but I give myself unto prayer.studyinterlinear
5And they have rewarded me evil for good, and hatred for my love.studyinterlinear
6Set thou a wicked man over him: and let Satan stand at his right hand.studyinterlinear
7When he shall be judged, let him be condemned: and let his prayer become sin.studyinterlinear
8Let his days be few; and let another take his office.studyinterlinear
9Let his children be fatherless, and his wife a widow.studyinterlinear
10Let his children be continually vagabonds, and beg: let them seek their bread also out of their desolate places.studyinterlinear
11Let the extortioner catch all that he hath; and let the strangers spoil his labour.studyinterlinear
12Let there be none to extend mercy unto him: neither let there be any to favour his fatherless children.studyinterlinear
13Let his posterity be cut off; and in the generation following let their name be blotted out.studyinterlinear
14Let the iniquity of his fathers be remembered with the LORD; and let not the sin of his mother be blotted out.studyinterlinear
15Let them be before the LORD continually, that he may cut off the memory of them from the earth.studyinterlinear
16Because that he remembered not to shew mercy, but persecuted the poor and needy man, that he might even slay the broken in heart.studyinterlinear
17As he loved cursing, so let it come unto him: as he delighted not in blessing, so let it be far from him.studyinterlinear
18As he clothed himself with cursing like as with his garment, so let it come into his bowels like water, and like oil into his bones.studyinterlinear
19Let it be unto him as the garment which covereth him, and for a girdle wherewith he is girded continually.studyinterlinear
20Let this be the reward of mine adversaries from the LORD, and of them that speak evil against my soul.studyinterlinear
21But do thou for me, O GOD the Lord, for thy name’s sake: because thy mercy is good, deliver thou me.studyinterlinear
22For I am poor and needy, and my heart is wounded within me.studyinterlinear
23I am gone like the shadow when it declineth: I am tossed up and down as the locust.studyinterlinear
24My knees are weak through fasting; and my flesh faileth of fatness.studyinterlinear
25I became also a reproach unto them: when they looked upon me they shaked their heads.studyinterlinear
26Help me, O LORD my God: O save me according to thy mercy:studyinterlinear
27That they may know that this is thy hand; that thou, LORD, hast done it.studyinterlinear
28Let them curse, but bless thou: when they arise, let them be ashamed; but let thy servant rejoice.studyinterlinear
29Let mine adversaries be clothed with shame, and let them cover themselves with their own confusion, as with a mantle.studyinterlinear
30I will greatly praise the LORD with my mouth; yea, I will praise him among the multitude.studyinterlinear
31For he shall stand at the right hand of the poor, to save him from those that condemn his soul.studyinterlinear