International Standard Version

New American Standard Bible 1995

1God, whom I praise, do not be silent,

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

2for the mouths of wicked and deceitful people are opened against me; they speak against me with lying tongues.

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

3They surround me with hate-filled words, attacking me for no reason.

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

4Instead of receiving my love, they accuse me, though I continue in prayer.

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

5They devise evil against me instead of good, and hatred in place of my love.

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

6Appoint an evil person over him; may an accuser stand at his right side.

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

7When he is judged, may he be found guilty; may his prayer be regarded as sin.

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

8May his days be few; may another take over his position.

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

9May his children become fatherless, and his wife a widow.

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

10May his children roam around begging, seeking food while driven far from their ruined homes.

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

11May creditors seize all his possessions, and may foreigners loot the property he has acquired.

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

12May no one extend gracious love to him, or show favor to his fatherless children.

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

13May his descendants be eliminated, and their memory be erased from the next generation.

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

14May his ancestors' guilt be remembered in the LORD's presence, and may his mother's guilt not be erased.

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

15May what they have done be continually in the LORD's presence; and may their memory be excised from the earth.

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

16For he didn't think to extend gracious love; he harassed to death the poor, the needy, and the broken hearted.

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.

17He loved to curse—may his curses return upon him! He took no delight in blessing others — so may blessings be far from him.

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

18He wore curses like a garment— may they enter his inner being like water and his bones like oil.

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

19May those curses wrap around him like a garment, or like a belt that one always wears.

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

20May this be the way the LORD repays my accuser, those who speak evil against me.

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

21Now you, LORD my God, defend me for your name's sake; because your gracious love is good, deliver me!

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

22Indeed, I am poor and needy, and my heart is wounded within me.

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

23I am fading away like a shadow late in the day; I am shaken off like a locust.

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

24My knees give way from fasting, and my skin is lean, deprived of oil.

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

25I have become an object of derision to them— they shake their heads whenever they see me.

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

26Help me, LORD my God! Deliver me in accord with your gracious love!

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

27Then they will realize that your hand is in this— that you, LORD, have accomplished it.

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

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

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

29May my accusers be clothed with shame and wrapped in their humiliation as with a robe.

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

30I will give many thanks to the LORD with my mouth, praising him publicly,

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

31for he stands at the right hand of the needy one, to deliver him from his accusers.

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

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