| NET Bible | English Standard Version |
| 1For the music director, a psalm of David. O God whom I praise, do not ignore me! | 1Be not silent, O God of my praise! |
| 2For they say cruel and deceptive things to me; they lie to me. | 2For wicked and deceitful mouths are opened against me, speaking against me with lying tongues. |
| 3They surround me and say hateful things; they attack me for no reason. | 3They encircle me with words of hate, and attack me without cause. |
| 4They repay my love with accusations, but I continue to pray. | 4In return for my love they accuse me, but I give myself to prayer. |
| 5They repay me evil for good, and hate for love. | 5So they reward me evil for good, and hatred for my love. |
| 6Appoint an evil man to testify against him! May an accuser stand at his right side! | 6Appoint a wicked man against him; let an accuser stand at his right hand. |
| 7When he is judged, he will be found guilty! Then his prayer will be regarded as sinful. | 7When he is tried, let him come forth guilty; let his prayer be counted as sin! |
| 8May his days be few! May another take his job! | 8May his days be few; may another take his office! |
| 9May his children be fatherless, and his wife a widow! | 9May his children be fatherless and his wife a widow! |
| 10May his children roam around begging, asking for handouts as they leave their ruined home! | 10May his children wander about and beg, seeking food far from the ruins they inhabit! |
| 11May the creditor seize all he owns! May strangers loot his property! | 11May the creditor seize all that he has; may strangers plunder the fruits of his toil! |
| 12May no one show him kindness! May no one have compassion on his fatherless children! | 12Let there be none to extend kindness to him, nor any to pity his fatherless children! |
| 13May his descendants be cut off! May the memory of them be wiped out by the time the next generation arrives! | 13May his posterity be cut off; may his name be blotted out in the second generation! |
| 14May his ancestors' sins be remembered by the LORD! May his mother's sin not be forgotten! | 14May the iniquity of his fathers be remembered before the LORD, and let not the sin of his mother be blotted out! |
| 15May the LORD be constantly aware of them, and cut off the memory of his children from the earth! | 15Let them be before the LORD continually, that he may cut off the memory of them from the earth! |
| 16For he never bothered to show kindness; he harassed the oppressed and needy, and killed the disheartened. | 16For he did not remember to show kindness, but pursued the poor and needy and the brokenhearted, to put them to death. |
| 17He loved to curse others, so those curses have come upon him. He had no desire to bless anyone, so he has experienced no blessings. | 17He loved to curse; let curses come upon him! He did not delight in blessing; may it be far from him! |
| 18He made cursing a way of life, so curses poured into his stomach like water and seeped into his bones like oil. | 18He clothed himself with cursing as his coat; may it soak into his body like water, like oil into his bones! |
| 19May a curse attach itself to him, like a garment one puts on, or a belt one wears continually! | 19May it be like a garment that he wraps around him, like a belt that he puts on every day! |
| 20May the LORD repay my accusers in this way, those who say evil things about me! | 20May this be the reward of my accusers from the LORD, of those who speak evil against my life! |
| 21O sovereign LORD, intervene on my behalf for the sake of your reputation! Because your loyal love is good, deliver me! | 21But you, O GOD my Lord, deal on my behalf for your name’s sake; because your steadfast love is good, deliver me! |
| 22For I am oppressed and needy, and my heart beats violently within me. | 22For I am poor and needy, and my heart is stricken within me. |
| 23I am fading away like a shadow at the end of the day; I am shaken off like a locust. | 23I am gone like a shadow at evening; I am shaken off like a locust. |
| 24I am so starved my knees shake; I have turned into skin and bones. | 24My knees are weak through fasting; my body has become gaunt, with no fat. |
| 25I am disdained by them. When they see me, they shake their heads. | 25I am an object of scorn to my accusers; when they see me, they wag their heads. |
| 26Help me, O LORD my God! Because you are faithful to me, deliver me! | 26Help me, O LORD my God! Save me according to your steadfast love! |
| 27Then they will realize this is your work, and that you, LORD, have accomplished it. | 27Let them know that this is your hand; you, O LORD, have done it! |
| 28They curse, but you will bless. When they attack, they will be humiliated, but your servant will rejoice. | 28Let them curse, but you will bless! They arise and are put to shame, but your servant will be glad! |
| 29My accusers will be covered with shame, and draped in humiliation as if it were a robe. | 29May my accusers be clothed with dishonor; may they be wrapped in their own shame as in a cloak! |
| 30I will thank the LORD profusely, in the middle of a crowd I will praise him, | 30With my mouth I will give great thanks to the LORD; I will praise him in the midst of the throng. |
| 31because he stands at the right hand of the needy, to deliver him from those who threaten his life. | 31For he stands at the right hand of the needy one, to save him from those who condemn his soul to death. |
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