1<\/sup>Unto the end. A Psalm of David.<\/span> <\/p>\n 2<\/sup>O God, do not be silent toward my praise, for the mouth of the sinner and the mouth of the deceitful one have been opened against me.<\/span> <\/p>\n 3<\/sup>They have spoken against me with deceitful tongues, and they have surrounded me with hateful words, and they fought against me over nothing.<\/span> <\/p>\n 4<\/sup>Instead of choosing to act on my behalf, they detracted me. But I gave myself to prayer.<\/span> <\/p>\n 5<\/sup>And they set evil against me, instead of good, and hatred, in return for my love.<\/span> <\/p>\n 6<\/sup>Establish the sinner over him, and let the devil stand at his right hand.<\/span> <\/p>\n 7<\/sup>When he is judged, may he go forth in condemnation, and may his prayer be counted as sin.<\/span> <\/p>\n 8<\/sup>May his days be few, and let another take his episcopate.<\/span> <\/p>\n 9<\/sup>May his sons be orphans, and his wife a widow.<\/span> <\/p>\n 10<\/sup>May his sons be carried by those who walk unsteadily, and may they go begging. And may they be cast out of their dwelling places.<\/span> <\/p>\n 11<\/sup>May the money lenders scrutinize all his belongings, and let foreigners plunder his labors.<\/span> <\/p>\n 12<\/sup>May there be no one to assist him, nor anyone to be compassionate to his orphaned children.<\/span> <\/p>\n 13<\/sup>May his posterity be in utter ruin. In one generation, may his name be wiped away.<\/span> <\/p>\n 14<\/sup>May the iniquity of his fathers return in memory before the sight of the Lord, and do not let the sin of his mother be wiped away.<\/span> <\/p>\n 15<\/sup>May these be opposite the Lord always, but let their memory perish from the earth.<\/span> <\/p>\n 16<\/sup>For certain things are not remembered about them, in order to be merciful.<\/span> <\/p>\n 17<\/sup>And so the destitute man was pursued, with the beggar and the remorseful in heart, so as to be put to death.<\/span> <\/p>\n 18<\/sup>And he loved a curse, and it came to him. And he was unwilling to have a blessing, and it went far from him. And he clothed himself with curses like a garment, and it entered his inner self like water, and it entered his bones like oil.<\/span> <\/p>\n 19<\/sup>May it be to him like a garment that covers him, and like a belt that always cinches him.<\/span> <\/p>\n 20<\/sup>This is the work of those who detract me with the Lord and who speak evils against my soul.<\/span> <\/p>\n 21<\/sup>But as for you, Lord, O Lord: act on my behalf for your name’s sake. For your mercy is sweet.<\/span> <\/p>\n 22<\/sup>Free me, for I am destitute and poor, and my heart has been disquieted within me.<\/span> <\/p>\n 23<\/sup>I have been taken away like a shadow when it declines, and I have been shaken off like locusts.<\/span> <\/p>\n 24<\/sup>My knees have been weakened by fasting, and my flesh has been replaced by oil.<\/span> <\/p>\n 25<\/sup>And I have become a disgrace to them. They saw me, and they shook their heads.<\/span> <\/p>\n 26<\/sup>Help me, O Lord, my God. Save me according to your mercy.<\/span> <\/p>\n 27<\/sup>And let them know that this is your hand, and that you, O Lord, have done this.<\/span> <\/p>\n 28<\/sup>They will curse, and you will bless. May those who rise up against me be confounded. But your servant will rejoice.<\/span> <\/p>\n 29<\/sup>May those who detract me be clothed with shame, and may they be covered with their confusion, as if with a double cloak.<\/span> <\/p>\n 30<\/sup>I will confess exceedingly to the Lord with my mouth. And I will praise him in the midst of the multitude.<\/span> <\/p>\n 31<\/sup>For he stands at the right hand of the poor, in order to save my soul from persecutors.<\/span> <\/p>\n