1God, you are the one whom I praise,
2because wicked people slander me
3They are constantly saying that they hate me,
4I show them that I want to be their friends
5In return for my doing good things for them and loving them,
6They said, “Appoint a wicked judge who will judge him,
7And cause that when the trial ends,
8Then, cause that he will soon die
9Cause that his children will not have a father any more
10Cause that his children will be forced to leave the ruined homes that they have been living in
11Cause that all the people to whom he owed money will seize all his property;
12Cause that while he is still living no one will be kind to him,
13Cause that all his descendants will die
14Yahweh, remember and do not forgive his ancestors for the evil things that they did,
15think about his sins continually,
16He never was kind to anyone;
17He liked to curse people.
18He cursed other people as often/easily as he put on his clothes [SIM];
19Cause that those terrible things will cling to him like his clothes
20Yahweh, I want you to punish all my enemies that way,
21But Yahweh, my God, do good things for me
22I ask you to do this because I am poor and needy
23I think that my time to remain alive is short,
24My knees are weak because I have ◄fasted/abstained from eating food► very often,
25The people who accuse me make fun of me;
26Yahweh, my God, help me!
27When you save me,
28They may curse me, but I ask that you bless me.
29Cause those who accuse me to be completely disgraced;
30But I will thank Yahweh very greatly;
31I will do that because he defends [MTY] needy people like me,