1 [To the chief Musician. Of David. A Psalm.] O God of my praise, be not silent:2 For the mouth of the wicked {man} and the mouth of deceit are opened against me: they have spoken against me with a lying tongue,3 And with words of hatred have they encompassed me; and they fight against me without a cause.4 For my love they are mine adversaries; but I {give myself unto} prayer.5 And they have rewarded me evil for good, and hatred for my love.6 Set a wicked {man} over him, and let {the} adversary stand at his right hand;7 When he shall be judged, let him go out guilty, and let his prayer become sin;8 Let his days be few, let another take his office;9 Let his sons be fatherless, and his wife a widow;10 Let his sons be vagabonds and beg, and let them seek {their bread} far from their desolate places;11 Let the usurer cast the net over all that he hath, and let strangers despoil his labour;12 Let there be none to extend kindness unto him, neither let there be any to favour 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 shew kindness, but persecuted the afflicted and needy man, and the broken in heart, to slay him.17 And he loved cursing; so let it come unto him. And he delighted not in blessing; and let it be far from him.18 And he clothed himself with cursing like his vestment; so let it come into his bowels like water, and like oil into his bones;19 Let it be unto him as a garment with which he covereth himself, and for a girdle wherewith he is constantly girded.20 Let this be the reward of mine adversaries from Jehovah, and of them that speak evil against my soul.21 But do *thou* for me, Jehovah, Lord, for thy name's sake; because thy loving-kindness is good, deliver me:22 For I am afflicted and needy, and my heart is wounded within me.23 I am gone like a shadow when it lengtheneth; I am tossed about like the locust;24 My knees are failing through fasting, and my flesh hath lost its fatness;25 And I am become a reproach unto them; {when} they look upon me they shake their heads.26 Help me, Jehovah my God; save me according to thy loving-kindness: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 rise up, let them be ashamed, and let thy servant rejoice.29 Let mine adversaries be clothed with confusion, and let them cover themselves with their shame as with a mantle.30 I will greatly celebrate Jehovah with my mouth; yea, I will praise him among the multitude.31 For he standeth at the right hand of the needy, to save him from those that judge his soul.

1 Vir die musiekleier. Van Dawid. 'n Psalm. o God van my lof, moenie swyg nie!2 Want hulle het die mond van die goddelose en die mond van bedrog teen my oopgemaak; hulle het met my gespreek met 'n leuenagtige tong,3 en my met woorde van haat omring; ja, hulle het my sonder oorsaak beveg.4 Vir my liefde behandel hulle my vyandig, terwyl ek tog gedurig bid.5 En hulle het my kwaad vir goed opgelê en haat vir my liefde.6 Stel 'n goddelose oor hom en laat 'n teëstander staan aan sy regterhand.7 As hy geoordeel word, laat hom as skuldige uitgaan, en laat sy gebed sonde word.8 Laat sy dae min wees; laat 'n ander sy amp neem.9 Laat sy kinders wese word en sy vrou 'n weduwee;10 en laat sy kinders oral rondswerwe en bedel en brood soek, weg van hulle puinhope af.11 Laat die skuldeiser alles neem wat hy het, en laat vreemdes sy goed buitmaak.12 Laat hom niemand hê wie se guns bestendig is, en laat niemand hom oor sy wese ontferm nie.13 Laat sy nakomelinge uitgeroei word; laat hulle naam uitgedelg word in die volgende geslag.14 Laat die HERE gedagtig wees aan die ongeregtigheid van sy vaders, en laat die sonde van sy moeder nie uitgedelg word nie.15 Laat die altyddeur voor die HERE wees, dat Hy hulle gedagtenis van die aarde af kan uitroei;16 omdat hy nie daaraan gedink het om guns te bewys nie, maar die ellendige en behoeftige man vervolg het en die moedelose van hart, om hom dood te maak.17 Ja, hy het die vloek liefgehad en -- dit het oor hom gekom; en hy het geen welbehae gehad in die seën nie en -- dit het ver van hom af gebly.18 Hy het die vloek aangetrek soos 'n kleed en -- dit het soos water in sy binneste gekom en soos olie in sy gebeente.19 Laat dit vir hom wees soos 'n kleed waarin hy hom toedraai, en 'n gordel wat hy altyddeur ombind.20 Laat dit die loon van my teëstanders wees vanweë die HERE, en van hulle wat kwaad spreek teen my.21 Maar U, o HERE Here, maak dit goed met my om u Naam ontwil; omdat u goedertierenheid goed is, red my.22 Want ek is ellendig en behoeftig, en my hart is deurwond in my binneste.23 Ek gaan heen soos 'n skaduwee as dit lank word; ek is afgeskud soos 'n sprinkaan.24 My knieë knik van vas, en my vlees het maer geword, sonder vet.25 En ,k het vir hulle 'n smaad geword; as hulle my sien, skud hulle hul hoof.26 Help my, HERE my God! Verlos my na u goedertierenheid,27 sodat hulle kan weet dat dit u hand is: U, o HERE, het dit gedoen.28 Laat hulle vloek, maar U, seën U. Hulle het opgestaan en beskaamd geword, maar u kneg is bly.29 Laat my teëstanders beklee word met smaad en hulle toedraai in hul skande soos in 'n mantel.30 Ek sal die HERE hardop loof met my mond, en onder baie sal ek Hom prys;31 want Hy staan aan die regterhand van die behoeftige om hom te verlos van die wat hom veroordeel.