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To the Chief Musician. A Psalm of David. Do not keep silent, O God of my praise!
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For the mouth of the wicked and the mouth of the deceitful Have opened against me; They have spoken against me with a lying tongue.
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They have also surrounded me with words of hatred, And fought against me without a cause.
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In return for my love they are my accusers, But I give myself to prayer.
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Thus they have rewarded me evil for good, And hatred for my love.
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Set a wicked man over him, And let an accuser stand at his right hand.
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When he is judged, let him be found guilty, And let his prayer become sin.
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Let his days be few, And let another take his office.
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Let his children be fatherless, And his wife a widow.
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Let his children continually be vagabonds, and beg; Let them seek their bread also from their desolate places.
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Let the creditor seize all that he has, And let strangers plunder his labor.