<vn='1'>To the chief <sn="5329">Musician</s>, A <sn="4210">Psalm</s> of <sn="1732">David</s>. <sn="2790">Hold</s><sn="408">not</s> thy peace, O <sn="430">God</s> of my <sn="8416">praise</s>; </v>
<vn='2'><sn="3588">For</s> the <sn="6310">mouth</s> of the <sn="7563">wicked</s> and the <sn="6310">mouth</s> of the <sn="4820">deceitful</s> are <sn="6605">opened</s><sn="5921">against</s> me: they have <sn="1696">spoken</s><sn="854">against</s> me with a <sn="8267">lying</s><sn="3956">tongue</s>. </v>
<vn='3'>They compassed me <sn="5437">about</s> also with <sn="1697">words</s> of <sn="8135">hatred</s>; and fought <sn="3898">against</s> me without a <sn="2600">cause</s>. </v>
<vn='4'><sn="8478">For</s> my <sn="160">love</s> they are my <sn="7853">adversaries</s>: but <sn="589">I</s> give myself unto <sn="8605">prayer</s>. </v>
<vn='5'>And they have <sn="7760 5921">rewarded</s> me <sn="7451">evil</s><sn="8478">for</s><sn="2896">good</s>, and <sn="8135">hatred</s><sn="8478">for</s> my <sn="160">love</s>. </v>
<vn='6'><sn="6485">Set</s> thou a wicked <sn="7563">man</s><sn="5921">over</s> him: and let <sn="7854">Satan</s><sn="5975">stand</s><sn="5921">at</s> his right <sn="3225">hand</s>. </v>
<vn='7'>When he shall be <sn="8199">judged</s>, let him be <sn="3318 7563">condemned</s>: and <sn="3318">let</s> his <sn="8605">prayer</s><sn="1961">become</s><sn="2401">sin</s>. </v>
<vn='8'>Let his <sn="3117">days</s><sn="1961">be</s><sn="4592">few</s>; and let <sn="312">another</s><sn="3947">take</s> his <sn="6486">office</s>. </v>
<vn='9'>Let his <sn="1121">children</s><sn="1961">be</s><sn="3490">fatherless</s>, and his <sn="802">wife</s> a <sn="490">widow</s>. </v>
<vn='10'>Let his <sn="1121">children</s> be continually <sn="5128 5128">vagabonds</s>, and <sn="7592">beg</s>: let them <sn="1875">seek</s> their bread also out of their desolate <sn="4480 2723">places</s>. </v>
<vn='11'>Let the <sn="5383">extortioner</s><sn="5367">catch</s><sn="3605">all</s><sn="834">that</s> he hath; and let the <sn="2114">strangers</s><sn="962">spoil</s> his <sn="3018">labor</s>. </v>
<vn='12'>Let there <sn="1961">be</s><sn="408">none</s> to <sn="4900">extend</s><sn="2617">mercy</s> unto him: <sn="408">neither</s> let there <sn="1961">be</s> any to <sn="2603">favor</s> his fatherless <sn="3490">children</s>. </v>
<vn='13'>Let his <sn="319">posterity</s><sn="1961">be</s> cut <sn="3772">off</s>; and in the <sn="1755">generation</s><sn="312">following</s> let their <sn="8034">name</s> be blotted <sn="4229">out</s>. </v>
<vn='14'>Let the <sn="5771">iniquity</s> of his <sn="1">fathers</s> be <sn="2142">remembered</s><sn="413">with</s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s>; and let <sn="408">not</s> the <sn="2403">sin</s> of his <sn="517">mother</s> be blotted <sn="4229">out</s>. </v>
<vn='15'>Let them <sn="1961">be</s><sn="5048">before</s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s><sn="8548">continually</s>, that he may cut <sn="3772">off</s> the <sn="2143">memory</s> of them from the <sn="4480 776">earth</s>. </v>
<vn='16'><sn="3282">Because</s><sn="834">that</s> he <sn="2142">remembered</s><sn="3808">not</s> to <sn="6213">show</s><sn="2617">mercy</s>, but <sn="7291">persecuted</s> the <sn="6041">poor</s> and <sn="34">needy</s><sn="376">man</s>, that he might even <sn="4191">slay</s> the <sn="3512">broken</s> in <sn="3824">heart</s>. </v>
