Verse
BSB
Berean Standard Bible
YLT
Young's Literal Translation
For
the choirmaster
. A Psalm of David. O God of my praise, be not silent .
To
the Overseer
. --
A Psalm of David. O God of my praise, be not silent ,
For wicked
and deceitful
mouths
open
against me ;
they speak
against
me
with lying
tongues.
For the
mouth
of
wickedness,
and the
mouth
of
deceit,
Against me they have
opened,
They
have
spoken
with me
--
A
tongue
of
falsehood,
and
words
of
hatred!
They surround
me with
hateful
words
and attack
me without cause.
They have
compassed
me about,
And they
fight
me without cause.
In
return
for my love they accuse
me, but
I am
a
man
of
prayer .
For my love they oppose
me, and
I --
prayer !
They repay
me evil for good, and hatred for my love.
And
they set
against
me evil for good, And hatred for my love.
Set
over him a
wicked man;
let
an accuser
stand
at his right hand.
Appoint
Thou
over him the
wicked ,
And
an adversary
standeth
at his right hand.
When
he
is
tried
, let
him
be
found
guilty
, and may
his prayer be
regarded
as
sin.
In
his
being
judged
, he
goeth
forth
wicked
, And his prayer is
for
sin.
May
his days be
few ;
may
another
take
his position.
His days are
few ,
his oversight
another
taketh,
May
his children
be
fatherless and his wife a widow.
His sons
are
fatherless ,
and his wife a widow.
May
his
children
wander as
beggars
, seeking
sustenance
far
from
their ruined
homes
.
And
wander continually
do
his
sons
, Yea,
they
have
begged,
And
have
sought
out
of
their dry
places
.
May
the
creditor
seize
all he owns
, and strangers plunder
the
fruits
of
his labor
.
An
exactor
layeth
a
snare
for
all that
he hath
, And strangers spoil
his labour
.
May
there
be
no
one
to extend kindness to
him
, and
no
one to favor
his fatherless
children
.
He
hath
none
to extend kindness, Nor
is
there
one showing
favour
to his orphans
.
May
his descendants
be
cut
off ;
may
their name be
blotted out from
the
next
generation
.
His posterity
is
for
cutting
off ,
In
another
generation
is
their name blotted out.
May
the iniquity of his fathers be
remembered before
the
LORD
, and the sin of his mother never
be
blotted out.
The iniquity of his fathers Is
remembered unto
Jehovah
, And the sin of his mother is
not
blotted out.
May
their
sins
always
remain
before the
LORD
, that
He may
cut
off their
memory
from the
earth.
They
are
before Jehovah
continually
, And
He cutteth
off from earth their
memorial
.
For
he never
thought
to show
kindness, but
pursued
the poor and needy and
brokenhearted
, even
to their
death.
Because
that
he hath
not
remembered
to do
kindness, And
pursueth
the poor man
and needy, And
the
smitten
of
heart
--
to slay,
The
cursing
that
he loved
, may
it fall
on
him ;
the
blessing
in
which
he refused
to
delight
, may
it be
far from him.
And
he loveth
reviling
, and
it meeteth
him ,
And
he hath
not
delighted
in
blessing
, And
it is
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
.
And
he putteth
on
reviling
as
his
robe
, And
it cometh
in
as
water
into his midst
, And as
oil
into his bones.
May
it be
like
a
robe
wrapped
about
him, like
a belt
tied
forever
around
him
.
It is
to
him as
apparel
--
he
covereth
himself
, And
for
a continual
girdle
he
girdeth
it
on
.
May
this be
the LORD’s
reward
to
my
accusers, to
those who
speak
evil against me
.
This `is'
the wage
of
mine
accusers from
Jehovah
, And
of
those speaking
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
.
And
Thou
, O Jehovah
Lord, Deal with me for Thy
name's
sake ,
Because
Thy
kindness
`is'
good,
deliver me.
For I am poor and needy ;
my heart is
wounded
within
me
.
For I `
am '
poor and needy ,
And
my heart hath
been
pierced
in
my
midst
.
I
am
fading
away
like
a lengthening
shadow ;
I am
shaken
off
like
a locust.
As
a shadow when
it
is
stretched
out
I have
gone,
I
have
been
driven
away
as
a locust.
My knees are
weak
from fasting, and my body
grows
lean
and
gaunt
.
My knees have
been
feeble
from fasting, And my flesh
hath
failed
of
fatness
.
I am
an
object
of
scorn
to my
accusers;
when
they see me, they shake their heads
.
And
I --
I
have
been
a
reproach
to them,
They see me, they shake their head
.
Help me, O LORD
my God ;
save me according to Your
loving
devotion
.
Help me, O Jehovah
my God ,
Save me ,
according to Thy
kindness
.
Let
them
know that this is Your
hand, that
You
, O LORD
, have
done it.
And
they
know that this `
is '
Thy
hand, Thou
, O Jehovah
, Thou
hast
done it.
Though
they curse
, You
will
bless .
When
they
rise
up
, they will
be
put
to
shame
, but
Your
servant will
rejoice.
They revile
, and
Thou
dost
bless, They have
risen
, and
are
ashamed,
And
Thy
servant doth
rejoice.
May
my
accusers be
clothed
with
disgrace;
may
they
wear
their shame like
a
robe
.
Mine
accusers put
on
blushing,
and
are
covered,
As
an
upper
robe
`is'
their shame.
With my mouth I
will
thank
the
LORD
profusely;
I
will
praise
Him
in the presence
of many .
I
thank
Jehovah
greatly
with my mouth ,
And
in the midst
of many I
praise
Him,
For He stands
at the right hand of the needy one
, to save him
from the
condemners
of
his soul.
For He standeth
at the right hand of the needy, To save from those
judging
his soul.
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