| 1 | To the Overseer.—A Psalm of David. O God of my praise, be not silent, |
| 2 | For the mouth of wickedness, and the mouth of deceit, Against me they have opened, They have spoken with me—A tongue of falsehood, and words of hatred! |
| 3 | They have compassed me about, And they fight me without cause. |
| 4 | For my love they oppose me, and I—prayer! |
| 5 | And they set against me evil for good, And hatred for my love. |
| 6 | Appoint Thou over him the wicked, And an adversary standeth at his right hand. |
| 7 | In his being judged, he goeth forth wicked, And his prayer is for sin. |
| 8 | His days are few, his oversight another taketh, |
| 9 | His sons are fatherless, and his wife a widow. |
| 10 | And wander continually do his sons, Yea, they have begged, And have sought out of their dry places. |
| 11 | An exactor layeth a snare for all that he hath, And strangers spoil his labour. |
| 12 | He hath none to extend kindness, Nor is there one showing favour to his orphans. |
| 13 | His posterity is for cutting off, In another generation is their name blotted out. |
| 14 | The iniquity of his fathers Is remembered unto Jehovah, And the sin of his mother is not blotted out. |
| 15 | They are before Jehovah continually, And He cutteth off from earth their memorial. |
| 16 | Because that he hath not remembered to do kindness, And pursueth the poor man and needy, And the smitten of heart—to slay, |
| 17 | And he loveth reviling, and it meeteth him, And he hath not delighted in blessing, And it is far from him. |
| 18 | And he putteth on reviling as his robe, And it cometh in as water into his midst, And as oil into his bones. |
| 19 | It is to him as apparel—he covereth himself, And for a continual girdle he girdeth it on. |
| 20 | This [is] the wage of mine accusers from Jehovah, And of those speaking evil against my soul. |
| 21 | And Thou, O Jehovah Lord, Deal with me for Thy name's sake, Because Thy kindness [is] good, deliver me. |
| 22 | For I [am] poor and needy, And my heart hath been pierced in my midst. |
| 23 | As a shadow when it is stretched out I have gone, I have been driven away as a locust. |
| 24 | My knees have been feeble from fasting, And my flesh hath failed of fatness. |
| 25 | And I—I have been a reproach to them, They see me, they shake their head. |
| 26 | Help me, O Jehovah my God, Save me, according to Thy kindness. |
| 27 | And they know that this [is] Thy hand, Thou, O Jehovah, Thou hast done it. |
| 28 | They revile, and Thou dost bless, They have risen, and are ashamed, And Thy servant doth rejoice. |
| 29 | Mine accusers put on blushing, and are covered, As an upper robe [is] their shame. |
| 30 | I thank Jehovah greatly with my mouth, And in the midst of many I praise Him, |
| 31 | For He standeth at the right hand of the needy, To save from those judging his soul. |