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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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- 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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- 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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