^{1 Ref} To the Overseer. -- A Psalm of David. O God of my praise, be not silent,

^{2 Ref} 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 Ref} They have compassed me about, And they fight me without cause.

^{4 Ref} For my love they oppose me, and I -- prayer!

^{5 Ref} And they set against me evil for good, And hatred for my love.

^{6 Ref} Appoint Thou over him the wicked, And an adversary standeth at his right hand.

^{7 Ref} In his being judged, he goeth forth wicked, And his prayer is for sin.

^{8 Ref} His days are few, his oversight another taketh,

^{9 Ref} His sons are fatherless, and his wife a widow.

^{10 Ref} And wander continually do his sons, Yea, they have begged, And have sought out of their dry places.

^{11 Ref} An exactor layeth a snare for all that he hath, And strangers spoil his labour.

^{12 Ref} He hath none to extend kindness, Nor is there one showing favour to his orphans.

^{13 Ref} His posterity is for cutting off, In another generation is their name blotted out.

^{14 Ref} The iniquity of his fathers Is remembered unto Jehovah, And the sin of his mother is not blotted out.

^{15 Ref} They are before Jehovah continually, And He cutteth off from earth their memorial.

^{16 Ref} Because that he hath not remembered to do kindness, And pursueth the poor man and needy, And the smitten of heart -- to slay,

^{17 Ref} And he loveth reviling, and it meeteth him, And he hath not delighted in blessing, And it is far from him.

^{18 Ref} And he putteth on reviling as his robe, And it cometh in as water into his midst, And as oil into his bones.

^{19 Ref} It is to him as apparel -- he covereth himself, And for a continual girdle he girdeth it on.

^{20 Ref} This `is' the wage of mine accusers from Jehovah, And of those speaking evil against my soul.

^{21 Ref} And Thou, O Jehovah Lord, Deal with me for Thy name's sake, Because Thy kindness `is' good, deliver me.

^{22 Ref} For I `am' poor and needy, And my heart hath been pierced in my midst.

^{23 Ref} As a shadow when it is stretched out I have gone, I have been driven away as a locust.

^{24 Ref} My knees have been feeble from fasting, And my flesh hath failed of fatness.

^{25 Ref} And I -- I have been a reproach to them, They see me, they shake their head.

^{26 Ref} Help me, O Jehovah my God, Save me, according to Thy kindness.

^{27 Ref} And they know that this `is' Thy hand, Thou, O Jehovah, Thou hast done it.

^{28 Ref} They revile, and Thou dost bless, They have risen, and are ashamed, And Thy servant doth rejoice.

^{29 Ref} Mine accusers put on blushing, and are covered, As an upper robe `is' their shame.

^{30 Ref} I thank Jehovah greatly with my mouth, And in the midst of many I praise Him,

^{31 Ref} For He standeth at the right hand of the needy, To save from those judging his soul.