1. God of my praise, do not be silent.
2. For wicked and deceitful mouths open against me;they speak against me with lying tongues.
3. They surround me with hateful wordsand attack me without cause.
4. In return for my love they accuse me,but I continue to pray.
5. They repay me evil for good,and hatred for my love.
6. Set a wicked person over him;let an accuser stand at his right hand.
7. When he is judged, let him be found guilty,and let his prayer be counted as sin.
8. Let his days be few;let another take over his position.
9. Let his children be fatherlessand his wife a widow.
10. Let his children wander as beggars,searching for food far from their demolished homes.
11. Let a creditor seize all he has;let strangers plunder what he has worked for.
12. Let no one show him kindness,and let no one be gracious to his fatherless children.
13. Let the line of his descendants be cut off;let their name be blotted out in the next generation.