The Song of the Slandered 1 DBY To the chief Musician. Of David. A Psalm. O God of my praise, be not silent: BSB BSB: For the choirmaster. A Psalm of David. O God of my praise, be not silent.
2 DBY For the mouth of the wicked man and the mouth of deceit are opened against me: they have spoken against me with a lying tongue, BSB BSB: For wicked and deceitful mouths open against me; they speak against me with lying tongues.
3 DBY And with words of hatred have they encompassed me; and they fight against me without a cause. BSB BSB: They surround me with hateful words and attack me without cause.
4 DBY For my love they are mine adversaries; but I give myself unto prayer. BSB BSB: In return for my love they accuse me, but I am a man of prayer.
5 DBY And they have rewarded me evil for good, and hatred for my love. BSB BSB: They repay me evil for good, and hatred for my love.
6 DBY Set a wicked man over him, and let the adversary stand at his right hand; BSB BSB: Set over him a wicked man; let an accuser stand at his right hand.
7 DBY When he shall be judged, let him go out guilty, and let his prayer become sin; BSB BSB: When he is tried, let him be found guilty, and may his prayer be regarded as sin.
8 DBY Let his days be few, let another take his office; BSB BSB: May his days be few; may another take his position.
9 DBY Let his sons be fatherless, and his wife a widow; BSB BSB: May his children be fatherless and his wife a widow.
10 DBY Let his sons be vagabonds and beg, and let them seek their bread far from their desolate places; BSB BSB: May his children wander as beggars, seeking sustenance far from their ruined homes.
11 DBY Let the usurer cast the net over all that he hath, and let strangers despoil his labour; BSB BSB: May the creditor seize all he owns, and strangers plunder the fruits of his labor.
12 DBY Let there be none to extend kindness unto him, neither let there be any to favour his fatherless children; BSB BSB: May there be no one to extend kindness to him, and no one to favor his fatherless children.
13 DBY Let his posterity be cut off; in the generation following let their name be blotted out: BSB BSB: May his descendants be cut off; may their name be blotted out from the next generation.
14 DBY Let the iniquity of his fathers be remembered with Jehovah, and let not the sin of his mother be blotted out; BSB BSB: May the iniquity of his fathers be remembered before the LORD, and the sin of his mother never be blotted out.
15 DBY Let them be before Jehovah continually, that he may cut off the memory of them from the earth: BSB BSB: May their sins always remain before the LORD, that He may cut off their memory from the earth.
16 DBY Because he remembered not to shew kindness, but persecuted the afflicted and needy man, and the broken in heart, to slay him. BSB BSB: For he never thought to show kindness, but pursued the poor and needy and brokenhearted, even to their death.
17 DBY And he loved cursing; so let it come unto him. And he delighted not in blessing; and let it be far from him. BSB BSB: The cursing that he loved, may it fall on him; the blessing in which he refused to delight, may it be far from him.
18 DBY And he clothed himself with cursing like his vestment; so let it come into his bowels like water, and like oil into his bones; BSB BSB: The cursing that he wore like a coat, may it soak into his body like water, and into his bones like oil.
19 DBY Let it be unto him as a garment with which he covereth himself, and for a girdle wherewith he is constantly girded. BSB BSB: May it be like a robe wrapped about him, like a belt tied forever around him.
20 DBY Let this be the reward of mine adversaries from Jehovah, and of them that speak evil against my soul. BSB BSB: May this be the LORD’s reward to my accusers, to those who speak evil against me.
21 DBY But do thou for me, Jehovah, Lord, for thy name's sake; because thy loving-kindness is good, deliver me: BSB BSB: 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.
22 DBY For I am afflicted and needy, and my heart is wounded within me. BSB BSB: For I am poor and needy; my heart is wounded within me.
23 DBY I am gone like a shadow when it lengtheneth; I am tossed about like the locust; BSB BSB: I am fading away like a lengthening shadow; I am shaken off like a locust.
24 DBY My knees are failing through fasting, and my flesh hath lost its fatness; BSB BSB: My knees are weak from fasting, and my body grows lean and gaunt.
25 DBY And I am become a reproach unto them; when they look upon me they shake their heads. BSB BSB: I am an object of scorn to my accusers; when they see me, they shake their heads.
26 DBY Help me, Jehovah my God; save me according to thy loving-kindness: BSB BSB: Help me, O LORD my God; save me according to Your loving devotion.
27 DBY That they may know that this is thy hand; that thou, Jehovah, hast done it. BSB BSB: Let them know that this is Your hand, that You, O LORD, have done it.
28 DBY Let them curse, but bless thou; when they rise up, let them be ashamed, and let thy servant rejoice. BSB BSB: Though they curse, You will bless. When they rise up, they will be put to shame, but Your servant will rejoice.
29 DBY Let mine adversaries be clothed with confusion, and let them cover themselves with their shame as with a mantle. BSB BSB: May my accusers be clothed with disgrace; may they wear their shame like a robe.
30 DBY I will greatly celebrate Jehovah with my mouth; yea, I will praise him among the multitude. BSB BSB: With my mouth I will thank the LORD profusely; I will praise Him in the presence of many.
31 DBY For he standeth at the right hand of the needy, to save him from those that judge his soul. BSB BSB: For He stands at the right hand of the needy one, to save him from the condemners of his soul.
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