9. But when I say, “I will forget the Lordand no longer speak in his name,”then your message is like a fireburning deep within me.I try my best to hold it in,but can no longer keep it back.
10. I hear everybody whispering,“Terror is everywhere!So let's report him to the authorities!”Even my close friends wait for my downfall.“Perhaps he can be tricked,” they say;“then we can catch him and get revenge.”
11. But you, Lord, are on my side, strong and mighty,and those who persecute me will fail.They will be disgraced for ever,because they cannot succeed.Their disgrace will never be forgotten.
12. But, Almighty Lord, you test people justly;you know what is in their hearts and minds.So let me see you take revenge on my enemies,for I have placed my cause in your hands.
13. Sing to the Lord!Praise the Lord!He rescues the oppressed from the power of evil people.
14. Curse the day I was born!Forget the day my mother gave me birth!
15. Curse the one who made my father gladby bringing him the news,“It's a boy! You have a son!”
16. May he be like those citiesthat the Lord destroyed without mercy.May he hear cries of pain in the morningand the battle alarm at noon,
17. because he didn't kill me before I was born.Then my mother's womb would have been my grave.
18. Why was I born?Was it only to have trouble and sorrow,to end my life in disgrace?