Verse
BSB
Berean Standard Bible
KJV
King James Version
For
the
choirmaster.
A
Psalm
of
David.
O God of my praise ,
be
not
silent.
Hold
not
thy
peace,
O God of my praise ;
For wicked and deceitful mouths
open
against me ;
they speak
against me with lying tongues
.
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 attack
me without cause.
They compassed
me about
also
with words of
hatred;
and fought
against
me without a
cause.
In
return
for my love they accuse
me,
but I am
a
man
of
prayer.
For my love they are
my
adversaries:
but I give
myself
unto
prayer.
They repay
me evil for good, and hatred for my love.
And
they have
rewarded
me evil for good, and hatred for my love.
Set over
him
a wicked man ;
let an
accuser
stand at his right hand.
Set thou
a wicked man over
him:
and
let Satan
stand at his right hand.
When he is
tried
, let him be found
guilty,
and may
his prayer be
regarded
as
sin.
When he shall
be
judged
, let him be condemned:
and let
his prayer become
sin.
May
his days be few; may
another take his position
.
Let
his days be few; and
let
another take his office
.
May
his children be fatherless and his wife a widow.
Let
his children be fatherless ,
and his wife a widow.
May
his children wander
as
beggars
, seeking
sustenance
far
from
their ruined
homes
.
Let
his children be
continually
vagabonds
, and
beg:
let
them
seek
their bread
also
out
of
their
desolate
places
.
May
the creditor
seize
all he owns,
and strangers
plunder
the fruits
of
his labor
.
Let
the extortioner
catch
all that
he hath;
and let
the strangers
spoil
his labour
.
May
there be no
one
to extend kindness
to
him ,
and
no
one
to favor
his fatherless children.
Let
there be none
to extend mercy
unto
him :
neither
let
there
be
any
to favour
his fatherless children.
May
his descendants
be cut off; may
their name be blotted out from
the
next
generation
.
Let
his posterity
be cut off; and
in
the
generation
following
let
their name be blotted out.
May
the iniquity of his fathers be remembered before
the LORD ,
and the sin of his mother never
be blotted out.
Let
the iniquity of his fathers be remembered with
the LORD ;
and let
not
the sin of his mother be blotted out.
May
their
sins
always
remain
before the LORD, that He may cut off their
memory from the earth.
Let
them
be
before the LORD continually
, that he may cut off the
memory of
them
from the earth.
For
he never
thought
to show
kindness
, but pursued
the poor and needy and
brokenhearted
, even to
their
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
.
The
cursing
that
he loved, may
it fall
on
him ;
the
blessing
in
which
he refused
to
delight
, may
it be far from him.
As
he loved cursing
, so
let
it come
unto
him :
as
he delighted
not
in
blessing
, so
let
it be far from him.
The
cursing
that
he wore
like a
coat
, may
it soak
into his body
like water, and into his bones like
oil
.
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.
May
it be like
a
robe
wrapped
about
him, like
a belt
tied
forever
around
him
.
Let
it be unto
him as
the
garment
which
covereth
him
, and
for
a girdle
wherewith
he
is
girded
continually
.
May
this be the LORD’s
reward to
my
accusers
, to
those
who
speak evil against me
.
Let
this be the reward of
mine
adversaries
from
the
LORD
, and
of
them
that
speak evil against my
soul
.
But You
, O GOD ,
the Lord, deal
kindly
with
me
for the
sake of
Your
name;
deliver me by
the
goodness
of
Your
loving
devotion
.
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 ;
my heart is wounded within me.
For I am poor and needy ,
and
my heart is wounded within me.
I am fading
away
like a
lengthening
shadow ;
I am shaken
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 my body
grows
lean
and
gaunt
.
My knees are weak through
fasting ;
and my flesh
faileth
of
fatness
.
I am
an
object
of
scorn
to
my
accusers;
when they see
me ,
they shake
their heads.
I became
also
a
reproach
unto
them:
when they looked
upon
me they shaked
their heads.
Help me, O LORD my God ;
save me according to Your
loving
devotion.
Help me, O LORD my God :
O
save me according to thy
mercy:
Let
them
know that this is Your
hand ,
that You
, O
LORD, have
done it.
That
they
may
know that this is thy
hand ;
that thou
, LORD, hast
done it.
Though
they
curse, You
will
bless .
When they rise
up
, they
will
be put
to
shame,
but Your
servant will
rejoice.
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
they
wear
their
shame like
a robe
.
Let
mine
adversaries
be clothed with shame ,
and
let
them
cover
themselves
with
their
own
confusion,
as
with
a mantle
.
With
my
mouth
I will thank
the LORD profusely
; I will praise Him in
the presence
of
many
.
I will greatly
praise
the LORD with
my
mouth
; yea,
I will praise him among
the multitude
.
For He stands
at the right hand of the needy
one
, to save him from the
condemners
of
his soul.
For he shall
stand
at the right hand of the poor
, to save him from those
that
condemn
his soul.
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