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For the choir director: A psalm of David.
O God, whom I praise,
don’t stand silent and aloof
O God, whom I praise,
don’t stand silent and aloof
Song of the Slandered
{To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David.} Hold not thy peace, O God of my praise;
{To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David.} Hold not thy peace, O God of my praise;
while the wicked slander me
and tell lies about me.
and tell lies about me.
For the mouth of the wicked and the mouth of the deceitful are opened against me: they have spoken against me with a lying tongue.
They surround me with hateful words
and fight against me for no reason.
and fight against me for no reason.
They compassed me about also with words of hatred; and fought against me without a cause.
I love them, but they try to destroy me with accusations
even as I am praying for them!
even as I am praying for them!
For my love they are my adversaries: but I give myself unto prayer.
They repay evil for good,
and hatred for my love.
and hatred for my love.
And they have rewarded me evil for good, and hatred for my love.
Set thou a wicked man over him: and let Satan stand at his right hand.
When his case comes up for judgment,
let him be pronounced guilty.
Count his prayers as sins.
let him be pronounced guilty.
Count his prayers as sins.
When he shall be judged, let him be condemned: and let his prayer become sin.
Let his years be few;
let someone else take his position.
let someone else take his position.
Let his days be few; and let another take his office.
May his children become fatherless,
and his wife a widow.
and his wife a widow.
Let his children be fatherless, and his wife a widow.
Let his children be continually vagabonds, and beg: let them seek their bread also out of their desolate places.
May creditors seize his entire estate,
and strangers take all he has earned.
and strangers take all he has earned.
Let the extortioner catch all that he hath; and let the strangers spoil his labour.
Let no one be kind to him;
let no one pity his fatherless children.
let no one pity his fatherless children.
Let there be none to extend mercy unto him: neither let there be any to favour his fatherless children.
May all his offspring die.
May his family name be blotted out in the next generation.
May his family name be blotted out in the next generation.
Let his posterity be cut off; and in the generation following let their name be blotted out.
May the LORD never forget the sins of his fathers;
may his mother’s sins never be erased from the record.
may his mother’s sins never be erased from the record.
Let the iniquity of his fathers be remembered with the LORD; and let not the sin of his mother be blotted out.
May the LORD always remember these sins,
and may his name disappear from human memory.
and may his name disappear from human memory.
Let them be before the LORD continually, that he may cut off the memory of them from the earth.
For he refused all kindness to others;
he persecuted the poor and needy,
and he hounded the brokenhearted to death.
he persecuted the poor and needy,
and he hounded the brokenhearted to death.
Because that he remembered not to shew mercy, but persecuted the poor and needy man, that he might even slay the broken in heart.
He loved to curse others;
now you curse him.
He never blessed others;
now don’t you bless him.
now you curse him.
He never blessed others;
now don’t you bless him.
As he loved cursing, so let it come unto him: as he delighted not in blessing, so let it be far from him.
Cursing is as natural to him as his clothing,
or the water he drinks,
or the rich food he eats.
or the water he drinks,
or the rich food he eats.
As he clothed himself with cursing like as with his garment, so let it come into his bowels like water, and like oil into his bones.
Now may his curses return and cling to him like clothing;
may they be tied around him like a belt.”
may they be tied around him like a belt.”
Let it be unto him as the garment which covereth him, and for a girdle wherewith he is girded continually.
May those curses become the LORD’s punishment
for my accusers who speak evil of me.
for my accusers who speak evil of me.
Let this be the reward of mine adversaries from the LORD, and of them that speak evil against my soul.
But deal well with me, O Sovereign LORD,
for the sake of your own reputation!
Rescue me
because you are so faithful and good.
for the sake of your own reputation!
Rescue me
because you are so faithful and good.
But do thou for me, O GOD the Lord, for thy name's sake: because thy mercy is good, deliver thou me.
For I am poor and needy,
and my heart is full of pain.
and my heart is full of pain.
For I am poor and needy, and my heart is wounded within me.
I am fading like a shadow at dusk;
I am brushed off like a locust.
I am brushed off like a locust.
I am gone like the shadow when it declineth: I am tossed up and down as the locust.
My knees are weak from fasting,
and I am skin and bones.
and I am skin and bones.
My knees are weak through fasting; and my flesh faileth of fatness.
I am a joke to people everywhere;
when they see me, they shake their heads in scorn.
when they see me, they shake their heads in scorn.
I became also a reproach unto them: when they looked upon me they shaked their heads.
Help me, O LORD my God!
Save me because of your unfailing love.
Save me because of your unfailing love.
Help me, O LORD my God: O save me according to thy mercy:
Let them see that this is your doing,
that you yourself have done it, LORD.
that you yourself have done it, LORD.
That they may know that this is thy hand; that thou, LORD, hast done it.
Then let them curse me if they like,
but you will bless me!
When they attack me, they will be disgraced!
But I, your servant, will go right on rejoicing!
but you will bless me!
When they attack me, they will be disgraced!
But I, your servant, will go right on rejoicing!
Let them curse, but bless thou: when they arise, let them be ashamed; but let thy servant rejoice.
May my accusers be clothed with disgrace;
may their humiliation cover them like a cloak.
may their humiliation cover them like a cloak.
Let mine adversaries be clothed with shame, and let them cover themselves with their own confusion, as with a mantle.
But I will give repeated thanks to the LORD,
praising him to everyone.
praising him to everyone.
I will greatly praise the LORD with my mouth; yea, I will praise him among the multitude.