19. Let it be to him as the raiment with which he covers himself and as the girdle with which he is girded continually.
20. Let this be the reward of my adversaries from the Lord, and of those who speak evil against my life.
21. But You deal with me and act for me, O God the Lord, for Your name's sake; because Your mercy and loving-kindness are good, O deliver me.
22. For I am poor and needy, and my heart is wounded and stricken within me.
23. I am gone like the shadow when it lengthens and declines; I toss up and down and am shaken off as the locust.
24. My knees are weak and totter from fasting; and my body is gaunt and has no fatness.
25. I have become also a reproach and a taunt to others; when they see me, they shake their heads. [Matt. 26:39.]
26. Help me, O Lord my God; O save me according to Your mercy and loving-kindness!–
27. That they may know that this is Your hand, that You, Lord, have done it.
28. Let them curse, but do You bless. When adversaries arise, let them be put to shame, but let Your servant rejoice.
29. Let my adversaries be clothed with shame and dishonor, and let them cover themselves with their own disgrace and confusion as with a robe.
30. I will give great praise and thanks to the Lord with my mouth; yes, and I will praise Him among the multitude.
31. For He will stand at the right hand of the poor and needy, to save him from those who condemn his life.