¹God of my praise , don’t remain silent ,

²for they have opened the mouth of the wicked and the mouth of deceit against me .

They have spoken to me with a lying tongue .

³They have also surrounded me with words of hatred ,

and fought against me without a cause .

⁴In return for my love, they are my adversaries ;

but I am in prayer .

⁵They have rewarded me evil for good ,

and hatred for my love.

⁶Set a wicked man over him .

Let an adversary stand at his right hand .

⁷When he is judged , let him come out guilty .

Let his prayer be turned into sin .

⁸Let his days be few .

Let another take his office .

⁹Let his children be fatherless ,

and his wife a widow.

¹⁰Let his children be wandering beggars.

Let them be sought from their ruins .

¹¹Let the creditor seize all that he has .

Let strangers plunder the fruit of his labour .

¹²Let there be no one to extend kindness to him ,

neither let there be anyone to have pity on his fatherless children .

¹³Let his posterity be cut off .

In the generation following let their name be blotted out .

¹⁴Let the iniquity of his fathers be remembered by the LORD .

Don’t let the sin of his mother be blotted out .

¹⁵Let them be before the LORD continually ,

that he may cut off their memory from the earth;

¹⁶because he didn’t remember to show kindness ,

but persecuted the poor and needy man ,

the broken in heart , to kill them .

¹⁷Yes, he loved cursing , and it came to him .

He didn’t delight in blessing , and it was far from him .

¹⁸He clothed himself also with cursing as with his garment .

It came into his inward parts like water ,

like oil into his bones .

¹⁹Let it be to him as the clothing with which he covers himself ,

for the belt that is always around him .

²⁰This is the reward of my adversaries from the LORD ,

of those who speak evil against my soul .

²¹But deal with me , GOD the Lord , for your name ’s sake ,[#109:21 The word translated “Lord” is “Adonai.”]

because your loving kindness is good , deliver me ;

²²for I am poor and needy .

My heart is wounded within me .

²³I fade away like an evening shadow .

I am shaken off like a locust.

²⁴My knees are weak through fasting .

My body is thin and lacks fat .

²⁵I have also become a reproach to them .

When they see me , they shake their head .

²⁶Help me , LORD , my God .

Save me according to your loving kindness ;

²⁷that they may know that this is your hand ;

that you , LORD , have done it .

²⁸They may curse , but you bless .

When they arise , they will be shamed,

but your servant shall rejoice .

²⁹Let my adversaries be clothed with dishonour .

Let them cover themselves with their own shame as with a robe .

³⁰I will give great thanks to the LORD with my mouth .

Yes, I will praise him amongst the multitude .

³¹For he will stand at the right hand of the needy,

to save him from those who judge his soul .