| Holman Christian Standard Bible | English Standard Version |
| 1For the choir director. A Davidic psalm. God of my praise, do not be silent. | 1Be not silent, O God of my praise! |
| 2For wicked and deceitful mouths open against me; they speak against me with lying tongues. | 2For wicked and deceitful mouths are opened against me, speaking against me with lying tongues. |
| 3They surround me with hateful words and attack me without cause. | 3They encircle me with words of hate, and attack me without cause. |
| 4In return for my love they accuse me, 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 hatred for my love. | 5So they reward me evil for good, and hatred for my love. |
| 6Set a wicked person over him; let an accuser stand at his right hand. | 6Appoint a wicked man against him; let an accuser stand at his right hand. |
| 7When he is judged, let him be found guilty, and let his prayer be counted as sin. | 7When he is tried, let him come forth guilty; let his prayer be counted as sin! |
| 8Let his days be few; let another take over his position. | 8May his days be few; may another take his office! |
| 9Let his children be fatherless and his wife a widow. | 9May his children be fatherless and his wife a widow! |
| 10Let his children wander as beggars, searching for food far from their demolished homes. | 10May his children wander about and beg, seeking food far from the ruins they inhabit! |
| 11Let a creditor seize all he has; let strangers plunder what he has worked for. | 11May the creditor seize all that he has; may strangers plunder the fruits of his toil! |
| 12Let no one show him kindness, and let no one be gracious to his fatherless children. | 12Let there be none to extend kindness to him, nor any to pity his fatherless children! |
| 13Let the line of his descendants be cut off; let their name be blotted out in the next generation. | 13May his posterity be cut off; may his name be blotted out in the second generation! |
| 14Let his ancestors' guilt be remembered before the LORD, and do not let his mother's sin be blotted out. | 14May the iniquity of his fathers be remembered before the LORD, and let not the sin of his mother be blotted out! |
| 15Let their sins always remain before the LORD, and let Him erase all memory of them from the earth. | 15Let them be before the LORD continually, that he may cut off the memory of them from the earth! |
| 16For he did not think to show kindness, but pursued the afflicted, poor, and brokenhearted in order to put them to death. | 16For he did not remember to show kindness, but pursued the poor and needy and the brokenhearted, to put them to death. |
| 17He loved cursing--let it fall on him; he took no delight in blessing--let it be far from him. | 17He loved to curse; let curses come upon him! He did not delight in blessing; may it be far from him! |
| 18He wore cursing like his coat-- let it enter his body like water and go 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! |
| 19Let it be like a robe he wraps around himself, like a belt he always wears. | 19May it be like a garment that he wraps around him, like a belt that he puts on every day! |
| 20Let this be the LORD's payment to my accusers, to those who speak evil against me. | 20May this be the reward of my accusers from the LORD, of those who speak evil against my life! |
| 21But You, Yahweh my Lord, deal kindly with me because of Your name; deliver me because of the goodness of Your faithful love. | 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 afflicted and needy; my heart is wounded within me. | 22For I am poor and needy, and my heart is stricken within me. |
| 23I fade away like a lengthening shadow; I am shaken off like a locust. | 23I am gone like a shadow at evening; I am shaken off like a locust. |
| 24My knees are weak from fasting, and my body is emaciated. | 24My knees are weak through fasting; my body has become gaunt, with no fat. |
| 25I have become an object of ridicule to my accusers; when they see me, they shake their heads in scorn. | 25I am an object of scorn to my accusers; when they see me, they wag their heads. |
| 26Help me, LORD my God; save me according to Your faithful love | 26Help me, O LORD my God! Save me according to your steadfast love! |
| 27so they may know that this is Your hand and that You, LORD, have done it. | 27Let them know that this is your hand; you, O 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 will bless! They arise and are put to shame, but your servant will be glad! |
| 29My accusers will be clothed with disgrace; they will wear their shame like a cloak. | 29May my accusers be clothed with dishonor; may they be wrapped in their own shame as in a cloak! |
| 30I will fervently thank the LORD with my mouth; I will praise Him in the presence of many. | 30With my mouth I will give great thanks to the LORD; I will praise him in the midst of the throng. |
| 31For He stands at the right hand of the needy to save him from those who would condemn him. | 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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