1Hold not thy peace, O God of my praise;
2For the mouth of the wicked and the mouth of the deceitful are opened against me:
3They compassed me about also with words of hatred;
4For my love they are my adversaries:
5And they have rewarded me evil for good,
6Set thou a wicked man over him:
7When he shall be judged, let him be condemned:
8Let his days be few;
9Let his children be fatherless,
10Let his children be continually vagabonds, and beg:
11Let the extortioner catch all that he hath;
12Let there be none to extend mercy unto him:
13Let his posterity be cut off;
14Let the iniquity of his fathers be remembered with the Lord;
15Let them be before the Lord continually,
16Because that he remembered not to shew mercy,
17As he loved cursing, so let it come unto him:
18As he clothed himself with cursing like as with his garment,
19Let it be unto him as the garment which covereth him,
20Let this be the reward of mine adversaries from the Lord,
21But do thou for me, O God the Lord, for thy name’s sake:
22For I am poor and needy,
23I am gone like the shadow when it declineth:
24My knees are weak through fasting;
25I became also a reproach unto them:
26Help me, O Lord my God:
27That they may know that this is thy hand;
28Let them curse, but bless thou:
29Let mine adversaries be clothed with shame,
30I will greatly praise the Lord with my mouth;
31For he shall stand at the right hand of the poor,