1O God of my praise! be not silent!

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Psalms 28:1, Psalms 28:1, Deuteronomy 10:21, Psalms 83:1, Deuteronomy 10:21

2For the mouths of the wicked and the deceitful are opened against me; They speak against me with a lying tongue.

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Psalms 52:4, Psalms 52:4, Jeremiah 9:5, Proverbs 6:17, Jeremiah 9:5

3They assault me on every side with words of hatred; They fight against me without a cause.

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Psalms 69:4, Psalms 69:4, Psalms 35:7, Psalms 35:7, Psalms 35:20

4For my love they are my adversaries: But I give myself unto prayer.

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Psalms 38:20, Psalms 38:20, Psalms 69:12, Psalms 69:13, Psalms 69:12

5They repay me evil for good, And hatred for love.

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Proverbs 17:13, Proverbs 17:13, Genesis 44:4, Psalms 38:20, Psalms 55:12

6Set thou a wicked man over him, And let an adversary stand at his right hand!

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Zechariah 3:1, Zechariah 3:1, Matthew 5:25, Matthew 5:25, Matthew 27:4

7When he is judged, may he be condemned, And may his prayer be a crime!

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Proverbs 28:9, Proverbs 28:9, Proverbs 21:27, Proverbs 21:27, Proverbs 15:8

8May his days be few, And another take his office!

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Psalms 55:23, Psalms 55:23, Acts 1:16, Acts 1:26, Acts 1:16

9May his children be fatherless, And his wife a widow!

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Exodus 22:24, Exodus 22:24, Jeremiah 18:21, Jeremiah 18:21, Lamentations 5:3

10May his children be vagabonds and beggars, And from their ruined dwellings seek their bread!

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Psalms 37:25, Psalms 37:25, Genesis 4:12, Genesis 4:14, Genesis 4:12

11May a creditor seize on all that he hath, And a stranger plunder his substance!

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Job 5:5, Job 5:5, Job 18:9, Job 18:19, Deuteronomy 28:29

12May there be none to show him compassion, And none to pity his fatherless children!

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Matthew 27:25, James 2:13, Psalms 137:8, Psalms 137:9, Luke 6:38

13May his posterity be cut off; In the next generation may his name be blotted out!

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Proverbs 10:7, Proverbs 10:7, Job 18:19, Psalms 37:28, Job 18:19

14May the iniquity of his fathers be remembered by the LORD, And may the sin of his mother never be blotted out!

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Exodus 20:5, Nehemiah 4:5, Exodus 20:5, Nehemiah 4:5, Jeremiah 18:23

15May they be before the LORD continually; And may he cut off their memory from the earth!

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Psalms 34:16, Psalms 34:16, Psalms 90:8, Job 18:17, Psalms 90:8

16Because he remembered not to show pity, But persecuted the afflicted and the poor man, And sought the death of the broken-hearted.

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Psalms 34:18, Psalms 34:18, Matthew 18:33, Matthew 18:35, Psalms 37:14

17As he loved cursing, let it come upon him; As he delighted not in blessing, let it be far from him!

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Matthew 7:2, Proverbs 14:14, Matthew 7:2, Proverbs 14:14, Ezekiel 35:6

18May he be clothed with cursing as with a garment; May it enter like water into his bowels, And like oil into his bones!

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Psalms 73:6, Psalms 73:6, Numbers 5:22, Numbers 5:22, Colossians 3:12

19May it be to him like the robe that covereth him, Like the girdle with which he is constantly girded!

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Psalms 109:29, Psalms 109:29, Psalms 132:18, Psalms 132:18, Psalms 109:18

20May this be the wages of mine adversaries from the LORD, And of them that speak evil against me!

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Psalms 94:23, 1 Kings 2:44, 2 Timothy 4:14, Psalms 94:23, 1 Kings 2:44

21But do thou, O LORD, my God! take part with me, For thine own name’s sake! Because great is thy mercy, O deliver me!

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Psalms 31:3, Psalms 69:16, Psalms 31:3, Psalms 69:16, Psalms 79:9

22For I am afflicted and needy, And my heart is wounded within me.

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Psalms 86:1, Psalms 86:1, Psalms 22:6, Psalms 40:17, Psalms 102:4

23I am going like a shadow; I am driven away as the locust.

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Exodus 10:19, Exodus 10:19, Job 14:2, Psalms 102:10, Psalms 102:11

24My knees totter from fasting, And my flesh faileth of fatness.

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Psalms 32:3, Psalms 32:4, Psalms 22:14, Matthew 4:2, Hebrews 12:12

25I am a reproach to my enemies; They gaze at me; they shake their heads.

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Psalms 22:6, Psalms 22:7, Psalms 22:6, Psalms 22:7, Psalms 69:19

26Help me, O LORD, my God! O save me, according to thy mercy!

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Psalms 119:86, Psalms 119:86, Psalms 69:13, Psalms 57:1, Hebrews 5:7

27That they may know that this is thy hand; That thou, O Lord! hast done it!

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Job 37:7, Job 37:7, 1 Kings 18:36, 1 Kings 18:37, 1 Kings 18:36

28Let them curse, but do thou bless! When they arise, let them be put to shame; But let thy servant rejoice!

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Numbers 23:20, Numbers 23:20, John 16:22, John 16:22, Psalms 109:17

29May my enemies be clothed with ignominy; May they be covered with their shame, as with a mantle!

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Psalms 132:18, Psalms 35:26, Psalms 132:18, Psalms 35:26, Job 8:22

30I will earnestly praise the LORD with my lips; In the midst of the multitude I will praise him.

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Psalms 111:1, Psalms 111:1, Psalms 35:18, Psalms 35:18, Psalms 22:22

31For he standeth at the right hand of the poor, To save him from those who would condemn him.

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Psalms 121:5, Psalms 121:5, Psalms 16:8, Psalms 16:8, Psalms 140:12