To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David.
1 Hold not thy peace, O God of my praise;
2 For the mouth of the wicked and the mouth of the deceitful are opened against me: they have spoken against me with a lying tongue.
3 They compassed me about also with words of hatred; and fought against me without a cause.
4 For my love they are my adversaries: but I give myself unto prayer.
5 And they have rewarded me evil for good, and hatred for my love.
6 Set thou a wicked man over him: and let Satan stand at his right hand.
7 When he shall be judged, let him be condemned: and let his prayer become sin.
8 Let his days be few; and let another take his office.
9 Let his children be fatherless, and his wife a widow.
10 Let his children be continually vagabonds, and beg: let them seek their bread also out of their desolate places.
11 Let the extortioner catch all that he hath; and let the strangers spoil his labour.
12 Let there be none to extend mercy unto him: neither let there be any to favour his fatherless children.
13 Let his posterity be cut off; and in the generation following let their name be blotted out.
14 Let the iniquity of his fathers be remembered with the LORD; and let not the sin of his mother be blotted out.
15 Let them be before the LORD continually, that he may cut off the memory of them from the earth.
16 Because that he remembered not to shew mercy, but persecuted the poor and needy man, that he might even slay the broken in heart.
17 As he loved cursing, so let it come unto him: as he delighted not in blessing, so let it be far from him.
18 As he clothed himself with cursing like as with his garment, so let it come into his bowels like water, and like oil into his bones.
19 Let it be unto him as the garment which covereth him, and for a girdle wherewith he is girded continually.
20 Let this be the reward of mine adversaries from the LORD, and of them that speak evil against my soul.
21 But do thou for me, O GOD the Lord, for thy name’s sake: because thy mercy is good, deliver thou me.
22 For I am poor and needy, and my heart is wounded within me.
23 I am gone like the shadow when it declineth: I am tossed up and down as the locust.
24 My knees are weak through fasting; and my flesh faileth of fatness.
25 I became also a reproach unto them: when they looked upon me they shaked their heads.
26 Help me, O LORD my God: O save me according to thy mercy:
27 That they may know that this is thy hand; that thou, LORD, hast done it.
28 Let them curse, but bless thou: when they arise, let them be ashamed; but let thy servant rejoice.
29 Let mine adversaries be clothed with shame, and let them cover themselves with their own confusion, as with a mantle.
30 I will greatly praise the LORD with my mouth; yea, I will praise him among the multitude.
31 For he shall stand at the right hand of the poor, to save him from those that condemn his soul.
Tava žēlastība mans prieks.
1 Dziedātāju vadonim. Dāvida psalms. Ak Dievs, es Tevi slavēju, neciet klusu!
2 Jo bezdievju mute un meļu mute ir atvērusies pret mani un runā ar viltus mēli.
3 Tie uzbrūk man dzēlīgi no visām pusēm ar naidīgiem vārdiem un bez iemesla apkaro mani.
4 Uz manu mīlestību tie atbild ar naidu, kaut es par tiem lūdzu Dievu.
5 Tie atmaksā labu ar ļaunu, ar ienaidu par manu mīlestību.
6 Iecel viņam bezdievi par tiesnesi, un sātāns lai stāv viņam pie viņa labās rokas!
7 Par vainīgu lai viņš top atzīts tiesā, un pat viņa Dieva lūgšana lai kļūst viņam par grēku!
8 Viņa mūža dienas lai iet mazumā, viņa amatu lai pārņem citi!
9 Par bāriņiem lai kļūst viņa bērni un par atraitni viņa sieva!
10 Viņa bērni lai staigā kā klaidoņi ubagodami un meklē maizi tālu no savas tēva mājas drupām!
11 Parāda devējs lai atņem visu, kas viņam ir, svešinieki lai izvazā un laupa viņa mantu!
12 Neviens lai viņam nepalīdz, un lai neviens nežēlo viņa bāra bērnus!
13 Viņa pēcnācēji lai top izdeldēti, otrā augumā lai izzūd viņa vārds!
14 Viņa tēva noziegumus tas Kungs lai piemin, un viņa mātes grēki lai paliek nepiedoti!
15 Tie lai paliek tā Kunga priekšā vienumēr, un viņa piemiņa lai izzūd virs zemes,
16 Tādēļ ka viņš necentās rādīt mīlestību, bet vajāja atstāto un nabago un sirdī noskumušo, lai to nogalinātu.
17 Viņš mīlēja lāstu, —lai tas tagad krīt uz viņa galvu; viņš nemīlēja svētību, tā tagad lai paliek tālu nost no viņa!
18 Viņš tērpās lāstos kā drēbēs; lai tie tagad spiežas kā ūdens viņam iekšā, kā eļļa viņa kaulos!
19 Tie lai top viņam kā par drēbēm, kas viņu sedz, kā par jostu, ar ko tas jožas!
20 Tā lai ir tā Kunga alga maniem pretiniekiem un visiem tiem, kas par mani runā ļaunu!
21 Bet Tu, Kungs, esi ar mani sava vārda dēļ, Tava žēlastība ir liela, izglāb mani!
22 Jo es esmu nelaimīgs un nabags, mana sirds manī ir ievainota.
23 Es iznīkstu un zūdu kā novakara ēna, kas stiepjas garumā, un esmu līdzīgs sisenim, ko vētra dzenā.
24 Mani ceļi ļodzās no gavēšanas, un mana miesa ir izdilusi, un treknuma vairs nav.
25 Es esmu kļuvis ļaudīm par apsmieklu: kad viņi mani redz, viņi, mani nievādami, krata galvu.
26 Palīdzi man, ak Kungs mans Dievs, izglāb mani pēc savas žēlastības!
27 Lai viņi atzīst, ka tā ir Tava roka, ka Tu, Kungs, to dari!
28 Lai viņi lād, bet Tu svētī; kad viņi ceļas, tad lai viņi krīt kaunā, bet Tavs kalps lai priecājas!
29 Mani pretinieki lai top tērpti kaunā, viņu negods lai viņus sedz kā drēbes!
30 Bet es skaļi pateikšos tam Kungam no visas sirds ar savu muti un slavēšu Viņu lielā draudzē;
31 Jo Viņš stāv nabagam pie viņa labās rokas, lai viņu glābtu no tiem, kas viņu pazudina.
