| King James Bible | Berean Study Bible |
| 1To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David. Hold not thy peace, O God of my praise; | 1For the choirmaster. A Psalm of David. O God of my praise, be not silent. |
| 2For the mouth of the wicked and the mouth of the deceitful are opened against me: they have spoken against me with a lying tongue. | 2For wicked and deceitful mouths open against me; they speak against me with lying tongues. |
| 3They compassed me about also with words of hatred; and fought against me without a cause. | 3They surround me with hateful words and attack me without cause. |
| 4For my love they are my adversaries: but I give myself unto prayer. | 4In return for my love they accuse me, but I am a man of prayer. |
| 5And they have rewarded me evil for good, and hatred for my love. | 5They repay me evil for good, and hatred for my love. |
| 6Set thou a wicked man over him: and let Satan stand at his right hand. | 6Set over him a wicked man; let an accuser stand at his right hand. |
| 7When he shall be judged, let him be condemned: and let his prayer become sin. | 7When he is tried, let him be found guilty, and may his prayer be regarded as sin. |
| 8Let his days be few; and let another take his office. | 8May his days be few; may another take his position. |
| 9Let his children be fatherless, and his wife a widow. | 9May his children be fatherless and his wife a widow. |
| 10Let his children be continually vagabonds, and beg: let them seek their bread also out of their desolate places. | 10May his children wander as beggars, seeking sustenance far from their ruined homes. |
| 11Let the extortioner catch all that he hath; and let the strangers spoil his labour. | 11May the creditor seize all he owns, and strangers plunder the fruits of his labor. |
| 12Let there be none to extend mercy unto him: neither let there be any to favour his fatherless children. | 12May there be no one to extend kindness to him, and no one to favor his fatherless children. |
| 13Let his posterity be cut off; and in the generation following let their name be blotted out. | 13May his descendants be cut off; may their name be blotted out from the next generation. |
| 14Let the iniquity of his fathers be remembered with the LORD; and let not the sin of his mother be blotted out. | 14May the iniquity of his fathers be remembered before the LORD, and the sin of his mother never be blotted out. |
| 15Let them be before the LORD continually, that he may cut off the memory of them from the earth. | 15May their sins always remain before the LORD, that He may cut off their memory from the earth. |
| 16Because that he remembered not to shew mercy, but persecuted the poor and needy man, that he might even slay the broken in heart. | 16For he never thought to show kindness, but pursued the poor and needy and brokenhearted, even to their death. |
| 17As he loved cursing, so let it come unto him: as he delighted not in blessing, so let it be far from him. | 17The cursing that he loved, may it fall on him; the blessing in which he refused to delight, may it be far from him. |
| 18As he clothed himself with cursing like as with his garment, so let it come into his bowels like water, and like oil into his bones. | 18The cursing that he wore like a coat, may it soak into his body like water, and into his bones like oil. |
| 19Let it be unto him as the garment which covereth him, and for a girdle wherewith he is girded continually. | 19May it be like a robe wrapped about him, like a belt tied forever around him. |
| 20Let this be the reward of mine adversaries from the LORD, and of them that speak evil against my soul. | 20May this be the LORD’s reward to my accusers, to those who speak evil against me. |
| 21But do thou for me, O GOD the Lord, for thy name's sake: because thy mercy is good, deliver thou me. | 21But You, O GOD, the Lord, deal kindly with me for the sake of Your name; deliver me by the goodness of Your loving devotion. |
| 22For I am poor and needy, and my heart is wounded within me. | 22For I am poor and needy; my heart is wounded within me. |
| 23I am gone like the shadow when it declineth: I am tossed up and down as the locust. | 23I am fading away like a lengthening shadow; I am shaken off like a locust. |
| 24My knees are weak through fasting; and my flesh faileth of fatness. | 24My knees are weak from fasting, and my body grows lean and gaunt. |
| 25I became also a reproach unto them: when they looked upon me they shaked their heads. | 25I am an object of scorn to my accusers; when they see me, they shake their heads. |
| 26Help me, O LORD my God: O save me according to thy mercy: | 26Help me, O LORD my God; save me according to Your loving devotion. |
| 27That they may know that this is thy hand; that thou, LORD, hast done it. | 27Let them know that this is Your hand, that You, O LORD, have done it. |
| 28Let them curse, but bless thou: when they arise, let them be ashamed; but let thy servant rejoice. | 28Though they curse, You will bless. When they rise up, they will be put to shame, but Your servant will rejoice. |
| 29Let mine adversaries be clothed with shame, and let them cover themselves with their own confusion, as with a mantle. | 29May my accusers be clothed with disgrace; may they wear their shame like a robe. |
| 30I will greatly praise the LORD with my mouth; yea, I will praise him among the multitude. | 30With my mouth I will thank the LORD profusely; I will praise Him in the presence of many. |
| 31For he shall stand at the right hand of the poor, to save him from those that condemn his soul. | 31For He stands at the right hand of the needy one, to save him from the condemners of his soul. |
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