{ "1": "God whom I praise, do not be silent,\n\\q", "2": "For the wicked and deceitful attack me;\n\\q they speak lies against me.\n\\q", "3": "They surround me and say hateful things,\n\\q and they attack me without cause.\n\n\\s5\n\\q", "4": "In return for my love they accuse me,\n\\q but I pray for them.\n\\q", "5": "They repay me evil for good,\n\\q and they hate my love.\n\n\\s5\n\\q", "6": "Appoint a wicked man over such an enemy as these people;\n\\q appoint an accuser to stand at his right hand.\n\\q", "7": "When he is judged, may he be found guilty;\n\\q may his prayer be considered sinful.\n\n\\s5\n\\q", "8": "May his days be few;\n\\q may another take his office.\n\\q", "9": "May his children be fatherless,\n\\q and may his wife be a widow.\n\\q", "10": "May his children wander about and beg,\n\\q asking for handouts as they leave their ruined home.\n\n\\s5\n\\q", "11": "May the creditor take all he owns;\n\\q may strangers plunder what he earns.\n\\q", "12": "May no one extend any kindness to him;\n\\q may no one have pity on his fatherless children.\n\\q", "13": "May his children be cut off;\n\\q may their name be blotted out in the next generation.\n\n\\s5\n\\q", "14": "May his ancestors’ sins be mentioned to Yahweh;\n\\q and may the sin of his mother not be forgotten.\n\\q", "15": "May their guilt always be before Yahweh;\n\\q may Yahweh cut off their memory from the earth.\n\\q", "16": "May Yahweh do this because this man never bothered to show any covenant faithfulness,\n\\q but instead harassed the oppressed, the needy,\n\\q and the disheartened to death.\n\n\\s5\n\\q", "17": "He loved cursing; may it come back upon him.\n\\q He hated blessing; may no blessing come to him.\n\\q", "18": "He clothed himself with cursing as his garment,\n\\q and his curse came into his inner being like water,\n\\q like oil into his bones.\n\n\\s5\n\\q", "19": "May his curses be to him like the clothes he wears to cover himself,\n\\q like the belt he always wears.\n\\q", "20": "May this be the reward of my accusers from Yahweh,\n\\q of those who say evil things about me.\n\n\\s5\n\\q", "21": "Yahweh my Lord, deal kindly with me for your name’s sake.\n\\q Because your covenant faithfulness is good, save me.\n\\q", "22": "For I am oppressed and needy,\n\\q and my heart is wounded within me.\n\\q", "23": "I am fading away like the shadow of the evening;\n\\q I am shaken off like a locust.\n\n\\s5\n\\q", "24": "My knees are weak from fasting;\n\\q I am turning to skin and bones.\n\\q", "25": "I am disdained by my accusers;\n\\q when they see me, they shake their heads.\n\n\\s5\n\\q", "26": "Help me, Yahweh my God;\n\\q save me by your covenant faithfulness.\n\\q", "27": "May they know that this is your doing,\n\\q that you, Yahweh, have done this.\n\n\\s5\n\\q", "28": "Though they curse me, please bless me;\n\\q when they attack, may they be put to shame,\n\\q but may your servant rejoice.\n\\q", "29": "May my adversaries be clothed with shame;\n\\q may they wear their shame like a robe.\n\n\\s5\n\\q", "30": "With my mouth I give great thanks to Yahweh;\n\\q I will praise him in the midst of a crowd.\n\\q", "31": "For he will stand at the right hand of the one who is needy,\n\\q to save him from those who judge him.\n\n\n\\s5", "front": "\\m\n\\d For the chief musician. A psalm of David.\n\\q" }