The Song of the Slandered 1 WBS To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David. Hold not thy peace, O God of my praise; BSB BSB: For the choirmaster. A Psalm of David. O God of my praise, be not silent.
2 WBS 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. BSB BSB: For wicked and deceitful mouths open against me; they speak against me with lying tongues.
3 WBS They encompassed me also with words of hatred; and fought against me without a cause. BSB BSB: They surround me with hateful words and attack me without cause.
4 WBS For my love they are my adversaries: but I give myself to prayer. BSB BSB: In return for my love they accuse me, but I am a man of prayer.
5 WBS 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 WBS Set thou a wicked man over him: and let Satan stand at his right hand. BSB BSB: Set over him a wicked man; let an accuser stand at his right hand.
7 WBS When he shall be judged, let him be condemned: 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 WBS Let his days be few; and let another take his office. BSB BSB: May his days be few; may another take his position.
9 WBS Let his children be fatherless, and his wife a widow. BSB BSB: May his children be fatherless and his wife a widow.
10 WBS Let his children be continually vagabonds, and beg: let them seek their bread also out of their desolate places. BSB BSB: May his children wander as beggars, seeking sustenance far from their ruined homes.
11 WBS Let the extortioner catch all that he hath; and let strangers spoil his labor. BSB BSB: May the creditor seize all he owns, and strangers plunder the fruits of his labor.
12 WBS Let there be none to extend mercy to him: neither let there be any to favor his fatherless children. BSB BSB: May there be no one to extend kindness to him, and no one to favor his fatherless children.
13 WBS Let his posterity be cut off; and 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 WBS Let the iniquity of his fathers be remembered with the LORD; 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 WBS Let them be before the LORD 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 WBS Because that he remembered not to show mercy, but persecuted the poor and needy man, that he might even slay the broken in heart. BSB BSB: For he never thought to show kindness, but pursued the poor and needy and brokenhearted, even to their death.
17 WBS As he loved cursing, so let it come to him: as he delighted not in blessing, so 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 WBS 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. 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 WBS Let it be to him as the garment which covereth him, and for a girdle with which he is girded continually. BSB BSB: May it be like a robe wrapped about him, like a belt tied forever around him.
20 WBS Let this be the reward of my adversaries from the LORD, 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 WBS But do thou for me, O GOD the Lord, for thy name's sake: because thy mercy is good, deliver thou 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 WBS For I am poor and needy, and my heart is wounded within me. BSB BSB: For I am poor and needy; my heart is wounded within me.
23 WBS I am gone like the shadow when it declineth: I am tossed up and down as the locust. BSB BSB: I am fading away like a lengthening shadow; I am shaken off like a locust.
24 WBS My knees are weak through fasting; and my flesh faileth of fatness. BSB BSB: My knees are weak from fasting, and my body grows lean and gaunt.
25 WBS I became also a reproach to them: when they looked upon me they shook their heads. BSB BSB: I am an object of scorn to my accusers; when they see me, they shake their heads.
26 WBS Help me, O LORD my God: O save me according to thy mercy: BSB BSB: Help me, O LORD my God; save me according to Your loving devotion.
27 WBS That they may know that this is thy hand; that thou, LORD, hast done it. BSB BSB: Let them know that this is Your hand, that You, O LORD, have done it.
28 WBS Let them curse, but bless thou: when they arise, let them be ashamed; but 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 WBS Let my adversaries be clothed with shame, and let them cover themselves with their own confusion, as with a mantle. BSB BSB: May my accusers be clothed with disgrace; may they wear their shame like a robe.
30 WBS I will greatly praise the LORD with my mouth; yes, 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 WBS For he will stand at the right hand of the poor, to save him from those that condemn 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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