| English Standard Version | Holman Christian Standard Bible |
| 1Be not silent, O God of my praise! | 1For the choir director. A Davidic psalm. God of my praise, do not be silent. |
| 2For wicked and deceitful mouths are opened against me, speaking against me with lying tongues. | 2For wicked and deceitful mouths open against me; they speak against me with lying tongues. |
| 3They encircle me with words of hate, and attack me without cause. | 3They surround me with hateful words and attack me without cause. |
| 4In return for my love they accuse me, but I give myself to prayer. | 4In return for my love they accuse me, but I continue to pray. |
| 5So they reward me evil for good, and hatred for my love. | 5They repay me evil for good, and hatred for my love. |
| 6Appoint a wicked man against him; let an accuser stand at his right hand. | 6Set a wicked person over him; let an accuser stand at his right hand. |
| 7When he is tried, let him come forth guilty; let his prayer be counted as sin! | 7When he is judged, let him be found guilty, and let his prayer be counted as sin. |
| 8May his days be few; may another take his office! | 8Let his days be few; let another take over his position. |
| 9May his children be fatherless and his wife a widow! | 9Let his children be fatherless and his wife a widow. |
| 10May his children wander about and beg, seeking food far from the ruins they inhabit! | 10Let his children wander as beggars, searching for food far from their demolished homes. |
| 11May the creditor seize all that he has; may strangers plunder the fruits of his toil! | 11Let a creditor seize all he has; let strangers plunder what he has worked for. |
| 12Let there be none to extend kindness to him, nor any to pity his fatherless children! | 12Let no one show him kindness, and let no one be gracious to his fatherless children. |
| 13May his posterity be cut off; may his name be blotted out in the second generation! | 13Let the line of his descendants be cut off; let their name be blotted out in the next generation. |
| 14May the iniquity of his fathers be remembered before the LORD, and let not the sin of his mother be blotted out! | 14Let his ancestors' guilt be remembered before the LORD, and do not let his mother's sin be blotted out. |
| 15Let them be before the LORD continually, that he may cut off the memory of them from the earth! | 15Let their sins always remain before the LORD, and let Him erase all memory of them from the earth. |
| 16For he did not remember to show kindness, but pursued the poor and needy and the brokenhearted, to put them to death. | 16For he did not think to show kindness, but pursued the afflicted, poor, and brokenhearted in order to put them to death. |
| 17He loved to curse; let curses come upon him! He did not delight in blessing; may it be far from him! | 17He loved cursing--let it fall on him; he took no delight in blessing--let it be far from him. |
| 18He clothed himself with cursing as his coat; may it soak into his body like water, like oil into his bones! | 18He wore cursing like his coat-- let it enter his body like water and go into his bones like oil. |
| 19May it be like a garment that he wraps around him, like a belt that he puts on every day! | 19Let it be like a robe he wraps around himself, like a belt he always wears. |
| 20May this be the reward of my accusers from the LORD, of those who speak evil against my life! | 20Let this be the LORD's payment to my accusers, to those who speak evil against me. |
| 21But you, O GOD my Lord, deal on my behalf for your name’s sake; because your steadfast love is good, deliver me! | 21But You, Yahweh my Lord, deal kindly with me because of Your name; deliver me because of the goodness of Your faithful love. |
| 22For I am poor and needy, and my heart is stricken within me. | 22For I am afflicted and needy; my heart is wounded within me. |
| 23I am gone like a shadow at evening; I am shaken off like a locust. | 23I fade away like a lengthening shadow; I am shaken off like a locust. |
| 24My knees are weak through fasting; my body has become gaunt, with no fat. | 24My knees are weak from fasting, and my body is emaciated. |
| 25I am an object of scorn to my accusers; when they see me, they wag their heads. | 25I have become an object of ridicule to my accusers; when they see me, they shake their heads in scorn. |
| 26Help me, O LORD my God! Save me according to your steadfast love! | 26Help me, LORD my God; save me according to Your faithful love |
| 27Let them know that this is your hand; you, O LORD, have done it! | 27so they may know that this is Your hand and that You, LORD, have done it. |
| 28Let them curse, but you will bless! They arise and are put to shame, but your servant will be glad! | 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 dishonor; may they be wrapped in their own shame as in a cloak! | 29My accusers will be clothed with disgrace; they will wear their shame like a cloak. |
| 30With my mouth I will give great thanks to the LORD; I will praise him in the midst of the throng. | 30I will fervently thank the LORD with my mouth; I will praise Him in the presence of many. |
| 31For he stands at the right hand of the needy one, to save him from those who condemn his soul to death. | 31For He stands at the right hand of the needy to save him from those who would condemn him. |
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