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\d A psalm written by David for the choir director.
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\q1
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\v 1 God, you are the one whom I praise,
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\q1 so please answer my prayer
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\v 2 because wicked people slander me
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\q2 and tell lies about me.
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\v 3 They are constantly saying that they hate me,
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\q1 and they harm me for no reason.
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\v 4 I show them that I love them
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\q1 and that I pray for them,
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\q2 but instead of being kind to me, they say that I have done evil things.
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\v 5 In return for my doing good things for them and loving them,
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\q2 they do evil things to me and hate me.
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\v 6 So appoint a wicked judge who will judge my enemy,
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\q1 and bring in one of his enemies who will stand up and accuse him.
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\v 7 When the trial ends,
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\q2 cause the judge to declare that he is guilty
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\q2 and cause even his plea for mercy to be considered a sin.
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\v 8 Then cause him to die soon;
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\q2 bring someone else to take over his work.
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\v 9 Cause his children not to have a father anymore,
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\q2 and cause his wife to become a widow.
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\v 10 Cause his children to leave the ruined homes that they have been living in
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\q2 and to wander around begging for food.
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\v 11 Cause all the people to whom he owed money to seize his property;
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\q2 cause strangers to take away everything that he worked to acquire.
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\v 12 Make sure that no one acts with any loyalty toward his memory for the sake of your covenant;
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\q2 make sure that no one pities his children.
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\v 13 Cause all his children to die,
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\q2 so that no one will live to carry on his name.
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\v 14 Yahweh, remember and do not forgive his ancestors for the evil things that they did,
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\q2 and do not even forgive the sins that his mother committed.
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\v 15 Think about his sins continually,
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\q2 but cause everyone living to completely forget who he was.
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\v 16 I pray these things because that man, my enemy, never acted toward anyone as your covenant says we must;
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\q2 he persecuted poor and needy people
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\q2 and even killed helpless people.
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\v 17 He liked to curse people.
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\q2 So those terrible things that he requested to happen to others—cause them to happen to him!
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\q1 He did not want to bless others,
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\q2 so make sure that no one blesses him!
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\v 18 He often cursed other people, also;
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\q2 cause the terrible things that he wanted to happen to others to happen to him and enter his body as water does,
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\q2 as olive oil soaks into a person's bones when it is rubbed on his skin.
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\v 19 Cause those terrible things to cling to him like his clothes
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\q1 and be around him like the belt that he wears every day.
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\v 20 Yahweh, I wish that you will punish all my enemies that way,
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\q2 those who say evil things about me.
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\v 21 But Yahweh, my God, do good things for me
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\q2 in order that I may honor you;
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\q1 rescue me from my enemies
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\q2 because you faithfully love me as you promised.
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\v 22 I request you to do this because I am poor and needy
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\q2 and my inner being is full of pain.
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\v 23 I think that my time to remain alive is as short
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\q2 as an evening shadow that will soon disappear.
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\q2 I will be blown away as a locust is blown by the wind.
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\v 24 My knees are weak because I have fasted very often,
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\q2 and my body has become very thin.
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\v 25 The people who accuse me make fun of me;
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\q2 when they see me, they insult me by shaking their heads at me.
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\v 26 Yahweh, my God, help me!
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\q1 Because you faithfully love me, rescue me!
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\v 27 When you save me,
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\q2 cause my enemies to know that you are the one who has done it!
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\v 28 They may curse me, but I ask that you bless me.
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\q2 Cause those who persecute me to be defeated and disgraced,
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\q1 but cause me to be glad!
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\v 29 Cause those who accuse me to be completely disgraced;
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\q2 cause other people to see that they are disgraced as easily as they see the clothes that they wear!
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\v 30 But I will thank Yahweh very much;
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\q2 I will praise him when I am among the crowd of people who are worshiping him.
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\v 31 I will do that because he defends poor people like me
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\q2 and because he saves us from those who have said that we must die.
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