The Song of the Slandered
For the choirmaster. A Psalm of David.
O God of my praise, Psa 28:1Psa 83:1Deu 10:21Exo 15:2Isa 42:14Psa 35:22-23Jer 17:14Psa 118:28
be not silent.
For wicked and deceitful mouths open against me; Psa 52:4Pro 6:17Psa 120:2-32Sa 17:1Act 6:13Jer 9:5Pro 12:19Psa 31:13
they speak against me with lying tongues.
They surround me with hateful words Psa 69:4Psa 35:7Jhn 15:24-25Psa 35:20Psa 88:171Sa 19:4-51Sa 26:182Sa 15:12
and attack me without cause.
In return for my love they accuse me, Psa 38:20Luk 23:34Psa 35:7Psa 69:12-13Psa 55:16-17Luk 6:11-12Psa 35:122Co 12:15
but I am a man of prayer.
They repay me evil for good, Pro 17:13Psa 38:202Sa 15:31Gen 44:4Psa 35:7-12Psa 55:12-152Sa 15:12Jhn 13:18
and hatred for my love.
Set over him a wicked man; Zec 3:1Mat 5:25Mat 27:4Jhn 13:2Jhn 13:27
let an accuser stand at his right hand.
When he is tried, let him be found guilty, Pro 28:9Pro 21:27Gal 3:10Pro 15:82Sa 15:7-8Isa 1:15Isa 66:3Mat 23:13
and may his prayer be regarded as sin.
May his days be few; Act 1:16-26Psa 55:23Mat 27:5
may another take his position. 1
May his children be fatherless Exo 22:24Jer 18:21Lam 5:3
and his wife a widow.
May his children wander as beggars, Gen 4:12-14Psa 37:252Ki 5:27Isa 16:2Psa 59:152Sa 3:29Job 24:8-12Job 30:3-9
seeking sustenance 2far from their ruined homes.
May the creditor seize all he owns, Job 5:5Deu 28:29Deu 28:33-34Deu 28:50-51Job 18:9-19Job 20:18Jdg 6:3-6
and strangers plunder the fruits of his labor.
May there be no one to extend kindness to him, Jas 2:13Luk 6:38Mat 27:25Psa 137:8-9Isa 13:18Isa 27:11Isa 9:17Job 5:4
and no one to favor his fatherless children.
May his descendants be cut off; Pro 10:7Job 18:19Psa 37:281Sa 2:31-331Sa 3:132Ki 10:10-11Deu 25:19Deu 29:20
may their name be blotted out from the next generation.
May the iniquity of his fathers be remembered before the LORD, Exo 20:5Neh 4:5Jer 18:232Ch 22:3-42Ki 10:13-142Ki 11:12Ki 8:272Ki 9:27
and the sin of his mother never be blotted out.
May their sins always remain before the LORD, Psa 34:16Job 18:17Psa 90:8Psa 51:9Amo 8:7Deu 32:34Isa 65:15Jer 2:22
that He may cut off their memory from the earth.
For he never thought to show kindness, Psa 34:18Jas 2:13Mat 18:33-35Psa 37:142Sa 16:11-122Sa 17:1-2Gen 42:21Job 19:2-3
but pursued the poor and needy and brokenhearted,
even to their death.
The cursing that he loved, Mat 7:2Pro 14:14Ezk 35:6Psa 52:4-5Psa 59:12-132Th 2:10-11Rev 16:6
may it fall on him;
the blessing in which he refused to delight,
may it be far from him.
The cursing that he wore like a coat, Psa 73:6Num 5:22Col 3:12Mat 27:3-51Pe 5:5Act 1:18Act 1:25Col 3:8
may it soak into his body like water,
and into his bones like oil.
May it be like a robe wrapped about him, Psa 109:29Psa 132:18Psa 109:18Psa 35:26
like a belt tied forever around him.
May this be the LORD’s reward to my accusers, 2Ti 4:141Ki 2:44Psa 94:231Co 12:31Th 2:15-162Sa 17:232Sa 18:32Luk 19:27
to those who speak evil against me.
But You, O GOD, the Lord, Psa 31:3Psa 69:16Psa 25:11Psa 63:3Psa 79:9-10Php 2:8-11Psa 143:11-12Psa 86:15
deal kindly with me for the sake of Your name;
deliver me by the goodness of Your loving devotion.
For I am poor and needy; Psa 86:1Psa 102:4Psa 40:172Co 8:92Ki 4:27Jhn 12:27Psa 22:6Isa 53:3
my heart is wounded within me.
I am fading away like a lengthening shadow; Exo 10:191Ch 29:15Job 14:2Psa 102:10-11Ecc 6:12Ecc 8:13Exo 10:13Jas 4:14
I am shaken off like a locust.
My knees are weak from fasting, Heb 12:12Mat 4:2Psa 22:14Psa 32:3-42Co 11:27Job 19:20Psa 102:4-5Psa 35:13-14
and my body grows lean and gaunt.
I am an object of scorn to my accusers; Psa 22:6-7Psa 69:19-20Rom 15:3Psa 69:9-12Heb 12:2Heb 13:13Isa 37:22Job 16:4
when they see me, they shake their heads.
Help me, O LORD my God; Psa 119:86Psa 57:1Heb 5:7Psa 69:13Psa 40:12Psa 69:16
save me according to Your loving devotion.
Let them know that this is Your hand, Job 37:71Ki 18:36-37Exo 8:191Sa 17:46-47Act 2:32-36Act 4:16Psa 126:2Psa 17:13-14
that You, O LORD, have done it.
Though they curse, You will bless. Num 23:20Jhn 16:22Heb 12:2Num 22:12Psa 109:172Sa 16:10-13Isa 65:13-16Num 23:23
When they rise up, they will be put to shame,
but Your servant will rejoice.
May my accusers be clothed with disgrace; Psa 132:18Psa 35:26Job 8:22Jer 20:11Dan 12:2Mic 7:10Psa 109:17-19Psa 140:9
may they wear their shame like a robe.
With my mouth I will thank the LORD profusely; Psa 111:1Psa 35:18Psa 138:1Psa 22:22-25Heb 2:12Psa 107:32Psa 108:1-3Psa 116:12-18
I will praise Him in the presence of many.
For He stands at the right hand of the needy one, Psa 121:5Psa 16:8Isa 54:17Psa 110:5Psa 140:12Psa 73:23Pro 22:22-23Ecc 5:8
to save him from the condemners of his soul.