1 Ó Deus do meu louvor, não te cales!
2 Pois contra mim se desataram lábios maldosos e fraudulentos;
com mentirosa língua falam contra mim.
3 Cercam-me com palavras odiosas
e sem causa me fazem guerra.
4 Em paga do meu amor, me hostilizam;
eu, porém, oro.
5 Pagaram-me o bem com o mal;
o amor, com ódio.
6 Suscita contra ele um ímpio,
e à sua direita esteja um acusador.
7 Quando o julgarem, seja condenado;
e, tida como pecado, a sua oração.
8 Os seus dias sejam poucos,
e tome outro o seu encargo.
9 Fiquem órfãos os seus filhos,
e viúva, a sua esposa.
10 Andem errantes os seus filhos e mendiguem;
e sejam expulsos das ruínas de suas casas.
11 De tudo o que tem, lance mão o usurário;
do fruto do seu trabalho, esbulhem-no os estranhos.
12 Ninguém tenha misericórdia dele,
nem haja quem se compadeça dos seus órfãos.
13 Desapareça a sua posteridade,
e na seguinte geração se extinga o seu nome.
14 Na lembrança do Senhor, viva a iniquidade de seus pais,
e não se apague o pecado de sua mãe.
15 Permaneçam ante os olhos do Senhor,
para que faça desaparecer da terra a memória deles.
16 Porquanto não se lembrou de usar de misericórdia,
mas perseguiu o aflito e o necessitado,
como também o quebrantado de coração,
para os entregar à morte.
17 Amou a maldição; ela o apanhe;
não quis a bênção; aparte-se dele.
18 Vestiu-se de maldição como de uma túnica:
penetre, como água, no seu interior
e nos seus ossos, como azeite.
19 Seja-lhe como a roupa que o cobre
e como o cinto com que sempre se cinge.
20 Tal seja, da parte do Senhor, o galardão dos meus contrários
e dos que falam mal contra a minha alma.
21 Mas tu, Senhor Deus, age por mim, por amor do teu nome;
livra-me, porque é grande a tua misericórdia.
22 Porque estou aflito e necessitado
e, dentro de mim, sinto ferido o coração.
23 Vou passando, como a sombra que declina;
sou atirado para longe, como um gafanhoto.
24 De tanto jejuar, os joelhos me vacilam,
e de magreza vai mirrando a minha carne.
25 Tornei-me para eles objeto de opróbrio;
quando me veem, meneiam a cabeça.
26 Socorre, Senhor, Deus meu!
Salva-me segundo a tua misericórdia.
27 Para que saibam vir isso das tuas mãos;
que tu, Senhor, o fizeste.
28 Amaldiçoem eles, mas tu, abençoa;
sejam confundidos os que contra mim se levantam;
alegre-se, porém, o teu servo.
29 Cubram-se de ignomínia os meus adversários,
e a sua própria confusão os envolva como uma túnica.
30 Muitas graças darei ao Senhor com os meus lábios;
louvá-lo-ei no meio da multidão;
31 porque ele se põe à direita do pobre,
para o livrar dos que lhe julgam a alma.
1 Hold not thy peace, O God of my praise;
2 For the mouth of the wicked and the mouth of deceit have they opened against me:
They have spoken unto me with a lying tongue.
3 They have compassed me about also with words of hatred,
And fought against me without a cause.
4 For my love they are my adversaries:
But I give myself unto prayer.
5 And they have rewarded me evil for good,
And hatred for my love.
6 Set thou a wicked man over him;
And let an adversary stand at his right hand.
7 When he is judged, let him come forth guilty;
And let his prayer be turned into sin.
8 Let his days be few;
And let another take his office.
9 Let his children be fatherless,
And his wife a widow.
10 Let his children be vagabonds, and beg;
And let them seek their bread out of their desolate places.
11 Let the extortioner catch all that he hath;
And let strangers make spoil of his labor.
12 Let there be none to extend kindness unto him;
Neither let there be any to have pity on his fatherless children.
