| New International Version | Holman Christian Standard Bible |
| 1For the director of music. Of David. A psalm. My God, whom I praise, do not remain silent, | 1For the choir director. A Davidic psalm. God of my praise, do not be silent. |
| 2for people who are wicked and deceitful have opened their mouths against me; they have spoken against me with lying tongues. | 2For wicked and deceitful mouths open against me; they speak against me with lying tongues. |
| 3With words of hatred they surround me; they attack me without cause. | 3They surround me with hateful words and attack me without cause. |
| 4In return for my friendship they accuse me, but I am a man of prayer. | 4In return for my love they accuse me, but I continue to pray. |
| 5They repay me evil for good, and hatred for my friendship. | 5They repay me evil for good, and hatred for my love. |
| 6Appoint someone evil to oppose my enemy; let an accuser stand at his right hand. | 6Set a wicked person over him; let an accuser stand at his right hand. |
| 7When he is tried, let him be found guilty, and may his prayers condemn him. | 7When he is judged, let him be found guilty, and let his prayer be counted as sin. |
| 8May his days be few; may another take his place of leadership. | 8Let his days be few; let another take over his position. |
| 9May his children be fatherless and his wife a widow. | 9Let his children be fatherless and his wife a widow. |
| 10May his children be wandering beggars; may they be driven from their ruined homes. | 10Let his children wander as beggars, searching for food far from their demolished homes. |
| 11May a creditor seize all he has; may strangers plunder the fruits of his labor. | 11Let a creditor seize all he has; let strangers plunder what he has worked for. |
| 12May no one extend kindness to him or take pity on his fatherless children. | 12Let no one show him kindness, and let no one be gracious to his fatherless children. |
| 13May his descendants be cut off, their names blotted out from the next generation. | 13Let the line of his descendants be cut off; let their name be blotted out in the next generation. |
| 14May the iniquity of his fathers be remembered before the LORD; may the sin of his mother never be blotted out. | 14Let his ancestors' guilt be remembered before the LORD, and do not let his mother's sin be blotted out. |
| 15May their sins always remain before the LORD, that he may blot out their name from the earth. | 15Let their sins always remain before the LORD, and let Him erase all memory of them from the earth. |
| 16For he never thought of doing a kindness, but hounded to death the poor and the needy and the brokenhearted. | 16For he did not think to show kindness, but pursued the afflicted, poor, and brokenhearted in order to put them to death. |
| 17He loved to pronounce a curse-- may it come back on him. He found no pleasure in blessing-- may it be far from him. | 17He loved cursing--let it fall on him; he took no delight in blessing--let it be far from him. |
| 18He wore cursing as his garment; it entered into his body like water, into his bones like oil. | 18He wore cursing like his coat-- let it enter his body like water and go into his bones like oil. |
| 19May it be like a cloak wrapped about him, like a belt tied forever around him. | 19Let it be like a robe he wraps around himself, like a belt he always wears. |
| 20May this be the LORD's payment to my accusers, to those who speak evil of me. | 20Let this be the LORD's payment to my accusers, to those who speak evil against me. |
| 21But you, Sovereign LORD, help me for your name's sake; out of the goodness of your love, deliver me. | 21But You, Yahweh my Lord, deal kindly with me because of Your name; deliver me because of the goodness of Your faithful love. |
| 22For I am poor and needy, and my heart is wounded within me. | 22For I am afflicted and needy; my heart is wounded within me. |
| 23I fade away like an evening shadow; I am shaken off like a locust. | 23I fade away like a lengthening shadow; I am shaken off like a locust. |
| 24My knees give way from fasting; my body is thin and gaunt. | 24My knees are weak from fasting, and my body is emaciated. |
| 25I am an object of scorn to my accusers; when they see me, they shake their heads. | 25I have become an object of ridicule to my accusers; when they see me, they shake their heads in scorn. |
| 26Help me, LORD my God; save me according to your unfailing love. | 26Help me, LORD my God; save me according to Your faithful love |
| 27Let them know that it is your hand, that you, LORD, have done it. | 27so they may know that this is Your hand and that You, LORD, have done it. |
| 28While they curse, may you bless; may those who attack me be put to shame, but may your servant rejoice. | 28Though they curse, You will bless. When they rise up, they will be put to shame, but Your servant will rejoice. |
| 29May my accusers be clothed with disgrace and wrapped in shame as in a cloak. | 29My accusers will be clothed with disgrace; they will wear their shame like a cloak. |
| 30With my mouth I will greatly extol the LORD; in the great throng of worshipers I will praise him. | 30I will fervently thank the LORD with my mouth; I will praise Him in the presence of many. |
| 31For he stands at the right hand of the needy, to save their lives from those who would condemn them. | 31For He stands at the right hand of the needy to save him from those who would condemn him. |
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