1 Hold not thy peace, O God of my praise;
2 For the mouth of the wicked and the mouth of the deceitful are
3 They compassed me about also with words of hatred; and fought
4 For my love they are my adversaries: but I give myself unto
5 And they have rewarded me evil for good, and hatred for my love.
6 Set thou a wicked man over him: and let Satan stand at his right
7 When he shall be judged, let him be condemned: and let his
8 Let his days be few; and let another take his office.
9 Let his children be fatherless, and his wife a widow.
10 Let his children be continually vagabonds, and beg: let them
11 Let the extortioner catch all that he hath; and let the
12 Let there be none to extend mercy unto him: neither let there
13 Let his posterity be cut off; and in the generation following
14 Let the iniquity of his fathers be remembered with the LORD;
15 Let them be before the LORD continually, that he may cut off
16 Because that he remembered not to shew mercy, but persecuted
17 As he loved cursing, so let it come unto him: as he delighted
18 As he clothed himself with cursing like as with his garment, so
19 Let it be unto him as the garment which covereth him, and for a
20 Let this be the reward of mine adversaries from the LORD, and
21 But do thou for me, O GOD the Lord, for thy name’s sake:
22 For I am poor and needy, and my heart is wounded within me.
23 I am gone like the shadow when it declineth: I am tossed up and
24 My knees are weak through fasting; and my flesh faileth of
25 I became also a reproach unto them: when they looked upon me
26 Help me, O LORD my God: O save me according to thy mercy:
27 That they may know that this is thy hand; that thou, LORD, hast
28 Let them curse, but bless thou: when they arise, let them be
29 Let mine adversaries be clothed with shame, and let them cover
30 I will greatly praise the LORD with my mouth; yea, I will
31 For he shall stand at the right hand of the poor, to save him