13 Let his posterity be cut off;
In the generation following let their name be blotted out.
14 Let the iniquity of his fathers be remembered with Jehovah;
And let not the sin of his mother be blotted out.
15 Let them be before Jehovah continually,
That he may cut off the memory of them from the earth;
16 Because he remembered not to show kindness,
But persecuted the poor and needy man,
And the broken in heart, to slay them.
17 Yea, he loved cursing, and it came unto him;
And he delighted not in blessing, and it was far from him.
18 He clothed himself also with cursing as with his garment,
And it came into his inward parts like water,
And like oil into his bones.
19 Let it be unto him as the raiment wherewith he covereth himself,
And for the girdle wherewith he is girded continually.
20 This is the reward of mine adversaries from Jehovah,
And of them that speak evil against my soul.
21 But deal thou with me, O Jehovah the Lord, for thy name’s sake:
Because thy lovingkindness is good, deliver thou me;
22 For I am poor and needy,
And my heart is wounded within me.
23 I am gone like the shadow when it declineth:
I am tossed up and down as the locust.
24 My knees are weak through fasting;
And my flesh faileth of fatness.
25 I am become also a reproach unto them:
When they see me, they shake their head.
26 Help me, O Jehovah my God;
Oh save me according to thy lovingkindness:
27 That they may know that this is thy hand;
That thou, Jehovah, hast done it.
28 Let them curse, but bless thou:
When they arise, they shall be put to shame,
But thy servant shall rejoice.
29 Let mine adversaries be clothed with dishonor,
And let them cover themselves with their own shame as with a robe.
30 I will give great thanks unto Jehovah with my mouth;
Yea, I will praise him among the multitude.
31 For he will stand at the right hand of the needy,
To save him from them that judge his soul.
1 My God, whom I praise, do not remain silent,
2 for people who are wicked and deceitful have opened their mouths against me; they have spoken against me with lying tongues.
3 With words of hatred they surround me; they attack me without cause.
4 In return for my friendship they accuse me, but I am a man of prayer.
5 They repay me evil for good, and hatred for my friendship.
6 Appoint someone evil to oppose my enemy; let an accuser stand at his right hand.
7 When he is tried, let him be found guilty, and may his prayers condemn him.
8 May his days be few; may another take his place of leadership.
9 May his children be fatherless and his wife a widow.
10 May his children be wandering beggars; may they be driven "from their ruined homes.
11 May a creditor seize all he has; may strangers plunder the fruits of his labor.
12 May no one extend kindness to him or take pity on his fatherless children.
13 May his descendants be cut off, their names blotted out from the next generation.
14 May the iniquity of his fathers be remembered before the LORD; may the sin of his mother never be blotted out.
15 May their sins always remain before the LORD, that he may blot out their name from the earth.
16 For he never thought of doing a kindness, but hounded to death the poor and the needy and the brokenhearted.
17 He loved to pronounce a curse — may it come back on him. He found no pleasure in blessing — may it be far from him.
18 He wore cursing as his garment; it entered into his body like water, into his bones like oil.
19 May it be like a cloak wrapped about him, like a belt tied forever around him.
20 May this be the LORD's payment to my accusers, to those who speak evil of me.
21 But you, Sovereign LORD, help me for your name's sake; out of the goodness of your love, deliver me.
22 For I am poor and needy, and my heart is wounded within me.
23 I fade away like an evening shadow; I am shaken off like a locust.
24 My knees give way from fasting; my body is thin and gaunt.
25 I am an object of scorn to my accusers; when they see me, they shake their heads.
26 Help me, LORD my God; save me according to your unfailing love.
27 Let them know that it is your hand, that you, LORD, have done it.
28 While they curse, may you bless; may those who attack me be put to shame, but may your servant rejoice.
29 May my accusers be clothed with disgrace and wrapped in shame as in a cloak.
30 With my mouth I will greatly extol the LORD; in the great throng of worshipers I will praise him.
31 For he stands at the right hand of the needy, to save their lives from those who would condemn them.