For the Chief Musician. A Psalm of David. Hold not thy peace,{H2790} O God{H430} of my praise;{H8416}

For the mouth{H6310} of the wicked{H7563} and the mouth{H6310} of deceit{H4820} have they opened{H6605} against me: They have spoken{H1696} unto me with a lying{H8267} tongue.{H3956}

They have compassed{H5437} me about also with words{H1697} of hatred,{H8135} And fought{H3898} against me without a cause.{H2600}

For my love{H160} they are my adversaries:{H7853} But I [give myself unto] prayer.{H8605}

And they have rewarded{H7760} me evil{H7451} for good,{H2896} And hatred{H8135} for my love.{H160}

Set{H6485} thou a wicked man{H7563} over him; And let an adversary{H7854} stand{H5975} at his right hand.{H3225}

When he is judged,{H8199} let him come forth{H3318} guilty;{H7563} And let his prayer{H8605} be turned into sin.{H2401}

Let his days{H3117} be few;{H4592} [And] let another{H312} take{H3947} his office.{H6486}

Let his children{H1121} be fatherless,{H3490} And his wife{H802} a widow.{H490}

Let his children{H1121} be{H5128} vagabonds,{H5128} and beg;{H7592} And let them seek{H1875} [their bread] out of their desolate places.{H2723}

Let the extortioner{H5383} catch{H5367} all that he hath; And let strangers{H2114} make spoil{H962} of his labor.{H3018}

Let there be none to extend{H4900} kindness{H2617} unto him; Neither let there be any to have pity{H2603} on his fatherless children.{H3490}

Let his posterity{H319} be cut off;{H3772} In the generation{H1755} following{H312} let their name{H8034} be blotted out.{H4229}

Let the iniquity{H5771} of his fathers{H1} be remembered{H2142} with Jehovah;{H3068} And let not the sin{H2403} of his mother{H517} be blotted out.{H4229}

Let them be before Jehovah{H3068} continually,{H8548} That he may cut off{H3772} the memory{H2143} of them from the earth;{H776}

Because he remembered{H2142} not to show{H6213} kindness,{H2617} But persecuted{H7291} the poor{H6041} and needy{H6041} man,{H376} And the broken{H3512} in heart,{H3824} to slay{H4191} [them].

Yea, he loved{H157} cursing,{H7045} and it came{H935} unto him; And he delighted{H2654} not in blessing,{H1293} and it was far{H7368} from him.

He clothed{H3847} himself also with cursing{H7045} as with his garment,{H4055} And it came{H935} into his inward{H7130} parts like water,{H4325} And like oil{H8081} into his bones.{H6106}

Let it be unto him as the raiment{H899} wherewith he covereth{H5844} himself, And for the girdle{H4206} wherewith he is girded{H2296} continually.{H8548}

This is the reward{H6468} of mine adversaries{H7853} from Jehovah,{H3068} And of them that speak{H1696} evil{H7451} against my soul.{H5315}

But deal{H6213} thou with me, O Jehovah{H3069} the Lord,{H136} for thy name's{H8034} sake: Because thy lovingkindness{H2617} is good,{H2896} deliver{H5337} thou me;

For I am poor{H6041} and needy,{H34} And my heart{H3820} is wounded{H2490} within{H7130} me.

I am gone{H1980} like the shadow{H6738} when it declineth:{H5186} I am tossed up and down{H5287} as the locust.{H697}

My knees{H1290} are weak{H3782} through fasting;{H6685} And my flesh{H1320} faileth{H3584} of fatness.{H8081}

I am become also a reproach{H2781} unto them: When they see{H7200} me, they shake{H5128} their head.{H7218}

Help{H5826} me, O Jehovah{H3068} my God;{H430} Oh save{H3467} me according to thy lovingkindness:{H2617}

That they may know{H3045} that this is thy hand;{H3027} [That] thou, Jehovah,{H3068} hast done{H6213} it.

Let them curse,{H7043} but bless{H1288} thou: When they arise,{H6965} they shall be put to shame,{H954} But thy servant{H5650} shall rejoice.{H8055}

Let mine adversaries{H7853} be clothed{H3847} with dishonor,{H3639} And let them cover{H5844} themselves with their own shame{H1322} as with a robe.{H4598}

I will give great{H3966} thanks{H3034} unto Jehovah{H3068} with my mouth;{H6310} Yea, I will praise{H1984} him among{H8432} the multitude.{H7227}

For he will stand{H5975} at the right hand{H3225} of the needy,{H34} To save{H3467} him from them that judge{H8199} his soul.{H5315}