## O God, Do Not Be Silent 

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O God of my praise, Do not be silent! 

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For they have opened a wicked mouth and a deceitful mouth against me; They have spoken to me with a lying tongue. 

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They have also surrounded me with words of hatred, And fought against me without cause. 

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In return for my love they accuse me; But I am _in_ prayer. 

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Thus they have set upon me evil for good And hatred for my love. 

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Appoint a wicked man over him, And let an accuser stand at his right hand. 

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When he is judged, let him come forth a wicked man, And let his prayer become sin. 

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Let his days be few; Let another take his office. 

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Let his sons be orphans And his wife a widow. 

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Let his sons wander aimlessly and beg; And let them search _for food_ from their ruined homes. 

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Let the creditor seize all that he has, And let strangers plunder the fruit of his labor. 

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Let there be none to extend lovingkindness to him, And let there be none to be gracious to his orphans. 

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Let _those who_ follow him be cut off; In a following generation let their name be blotted out. 

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Let the iniquity of his fathers be remembered before Yahweh, And let not the sin of his mother be blotted out. 

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Let them be before Yahweh continually, That He may cut off their memory from the earth; 

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Because he did not remember to show lovingkindness, But persecuted the afflicted, the needy man, And the disheartened to put _them_ to death. 

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He also loved cursing, so it came to him; And he did not delight in blessing, so it was far from him. 

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But he clothed himself with cursing as his garment, And it came into his inward parts like water And like oil into his bones. 

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Let it be to him as a garment with which he wraps himself, And for a belt with which he constantly girds himself. 

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This is the reward of my accusers from Yahweh, And of those who speak evil against my soul. 

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But as for You, O Yahweh, O Lord, deal with me for Your name's sake; Because Your lovingkindness is good, deliver me; 

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For I am afflicted and needy, And my heart is pierced within me. 

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I am passing like a shadow when it is stretched out; I am shaken off like the locust. 

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My knees are feeble from fasting, And my flesh has grown lean, without fatness. 

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As for me, I have become a reproach to them; They see me, they wag their head. 

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Help me, O Yahweh my God; Save me according to Your lovingkindness. 

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And let them know that this is Your hand; You, O Yahweh, have done it. 

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Let them curse, but You bless; They arise and will be put to shame, But Your slave shall be glad. 

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Let my accusers be clothed with dishonor, And let them wrap themselves with their own shame as with a robe. 

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With my mouth I will give thanks abundantly to Yahweh; And in the midst of many I will praise Him. 

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For He stands at the right hand of the needy, To save him from those who judge his soul.