Berean Study Bible | New American Standard Bible 1995 |
1For the choirmaster. A Psalm of David. O God of my praise, be not silent. | 1For the choir director. A Psalm of David. O God of my praise, Do not be silent! |
2For wicked and deceitful mouths open 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 hateful words and attack me without cause. | 3They have also surrounded me with words of hatred, And fought against me without cause. |
4In return for my love they accuse me, but I am a man of prayer. | 4In return for my love they act as my accusers; But I am in prayer. |
5They repay me evil for good, and hatred for my love. | 5Thus they have repaid me evil for good And hatred for my love. |
6Set over him a wicked man; let an accuser stand at his right hand. | 6Appoint a wicked man over him, And let an accuser stand at his right hand. |
7When he is tried, let him be found guilty, and 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 his position. | 8Let his days be few; Let another take his office. |
9May his children be fatherless and his wife a widow. | 9Let his children be fatherless And his wife a widow. |
10May his children wander as beggars, seeking sustenance far from their ruined homes. | 10Let his children wander about and beg; And let them seek sustenance far from their ruined homes. |
11May the creditor seize all he owns, and strangers plunder the fruits of his labor. | 11Let the creditor seize all that he has, And let strangers plunder the product of his labor. |
12May there be no one to extend kindness to him, and no one to favor 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 cut off; may their name be blotted out from the next generation. | 13Let his posterity be cut off; In a following generation let their name be blotted out. |
14May the iniquity of his fathers be remembered before the LORD, and the sin of his mother never be blotted out. | 14Let the iniquity of his fathers be remembered before the LORD, And do not let the sin of his mother be blotted out. |
15May their sins always remain before the LORD, that He may cut off their memory from the earth. | 15Let them be before the LORD continually, That He may cut off their memory from the earth; |
16For he never thought to show kindness, but pursued the poor and needy and brokenhearted, even to their death. | 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. |
17The cursing that he loved, may it fall on him; the blessing in which he refused to delight, may it 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. |
18The cursing that he wore like a coat, may it soak into his body like water, and into 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 it be like a robe wrapped about him, like a belt tied forever around him. | 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 LORD’s reward to my accusers, to 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. |
21But You, O GOD, the Lord, deal kindly with me for the sake of Your name; deliver me by the goodness of Your loving devotion. | 21But You, O GOD, the Lord, deal kindly with me for Your name's sake; Because Your lovingkindness is good, deliver me; |
22For I am poor and needy; 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 lengthening shadow; 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 are weak from fasting, and my body grows lean and gaunt. | 24My knees are weak from fasting, And my flesh has grown lean, without fatness. |
25I am an object of scorn to my accusers; when they see me, they shake their heads. | 25I also have become a reproach to them; When they see me, they wag their head. |
26Help me, O LORD my God; save me according to Your loving devotion. | 26Help me, O LORD my God; Save me according to Your lovingkindness. |
27Let them know that this is Your hand, that You, O LORD, have done it. | 27And let them know that this is Your hand; You, LORD, have done it. |
28Though they curse, You will bless. When they rise up, they will be put to shame, but Your servant will rejoice. | 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 disgrace; may they wear their shame like a robe. | 29Let my accusers be clothed with dishonor, And let them cover themselves with their own shame as with a robe. |
30With my mouth I will thank the LORD profusely; I will praise Him in the presence of many. | 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 save him from the condemners of his soul. | 31For He stands at the right hand of the needy, To save him from those who judge his soul. |
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