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| 1. | {For the Chief Musician. A Psalm by David.} God of my praise, don't remain silent, |
To the chief music-maker. Of David. A Psalm. God of my praise, let my prayer be answered; |
Hold not thy peace, O God of my praise; | ||
| 2. | for they have opened the mouth of the wicked and the mouth of deceit against me. They have spoken to me with a lying tongue. | For the mouth of the sinner is open against me in deceit: his tongue has said false things against me. | 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. | ||
| 3. | They have also surrounded me with words of hatred, and fought against me without a cause. | Words of hate are round about me; they have made war against me without cause. | They compassed me about also with words of hatred; and fought against me without a cause. | ||
| 4. | In return for my love, they are my adversaries; but I am in prayer. | For my love they give me back hate; but I have given myself to prayer. | For my love they are my adversaries: but I give myself unto prayer. | ||
| 5. | They have rewarded me evil for good, and hatred for my love. | They have put on me evil for good; hate in exchange for my love. | And they have rewarded me evil for good, and hatred for my love. | ||
| 6. | Set a wicked man over him. Let an adversary stand at his right hand. | Put an evil man over him; and let one be placed at his right hand to say evil of him. | Set thou a wicked man over him: and let Satan stand at his right hand. | ||
| 7. | When he is judged, let him come forth guilty. Let his prayer be turned into sin. | When he is judged, let the decision go against him; and may his prayer become sin. | When he shall be judged, let him be condemned: and let his prayer become sin. | ||
| 8. | Let his days be few. Let another take his office. | Let his life be short; let another take his position of authority. | Let his days be few; and let another take his office. | ||
| 9. | Let his children be fatherless, and his wife a widow. | Let his children have no father, and his wife be made a widow. | Let his children be fatherless, and his wife a widow. | ||
| 10. | Let his children be wandering beggars. Let them be sought from their ruins. | Let his children be wanderers, looking to others for their food; let them be sent away from the company of their friends. | Let his children be continually vagabonds, and beg: let them seek their bread also out of their desolate places. | ||
| 11. | Let the creditor seize all that he has. Let strangers plunder the fruit of his labor. | Let his creditor take all his goods; and let others have the profit of his work. | Let the extortioner catch all that he hath; and let the strangers spoil his labour. | ||
| 12. | Let there be none to extend kindness to him, neither let there be any to have pity on his fatherless children. | Let no man have pity on him, or give help to his children when he is dead. | Let there be none to extend mercy unto him: neither let there be any to favour his fatherless children. | ||
| 13. | Let his posterity be cut off. In the generation following let their name be blotted out. | Let his seed be cut off; in the coming generation let their name go out of memory. | Let his posterity be cut off; and in the generation following let their name be blotted out. | ||
| 14. | Let the iniquity of his fathers be remembered by Yahweh. Don't let the sin of his mother be blotted out. | Let the Lord keep in mind the wrongdoing of his fathers; and may the sin of his mother have no forgiveness. | Let the iniquity of his fathers be remembered with the LORD; and let not the sin of his mother be blotted out. | ||
| 15. | Let them be before Yahweh continually, that he may cut off the memory of them from the earth; | Let them be ever before the eyes of the Lord, so that the memory of them may be cut off from the earth. | Let them be before the LORD continually, that he may cut off the memory of them from the earth. | ||
| 16. | because he didn't remember to show kindness, but persecuted the poor and needy man, the broken in heart, to kill them. | Because he had no mercy, but was cruel to the low and the poor, designing the death of the broken-hearted. | Because that he remembered not to shew mercy, but persecuted the poor and needy man, that he might even slay the broken in heart. | ||
| 17. | Yes, he loved cursing, and it came to him. He didn't delight in blessing, and it was far from him. | As he took pleasure in cursing, so let it come on him; and as he had no delight in blessing, let 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. | ||
| 18. | He clothed himself also with cursing as with his garment. It came into his inward parts like water, like oil into his bones. | He put on cursing like a robe, and it has come 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. | ||
| 19. | Let it be to him as the clothing with which he covers himself, for the belt that is always around him. | Let it be to him as a robe which he puts on, let it be like a band which is round him at all times. | Let it be unto him as the garment which covereth him, and for a girdle wherewith he is girded continually. | ||
| 20. | This is the reward of my adversaries from Yahweh, of those who speak evil against my soul. | Let this be the reward given to my haters from the Lord, and to those who say evil of my soul. | Let this be the reward of mine adversaries from the LORD, and of them that speak evil against my soul. | ||
| 21. | But deal with me, Yahweh the Lord,{The word translated "Lord" is "Adonai."} for your name's sake, because your loving kindness is good, deliver me; | But, O Lord God, give me your help, because of your name; take me out of danger, because your mercy is good. | But do thou for me, O GOD the Lord, for thy name's sake: because thy mercy is good, deliver thou me. | ||
| 22. | for I am poor and needy. My heart is wounded within me. | For I am poor and in need, and my heart is wounded in me. | For I am poor and needy, and my heart is wounded within me. | ||
| 23. | I fade away like an evening shadow. I am shaken off like a locust. | I am gone like the shade when it is stretched out: I am forced out of my place like a locust. | I am gone like the shadow when it declineth: I am tossed up and down as the locust. | ||
| 24. | My knees are weak through fasting. My body is thin and lacks fat. | My knees are feeble for need of food; there is no fat on my bones. | My knees are weak through fasting; and my flesh faileth of fatness. | ||
| 25. | I have also become a reproach to them. When they see me, they shake their head. | As for me, they make sport of me; shaking their heads when they see me. | I became also a reproach unto them: when they looked upon me they shaked their heads. | ||
| 26. | Help me, Yahweh, my God. Save me according to your loving kindness; | Give me help, O Lord my God; in your mercy be my saviour; | Help me, O LORD my God: O save me according to thy mercy: | ||
| 27. | that they may know that this is your hand; that you, Yahweh, have done it. | So that they may see that it is the work of your hand; that you, Lord, have done it. | That they may know that this is thy hand; that thou, LORD, hast done it. | ||
| 28. | They may curse, but you bless. When they arise, they will be shamed, but your servant shall rejoice. | They may give curses but you give blessing; when they come up against me, put them to shame; but let your servant be glad. | Let them curse, but bless thou: when they arise, let them be ashamed; but let thy servant rejoice. | ||
| 29. | Let my adversaries be clothed with dishonor. Let them cover themselves with their own shame as with a robe. | Let my haters be clothed with shame, covering themselves with shame as with a robe. | Let mine adversaries be clothed with shame, and let them cover themselves with their own confusion, as with a mantle. | ||
| 30. | I will give great thanks to Yahweh with my mouth. Yes, I will praise him among the multitude. | I will give the Lord great praise with my mouth; yes, I will give praise to him among all the people. | I will greatly praise the LORD with my mouth; yea, I will praise him among the multitude. | ||
| 31. | For he will stand at the right hand of the needy, to save him from those who judge his soul. | For he is ever at the right hand of the poor, to take him out of the hands of those who go after his soul. | For he shall stand at the right hand of the poor, to save him from those that condemn his soul. | ||