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 They speak to me with a lying tongue; * they encompass me with hateful words and fight against me without a cause.

Despite my love, they accuse me; * but as for me, I pray for them.

They repay evil for good, * and hatred for my love.

Set a wicked man against him, * and let an accuser stand at his right hand.

When he is judged, let him be found guilty, * and let his appeal be in vain.

Let his days be few, * and let another take his office.

Let his children be fatherless, * and his wife become a widow.

Let his children be waifs and beggars; * let them be driven from the ruins of their homes.

Let the creditor seize everything he has; * let strangers plunder his gains.

Let there be no one to show him kindness, * and none to pity his fatherless children.

Let his descendants be destroyed, * and his name be blotted out in the next generation.

Let the wickedness of his fathers be remembered before the, * and his mother’s sin not be blotted out;

Let their sin be always before the ; * but let him root out their names from the earth;