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Do not be silent, O God of my praise. |
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For wicked and deceitful mouths are opened against me, speaking against me with lying tongues. |
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They beset me with words of hate, and attack me without cause. |
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In return for my love they accuse me, even while I make prayer for them. |
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So they reward me evil for good, and hatred for my love. |
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They say, "Appoint a wicked man against him; let an accuser stand on his right. |
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When he is tried, let him be found guilty; let his prayer be counted as sin. |
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May his days be few; may another seize his position. |
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May his children be orphans, and his wife a widow. |
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May his children wander about and beg; may they be driven out of the ruins they inhabit. |
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May the creditor seize all that he has; may strangers plunder the fruits of his toil. |
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May there be no one to do him a kindness, nor anyone to pity his orphaned children. |
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May his posterity be cut off; may his name be blotted out in the second generation. |
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May the iniquity of his father be remembered before the LORD, and do not let the sin of his mother be blotted out. |
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Let them be before the LORD continually, and may his memory be cut off from the earth. |
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For he did not remember to show kindness, but pursued the poor and needy and the brokenhearted to their death. |
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He loved to curse; let curses come on him. He did not like blessing; may it be far from him. |
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He clothed himself with cursing as his coat, may it soak into his body like water, like oil into his bones. |
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May it be like a garment that he wraps around himself, like a belt that he wears every day." |
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May that be the reward of my accusers from the LORD, of those who speak evil against my life. |
21
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But you, O LORD my Lord, act on my behalf for your name's sake; because your steadfast love is good, deliver me. |
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For I am poor and needy, and my heart is pierced within me. |
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I am gone like a shadow at evening; I am shaken off like a locust. |
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My knees are weak through fasting; my body has become 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 according to your steadfast love. |
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Let them know that this is your hand; you, O LORD, have done it. |
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Let them curse, but you will bless. Let my assailants be put to shame; may your servant be glad. |
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May my accusers be clothed with dishonor; may they be wrapped in their own shame as in a mantle. |
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With my mouth I will give great thanks to the LORD; I will praise him in the midst of the throng. |
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For he stands at the right hand of the needy, to save them from those who would condemn them to death. |
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