1. Be not silent, O God of my praise!
2. For wicked and deceitful mouths are opened against me,speaking against me with lying tongues.
3. They encircle me with words of hate,and attack me without cause.
4. In return for my love they accuse me,but I give myself to prayer.
5. So they reward me evil for good,and hatred for my love.
6. Appoint a wicked man against him;let an accuser stand at his right hand.
7. When he is tried, let him come forth guilty;let his prayer be counted as sin!
8. May his days be few;may another take his office!
9. May his children be fatherlessand his wife a widow!
10. May his children wander about and beg, seeking food far from the ruins they inhabit!
11. May the creditor seize all that he has;may strangers plunder the fruits of his toil!