1. Hold not Thy peace, O Elohei tehillati;
2. For the mouth of the rasha and the mouth of the mirmah are opened against me; they have spoken against me with a leshon sheker (a lying tongue).
3. They surrounded me also with divrei sinah (words of hatred); and attacked me without cause.
4. In return for my ahavah they are my adversaries; but I give myself unto tefillah (prayer).
5. Thus they have laid upon me ra'ah for tovah, and sinah for my ahavah.