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- O God, whom I praise, do not remain silent,
- for wicked and deceitful men have opened their mouths against me; they have spoken against me with lying tongues.
- With words of hatred they surround me; they attack me without cause.
- In return for my friendship they accuse me, but I am a man of prayer.
- They repay me evil for good, and hatred for my friendship.
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- Hold not thy peace, O God of my praise;
- For the mouth of the wicked and the mouth of the deceitful are opened against me: they have spoken against me with a lying tongue.
- They compassed me about also with words of hatred; and fought against me without a cause.
- For my love they are my adversaries: but I give myself unto prayer.
- And they have rewarded me evil for good, and hatred for my love.
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- Appoint an evil man to oppose him; let an accuser stand at his right hand.
- When he is tried, let him be found guilty, and may his prayers condemn him.
- May his days be few; may another take his place of leadership.
- May his children be fatherless and his wife a widow.
- May his children be wandering beggars; may they be driven from their ruined homes.
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- Set thou a wicked man over him: and let Satan stand at his right hand.
- When he shall be judged, let him be condemned: and let his prayer become sin.
- Let his days be few; and let another take his office.
- Let his children be fatherless, and his wife a widow.
- Let his children be continually vagabonds, and beg: let them seek their bread also out of their desolate places.
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- May a creditor seize all he has; may strangers plunder the fruits of his labor.
- May no one extend kindness to him or take pity on his fatherless children.
- May his descendants be cut off, their names blotted out from the next generation.
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- Let the extortioner catch all that he hath; and let the strangers spoil his labour.
- Let there be none to extend mercy unto him: neither let there be any to favour his fatherless children.
- Let his posterity be cut off; and in the generation following let their name be blotted out.
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