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1. To the director: A praise song of David. God, I praise you! Hear my prayer and do something!
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1. To the chief Musician H5329 , A Psalm H4210 of David H1732 . Hold H2790 not H408 thy peace , O God H430 of my praise H8416 ;
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2. Wicked people are telling lies about me. They are saying things that are not true.
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2. For H3588 the mouth H6310 of the wicked H7563 and the mouth H6310 of the deceitful H4820 are opened H6605 against H5921 me : they have spoken H1696 against H854 me with a lying H8267 tongue H3956 .
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3. They are saying hateful things about me. They are attacking me for no reason.
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3. They compassed me about H5437 also with words H1697 of hatred H8135 ; and fought against H3898 me without a cause H2600 .
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4. I loved them, but they were against me. So I said a prayer.
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4. For H8478 my love H160 they are my adversaries H7853 : but I H589 give myself unto prayer H8605 .
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5. I did good things to them, but they are doing bad things to me. I loved them, but they hated me.
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5. And they have rewarded H7760 H5921 me evil H7451 for H8478 good H2896 , and hatred H8135 for H8478 my love H160 .
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6. They said, "Choose someone evil to represent him. Let the one at his side really be his accuser.
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6. Set H6485 thou a wicked man H7563 over H5921 him : and let Satan H7854 stand H5975 at H5921 his right hand H3225 .
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7. Let even his prayer be used as evidence against him, and let the court find him guilty.
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7. When he shall be judged H8199 , let him be condemned H3318 H7563 : and let H3318 his prayer H8605 become H1961 sin H2401 .
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8. Let his life be cut short, and let someone else take over his work.
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8. Let his days H3117 be H1961 few H4592 ; and let another H312 take H3947 his office H6486 .
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9. Let his children become orphans and his wife a widow.
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9. Let his children H1121 be H1961 fatherless H3490 , and his wife H802 a widow H490 .
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10. Make his children wander around as beggars, forced from homes that lie in ruins.
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10. Let his children H1121 be continually vagabonds H5128 H5128 , and beg H7592 : let them seek H1875 their bread also out of their desolate places H4480 H2723 .
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11. Let the people he owes take everything he owns. Let strangers get everything he worked for.
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11. Let the extortioner H5383 catch H5367 all H3605 that H834 he hath ; and let the strangers H2114 spoil H962 his labor H3018 .
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12. Let no one be kind to him. Let no one show mercy to his children.
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12. Let there be H1961 none H408 to extend H4900 mercy H2617 unto him: neither H408 let there be H1961 any to favor H2603 his fatherless children H3490 .
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13. May his family come to an end. May his name be unknown to future generations.
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13. Let his posterity H319 be H1961 cut off H3772 ; and in the generation H1755 following H312 let their name H8034 be blotted out H4229 .
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14. May the Lord remember the sins of his father, and may his mother's sins never be erased.
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14. Let the iniquity H5771 of his fathers H1 be remembered H2142 with H413 the LORD H3068 ; and let not H408 the sin H2403 of his mother H517 be blotted out H4229 .
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15. May the Lord remember their sins forever, and may he cause people to forget his family completely.
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15. Let them be H1961 before H5048 the LORD H3068 continually H8548 , that he may cut off H3772 the memory H2143 of them from the earth H4480 H776 .
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16. He never did anything good. He never loved anyone. He made life hard for the poor and the helpless.
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16. Because H3282 that H834 he remembered H2142 not H3808 to show H6213 mercy H2617 , but persecuted H7291 the poor H6041 and needy H34 man H376 , that he might even slay H4191 the broken H3512 in heart H3824 .
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17. He loved to curse others, so let those bad things happen to him. He never blessed others, so don't let good things happen to him.
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17. As he loved H157 cursing H7045 , so let it come H935 unto him : as he delighted H2654 not H3808 in blessing H1293 , so let it be far H7368 from H4480 him.
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18. Cursing was a daily part of his life, like the clothes he wears. Cursing others became a part of him, like the water he drinks and the oil he puts on his body.
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18. As he clothed H3847 himself with cursing H7045 like as with his garment H4055 , so let it come H935 into his bowels H7130 like water H4325 , and like oil H8081 into his bones H6106 .
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19. So let curses cover him like the robe he wears and always surround him like a belt."
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19. Let it be H1961 unto him as the garment H899 which covereth H5844 him , and for a girdle H4206 wherewith he is girded H2296 continually H8548 .
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20. My enemies said these evil things against me. But may those curses be the way the Lord punishes them.
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20. Let this H2063 be the reward H6468 of mine adversaries H7853 from H4480 H854 the LORD H3068 , and of them that speak H1696 evil H7451 against H5921 my soul H5315 .
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21. My Lord God, treat me in a way that brings honor to your name. Save me because of your faithful love.
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21. But do H6213 thou H859 for H854 me , O GOD H3069 the Lord H136 , for thy name's sake H4616 H8034 : because H3588 thy mercy H2617 is good H2896 , deliver H5337 thou me.
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22. I am only a poor, helpless man. I am so sad; my heart is broken.
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22. For H3588 I H595 am poor H6041 and needy H34 , and my heart H3820 is wounded H2490 within H7130 me.
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23. I feel my life is over, fading like a shadow at day's end. I feel like a bug that someone brushed away.
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23. I am gone H1980 like the shadow H6738 when it declineth H5186 : I am tossed up and down H5287 as the locust H697 .
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24. My knees are weak from fasting. I have lost weight and become thin.
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24. My knees H1290 are weak H3782 through fasting H4480 H6685 ; and my flesh H1320 faileth H3584 of fatness H4480 H8081 .
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25. My enemies insult me. They look at me and shake their heads.
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25. I H589 became H1961 also a reproach H2781 unto them: when they looked upon H7200 me they shaked H5128 their heads H7218 .
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26. Lord my God, help me! Show your faithful love and save me!
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26. Help H5826 me , O LORD H3068 my God H430 : O save H3467 me according to thy mercy H2617 :
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27. Then they will know that you did it. They will know that it was your power, Lord, that helped me.
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27. That H3588 they may know H3045 that this H2063 is thy hand H3027 ; that thou H859 , LORD H3068 , hast done H6213 it.
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28. They curse me, but you can bless me. They attacked me, so defeat them. Then I, your servant, will be happy.
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28. Let them H1992 curse H7043 , but bless H1288 thou H859 : when they arise H6965 , let them be ashamed H954 ; but let thy servant H5650 rejoice H8055 .
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29. Humiliate my enemies! Let them wear their shame like a coat.
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29. Let mine adversaries H7853 be clothed H3847 with shame H3639 , and let them cover H5844 themselves with their own confusion H1322 , as with a mantle H4598 .
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30. I give thanks to the Lord. I praise him in front of everyone.
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30. I will greatly H3966 praise H3034 the LORD H3068 with my mouth H6310 ; yea , I will praise H1984 him among H8432 the multitude H7227 .
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31. He stands by the helpless and saves them from those who try to put them to death.
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31. For H3588 he shall stand H5975 at the right hand H3225 of the poor H34 , to save H3467 him from those that condemn H4480 H8199 his soul H5315 .
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