Hold not thy peace [02790], O God [0430] of my praise [08416];
For the mouth [06310] of the wicked [07563] and the mouth [06310] of the deceitful [04820] are opened [06605] against me: they have spoken [01696] against me with a lying [08267] tongue [03956].of the deceitful: Heb. of deceitare opened: Heb. have opened themselves
They compassed [05437] me about also with words [01697] of hatred [08135]; and fought [03898] against me without a cause [02600].
For my love [0160] they are my adversaries [07853]: but I give myself unto prayer [08605].
And they have rewarded [07760] me evil [07451] for good [02896], and hatred [08135] for my love [0160].
Set [06485] thou a wicked man [07563] over him: and let Satan [07854] stand [05975] at his right hand [03225].Satan: or, an adversary
When he shall be judged [08199], let him be [03318] condemned [07563]: and let his prayer [08605] become sin [02401].be condemned: Heb. go out guilty, or, wicked
Let his days [03117] be few [04592]; and let another [0312] take [03947] his office [06486].office: or, charge
Let his children [01121] be fatherless [03490], and his wife [0802] a widow [0490].
Let his children [01121] be continually [05128] vagabonds [05128], and beg [07592]: let them seek [01875] their bread also out of their desolate places [02723].
Let the extortioner [05383] catch [05367] all that he hath; and let the strangers [02114] spoil [0962] his labour [03018].
Let there be none to extend [04900] mercy [02617] unto him: neither let there be any to favour [02603] his fatherless children [03490].
Let his posterity [0319] be cut off [03772]; and in the generation [01755] following [0312] let their name [08034] be blotted out [04229].
Let the iniquity [05771] of his fathers [01] be remembered [02142] with the Lord [03068]; and let not the sin [02403] of his mother [0517] be blotted out [04229].
Let them be before the Lord [03068] continually [08548], that he may cut off [03772] the memory [02143] of them from the earth [0776].
Because that he remembered [02142] not to shew [06213] mercy [02617], but persecuted [07291] the poor [06041] and needy [034] man [0376], that he might even slay [04191] the broken [03512] in heart [03824].
As he loved [0157] cursing [07045], so let it come [0935] unto him: as he delighted [02654] not in blessing [01293], so let it be far [07368] from him.
As he clothed [03847] himself with cursing [07045] like as with his garment [04055], so let it come [0935] into his bowels [07130] like water [04325], and like oil [08081] into his bones [06106].into his bowels: Heb. within him
Let it be unto him as the garment [0899] which covereth [05844] him, and for a girdle [04206] wherewith he is girded [02296] continually [08548].
Let this be the reward [06468] of mine adversaries [07853] from the Lord [03068], and of them that speak [01696] evil [07451] against my soul [05315].
But do [06213] thou for me, O God [03069] the Lord [0136], for thy name's [08034] sake: because thy mercy [02617] is good [02896], deliver [05337] thou me.
For I am poor [06041] and needy [034], and my heart [03820] is wounded [02490] within [07130] me.
I am gone [01980] like the shadow [06738] when it declineth [05186]: I am tossed up and down [05287] as the locust [0697].
My knees [01290] are weak [03782] through fasting [06685]; and my flesh [01320] faileth [03584] of fatness [08081].
I became also a reproach [02781] unto them: when they looked [07200] upon me they shaked [05128] their heads [07218].
Help [05826] me, O Lord [03068] my God [0430]: O save [03467] me according to thy mercy [02617]:
That they may know [03045] that this is thy hand [03027]; that thou, Lord [03068], hast done [06213] it.
Let them curse [07043], but bless [01288] thou: when they arise [06965], let them be ashamed [0954]; but let thy servant [05650] rejoice [08055].
Let mine adversaries [07853] be clothed [03847] with shame [03639], and let them cover [05844] themselves with their own confusion [01322], as with a mantle [04598].
I will greatly [03966] praise [03034] the Lord [03068] with my mouth [06310]; yea, I will praise [01984] him among [08432] the multitude [07227].
For he shall stand [05975] at the right hand [03225] of the poor [034], to save [03467] him from those that condemn [08199] his soul [05315].those…: Heb. the judges of