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^(C1)God of my praise, ^(C2)Do not be silent!

For they have opened a ^(F1)wicked and ^(C1)deceitful mouth against me; They have spoken ^(F2)against me with a ^(C2)lying tongue.

They have also surrounded me with words of hatred, And have fought against me ^(C1)without cause.

In return ^(C1)for my love they act as my accusers; But ^(C2)I am in prayer.

So they have ^(F1)(C1)repaid me evil for good, And ^(C2)hatred for my love.

Appoint a wicked person over him, And may an ^(F1)(C1)accuser stand at his right hand.

When he is judged, may he ^(C1)come out guilty, And may his ^(C2)prayer become sin.

May ^(C1)his days be few; May ^(C2)another take his office.

May his ^(C1)children be fatherless, And his ^(C2)wife a widow.

May his ^(C1)children wander about and beg; And may they ^(C2)seek sustenance ^(F1)far from their ruined homes.

May ^(C1)the creditor ^(F1)seize everything that he has, And may ^(C2)strangers plunder the product of his labor.

May there be none to ^(F1)(C1)extend kindness to him, Nor ^(C2)any to be gracious to his fatherless children.

May his ^(C1)descendants be ^(F1)eliminated; May their ^(C2)name be wiped out in a following generation.

May ^(C1)the guilt of his fathers be remembered ^(F1)before the LORD, And do not let the sin of his mother be ^(C2)wiped out.

May ^(C1)they be before the LORD continually, So that He may ^(C2)eliminate their memory from the earth;

Because he did not remember to show mercy, But persecuted the ^(C1)afflicted and needy person, And the ^(C2)despondent in heart, to ^(C3)put them to death.

He also loved cursing, so ^(C1)it came to him; And he did not delight in blessing, so it was far from him.

But he ^(C1)clothed himself with cursing as with his garment, And it ^(C2)entered ^(F1)his body like water, And like oil into his bones.

May it be to him as ^(C1)a garment with which he covers himself, And as a belt which he constantly ^(C2)wears around himself.