<vn='17'>As he <sn="157">loved</s><sn="7045">cursing</s>, so let it <sn="935">come</s> unto him: as he <sn="2654">delighted</s><sn="3808">not</s> in <sn="1293">blessing</s>, so let it be <sn="7368">far</s><sn="4480">from</s> him. </v>
<vn='18'>As he <sn="3847">clothed</s> himself with <sn="7045">cursing</s> like as with his <sn="4055">garment</s>, so let it <sn="935">come</s> into his <sn="7130">bowels</s> like <sn="4325">water</s>, and like <sn="8081">oil</s> into his <sn="6106">bones</s>. </v>
<vn='19'>Let it <sn="1961">be</s> unto him as the <sn="899">garment</s> which <sn="5844">covereth</s> him, and for a <sn="4206">girdle</s> wherewith he is <sn="2296">girded</s><sn="8548">continually</s>. </v>
<vn='20'> Let <sn="2063">this</s> be the <sn="6468">reward</s> of mine <sn="7853">adversaries</s><sn="4480 854">from</s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s>, and of them that <sn="1696">speak</s><sn="7451">evil</s><sn="5921">against</s> my <sn="5315">soul</s>. </v>
<vn='21'>But <sn="6213">do</s><sn="859">thou</s><sn="854">for</s> me, O <sn="3069">GOD</s> the <sn="136">Lord</s>, for thy name's <sn="4616 8034">sake</s>: <sn="3588">because</s> thy <sn="2617">mercy</s> is <sn="2896">good</s>, <sn="5337">deliver</s> thou me. </v>
<vn='22'><sn="3588">For</s><sn="595">I</s> am <sn="6041">poor</s> and <sn="34">needy</s>, and my <sn="3820">heart</s> is <sn="2490">wounded</s><sn="7130">within</s> me. </v>
<vn='23'>I am <sn="1980">gone</s> like the <sn="6738">shadow</s> when it <sn="5186">declineth</s>: I am tossed up and <sn="5287">down</s> as the <sn="697">locust</s>. </v>
<vn='24'>My <sn="1290">knees</s> are <sn="3782">weak</s> through <sn="4480 6685">fasting</s>; and my <sn="1320">flesh</s><sn="3584">faileth</s> of <sn="4480 8081">fatness</s>. </v>
<vn='25'><sn="589">I</s><sn="1961">became</s> also a <sn="2781">reproach</s> unto them: when they looked <sn="7200">upon</s> me they <sn="5128">shaked</s> their <sn="7218">heads</s>. </v>
<vn='26'><sn="5826">Help</s> me, O <sn="3068">LORD</s> my <sn="430">God</s>: O <sn="3467">save</s> me according to thy <sn="2617">mercy</s>: </v>
<vn='27'><sn="3588">That</s> they may <sn="3045">know</s> that <sn="2063">this</s> is thy <sn="3027">hand</s>; that <sn="859">thou</s>, <sn="3068">LORD</s>, hast <sn="6213">done</s> it. </v>
<vn='28'>Let <sn="1992">them</s><sn="7043">curse</s>, but <sn="1288">bless</s><sn="859">thou</s>: when they <sn="6965">arise</s>, let them be <sn="954">ashamed</s>; but let thy <sn="5650">servant</s><sn="8055">rejoice</s>. </v>
<vn='29'>Let mine <sn="7853">adversaries</s> be <sn="3847">clothed</s> with <sn="3639">shame</s>, and let them <sn="5844">cover</s> themselves with their own <sn="1322">confusion</s>, as with a <sn="4598">mantle</s>. </v>
<vn='30'>I will <sn="3966">greatly</s><sn="3034">praise</s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s> with my <sn="6310">mouth</s>; yea, I will <sn="1984">praise</s> him <sn="8432">among</s> the <sn="7227">multitude</s>. </v>
<vn='31'><sn="3588">For</s> he shall <sn="5975">stand</s> at the right <sn="3225">hand</s> of the <sn="34">poor</s>, to <sn="3467">save</s> him from those that <sn="4480 8199">condemn</s> his <sn="5315">soul</s>. </v>