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Song of the Slandered

{To the chief Musician. Of David. A Psalm.} O God of my praise, be not silent:

O God of my praise,
Do not be silent!

For the mouth of the wicked [man] and the mouth of deceit are opened against me: they have spoken against me with a lying tongue,

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For they have opened the wicked and deceitful mouth against me;
They have spoken against me with a lying tongue.

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And with words of hatred have they encompassed me; and they fight against me without a cause.

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They have also surrounded me with words of hatred,
And fought against me without cause.

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For my love they are mine adversaries; but I [give myself unto] prayer.

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In return for my love they act as my accusers;
But I am in prayer.

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And they have rewarded me evil for good, and hatred for my love.

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Thus they have repaid me evil for good
And hatred for my love.

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Set a wicked [man] over him, and let [the] adversary stand at his right hand;

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Appoint a wicked man over him,
And let an accuser stand at his right hand.

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When he shall be judged, let him go out guilty, and let his prayer become sin;

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When he is judged, let him come forth guilty,
And let his prayer become sin.

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Let his days be few, let another take his office;

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Let his days be few;
Let another take his office.

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Let his sons be fatherless, and his wife a widow;

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Let his children be fatherless
And his wife a widow.

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Let his sons be vagabonds and beg, and let them seek [their bread] far from their desolate places;

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Let his children wander about and beg;
And let them seek sustenance far from their ruined homes.

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Let the usurer cast the net over all that he hath, and let strangers despoil his labour;

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Let the creditor seize all that he has,
And let strangers plunder the product of his labor.

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Let there be none to extend kindness unto him, neither let there be any to favour his fatherless children;

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Let there be none to extend lovingkindness to him,
Nor any to be gracious to his fatherless children.

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Let his posterity be cut off; in the generation following let their name be blotted out:

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Let his posterity be cut off;
In a following generation let their name be blotted out.

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Let the iniquity of his fathers be remembered with Jehovah, and let not the sin of his mother be blotted out;

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Let the iniquity of his fathers be remembered before the LORD,
And do not let the sin of his mother be blotted out.

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Let them be before Jehovah continually, that he may cut off the memory of them from the earth:

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Let them be before the LORD continually,
That He may cut off their memory from the earth;

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Because he remembered not to shew kindness, but persecuted the afflicted and needy man, and the broken in heart, to slay him.

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Because he did not remember to show lovingkindness,
But persecuted the afflicted and needy man,
And the despondent in heart, to put them to death.

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And he loved cursing; so let it come unto him. And he delighted not in blessing; and let it be far from him.

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He also loved cursing, so it came to him;
And he did not delight in blessing, so it was far from him.

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And he clothed himself with cursing like his vestment; so let it come into his bowels like water, and like oil into his bones;

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But he clothed himself with cursing as with his garment,
And it entered into his body like water
And like oil into his bones.

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Let it be unto him as a garment with which he covereth himself, and for a girdle wherewith he is constantly girded.

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Let it be to him as a garment with which he covers himself,
And for a belt with which he constantly girds himself.

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Let this be the reward of mine adversaries from Jehovah, and of them that speak evil against my soul.

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Let this be the reward of my accusers from the LORD,
And of those who speak evil against my soul.

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But do *thou* for me, Jehovah, Lord, for thy name's sake; because thy loving-kindness is good, deliver me:

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But You, O GOD, the Lord, deal kindly with me for Your name’s sake;
Because Your lovingkindness is good, deliver me;

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For I am afflicted and needy, and my heart is wounded within me.

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For I am afflicted and needy,
And my heart is wounded within me.

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I am gone like a shadow when it lengtheneth; I am tossed about like the locust;

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I am passing like a shadow when it lengthens;
I am shaken off like the locust.

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My knees are failing through fasting, and my flesh hath lost its fatness;

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My knees are weak from fasting,
And my flesh has grown lean, without fatness.

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And I am become a reproach unto them; [when] they look upon me they shake their heads.

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I also have become a reproach to them;
When they see me, they wag their head.

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Help me, Jehovah my God; save me according to thy loving-kindness:

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Help me, O LORD my God;
Save me according to Your lovingkindness.

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That they may know that this is thy hand; that *thou*, Jehovah, hast done it.

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And let them know that this is Your hand;
You, LORD, have done it.

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Let *them* curse, but bless *thou*; when they rise up, let them be ashamed, and let thy servant rejoice.

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Let them curse, but You bless;
When they arise, they shall be ashamed,
But Your servant shall be glad.

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Let mine adversaries be clothed with confusion, and let them cover themselves with their shame as with a mantle.

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Let my accusers be clothed with dishonor,
And let them cover themselves with their own shame as with a robe.

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I will greatly celebrate Jehovah with my mouth; yea, I will praise him among the multitude.

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With my mouth I will give thanks abundantly to the LORD;
And in the midst of many I will praise Him.

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For he standeth at the right hand of the needy, to save him from those that judge his soul.

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For He stands at the right hand of the needy,
To save him from those who judge his soul.

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Psalms 109

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