微读圣经

Prayer against an Enemy

For the choir director. A Davidic psalm.

1God of my praise, do not be silent. Ps 28:1; 83:1

2For wicked and deceitful mouths open against me;

they speak against me with lying tongues. Ps 10:7; 52:4; 120:2

3They surround me with hateful words

and attack me without cause. Ps 35:7; 69:4; Jn 15:25

4In return for my love they accuse me,

but I continue to pray. Lit but I, prayer Ps 69:13

5They repay me evil for good,

and hatred for my love. Ps 35:12; 38:20

6Set a wicked person over him;

let an accuser Or adversary stand at his right hand. Zch 3:1

7When he is judged, let him be found guilty,

and let his prayer be counted as sin. Ps 1:5; Pr 28:9

8Let his days be few;

let another take over his position. Ps 55:23; Ac 1:20

9Let his children be fatherless

and his wife a widow. Ex 22:24

10Let his children wander as beggars,

searching for food far LXX reads beggars, driven far from their demolished homes. Jb 30:5-8; Ps 59:15

11Let a creditor seize all he has;

let strangers plunder what he has worked for. Dt 28:43-44; Lm 5:2

12Let no one show him kindness,

and let no one be gracious to his fatherless children. Jb 5:4

13Let the line of his descendants be cut off;

let their name be blotted out in the next generation. Jb 18:17,19; Ps 9:5; Pr 10:7

14Let his ancestors’ guilt

be remembered before the Lord, Ex 20:5; Nm 14:18

and do not let his mother’s sin be blotted out. Neh 4:5; Jr 18:23

15Let their sins Lit Let them always remain before the Lord,

and let Him erase Or cut off all memory of them from the earth. Ps 34:16; 90:8; Jr 16:17

16For he did not think to show kindness,

but pursued the afflicted, poor, and brokenhearted

in order to put them to death. Ps 34:18; 94:6

17He loved cursing — let it fall on him;

he took no delight in blessing — let it be far from him. Pr 14:14; Ezk 35:6; Mt 7:2

18He wore cursing like his coat —

let it enter his body like water

and go into his bones like oil. Nm 5:22

19Let it be like a robe he wraps around himself,

like a belt he always wears. Ps 73:26

20Let this be the Lord’s payment to my accusers,

to those who speak evil against me. Ps 54:5; 94:23; Is 3:11

21But You, Yahweh my Lord,

deal kindly with me because of Your name; Ps 79:9; 106:8

deliver me because of the goodness of Your faithful love. Ps 69:16

22For I am afflicted and needy; Ps 40:17; 86:1

my heart is wounded within me. Ps 143:4

23I fade away like a lengthening shadow; Ps 102:11

I am shaken off like a locust.

24My knees are weak from fasting,

and my body is emaciated. Lit denied from fat Jb 16:8; Ps 35:13

25I have become an object of ridicule to my accusers; Lit to them

when they see me, they shake their heads in scorn. Ps 22:6-7; 69:19

26Help me, Lord my God;

save me according to Your faithful love Ps 119:86

27so they may know that this is Your hand

and that You, Lord, have done it. Jb 37:7

28Though they curse, You will bless.

When they rise up, they will be put to shame,

but Your servant will rejoice. 2Sm 16:11-12; Is 65:14

29My accusers will be clothed with disgrace;

they will wear their shame like a cloak. Jb 8:22; Ps 35:26; 132:18

30I will fervently thank the Lord with my mouth;

I will praise Him in the presence of many. Ps 22:22,25; 35:18; 111:1

31For He stands at the right hand of the needy

to save him from those who would condemn him. Ps 16:8; 110:5; 121:5