King James Bible

Christian Standard Bible

1To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David. Hold not thy peace, O God of my praise;

1God of my praise, do not be silent.

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.

2For wicked and deceitful mouths open against me; they speak against me with lying tongues.

3They compassed me about also with words of hatred; and fought against me without a cause.

3They surround me with hateful words and attack me without cause.

4For my love they are my adversaries: but I give myself unto prayer.

4In return for my love they accuse me, but I continue to pray.

5And they have rewarded me evil for good, and hatred for my love.

5They repay me evil for good, and hatred for my love.

6Set thou a wicked man over him: and let Satan stand at his right hand.

6Set a wicked person over him; let an accuser stand at his right hand.

7When he shall be judged, let him be condemned: and let his prayer become sin.

7When he is judged, let him be found guilty, and let his prayer be counted as sin.

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

8Let his days be few; let another take over his position.

9Let his children be fatherless, and his wife a widow.

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

10Let his children be continually vagabonds, and beg: let them seek their bread also out of their desolate places.

10Let his children wander as beggars, searching for food far from their demolished homes.

11Let the extortioner catch all that he hath; and let the strangers spoil his labour.

11Let a creditor seize all he has; let strangers plunder what he has worked for.

12Let there be none to extend mercy unto him: neither let there be any to favour his fatherless children.

12Let no one show him kindness, and let no one be gracious to his fatherless children.

13Let his posterity be cut off; and in the generation following let their name be blotted out.

13Let the line of his descendants be cut off; let their name be blotted out in the next generation.

14Let the iniquity of his fathers be remembered with the LORD; and let not the sin of his mother be blotted out.

14Let the iniquity of his fathers 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 remove all memory of them from the earth.

16Because that he remembered not to shew mercy, but persecuted the poor and needy man, that he might even slay the broken in heart.

16For he did not think to show kindness, but pursued the suffering, needy, and brokenhearted in order to put them to death.

17As he loved cursing, so let it come unto him: as he delighted not in blessing, so let 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.

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.

18He wore cursing like his coat--let it enter his body like water and go into his bones like oil.

19Let it be unto him as the garment which covereth him, and for a girdle wherewith he is girded continually.

19Let it be like a robe he wraps around himself, like a belt he always wears.

20Let this be the reward of mine adversaries from the LORD, and of them that speak evil against my soul.

20Let this be the LORD's payment to my accusers, to those who speak evil against me.

21But do thou for me, O GOD the Lord, for thy name's sake: because thy mercy is good, deliver thou me.

21But you, LORD, my Lord, deal kindly with me for your name's sake; because your faithful love is good, rescue me.

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

22For I am suffering and needy; my heart is wounded within me.

23I am gone like the shadow when it declineth: I am tossed up and down as the locust.

23I fade away like a lengthening shadow; I am shaken off like a locust.

24My knees are weak through fasting; and my flesh faileth of fatness.

24My knees are weak from fasting, and my body is emaciated.

25I became also a reproach unto them: when they looked upon me they shaked 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: O save me according to thy mercy:

26Help me, LORD my God; save me according to your faithful love

27That they may know that this is thy hand; that thou, LORD, hast done it.

27so they may know that this is your hand and that you, LORD, have done it.

28Let them curse, but bless thou: when they arise, let them be ashamed; but let thy servant rejoice.

28Though they curse, you will bless. When they rise up, they will be put to shame, but your servant will rejoice.

29Let mine adversaries be clothed with shame, and let them cover themselves with their own confusion, as with a mantle.

29My accusers will be clothed with disgrace; they will wear their shame like a cloak.

30I will greatly praise the LORD with my mouth; yea, I will praise him among the multitude.

30I will fervently thank the LORD with my mouth; I will praise him in the presence of many.

31For he shall stand at the right hand of the poor, to save him from those that condemn his soul.

31For he stands at the right hand of the needy to save him from those who would condemn him.

King James Bible, text courtesy of BibleProtector.com.

The Christian Standard Bible. Copyright © 2017 by Holman Bible Publishers. Used by permission.