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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
Plea for Judgment of False Accusers
To the Chief Musician. A Psalm of David.
Do not keep silent,
O God of my praise!
To the Chief Musician. A Psalm of David.
Do not keep silent,
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
Have opened against me;
They have spoken against me with a lying tongue.
Have 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 have also surrounded me with words of hatred,
And fought against me without a cause.
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!
In return for my love they are my accusers,
But I give myself to prayer.
But I give myself to prayer.
They repay evil for good,
and hatred for my love.
and hatred for my love.
Thus they have rewarded me evil for good,
And hatred for my love.
And hatred for my love.
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 is judged, let him be found guilty,
And let his prayer become sin.
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.
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.
And his wife a widow.
May creditors seize his entire estate,
and strangers take all he has earned.
and strangers take all he has earned.
Let the creditor seize all that he has,
And let strangers plunder his labor.
And let strangers plunder his labor.
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 to him,
Nor let there be any to favor his fatherless children.
Nor let there be any to favor 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.
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 before the Lord,
And let not the sin of his mother be blotted out.
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 continually before the Lord,
That He may cut off the memory of them from the earth;
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 he did not remember to show mercy,
But persecuted the poor and needy man,
That he might even slay the broken in heart.
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 to him;
As he did not delight in blessing, so let it be far from him.
As he did not delight 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 as with his garment,
So let it enter his body like water,
And like oil into his bones.
So let it enter his body 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 to him like the garment which covers him,
And for a belt with which he girds himself continually.
And for a belt with which he girds himself 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 Lord’s reward to my accusers,
And to those who speak evil against my person.
And to those who speak evil against my person.
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 You, O God the Lord,
Deal with me for Your name’s sake;
Because Your mercy is good, deliver me.
Deal with me for Your name’s sake;
Because Your mercy is good, deliver 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.
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 a shadow when it lengthens;
I am shaken off like a locust.
I am shaken off like a 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 is feeble from lack of fatness.
And my flesh is feeble from lack 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 also have become a reproach to them;
When they look at me, they shake their heads.
When they look at me, they shake 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!
Oh, save me according to Your mercy,
Oh, save me according to Your 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 Your hand —
That You, Lord, have done it!
That You, Lord, have 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 You bless;
When they arise, let them be ashamed,
But let Your servant rejoice.
When they arise, let them be ashamed,
But let Your 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 my accusers be clothed with shame,
And let them cover themselves with their own disgrace as with a mantle.
And let them cover themselves with their own disgrace 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;
Yes, I will praise Him among the multitude.
Yes, I will praise Him among the multitude.