20. From God let this be their rewardthat en'mies are to me,And their reward that speak againstmy soul maliciously.
21. But do thou, for thine own name's sake,O God the Lord, for me:Sith good and sweet thy mercy is,from trouble set me free.
22. For I am poor and indigent,afflicted sore am I,My heart within me also iswounded exceedingly.
23. I pass like a declining shade,am like the locust tost:
24. My knees through fasting weaken'd are,my flesh hath fatness lost.
25. I also am a vile reproachunto them made to be;And they that did upon me lookdid shake their heads at me.
26. O do thou help and succour me,who art my God and Lord:And, for thy tender mercy's sake,safety to me afford:
27. That thereby they may know that thisis thy almighty hand;And that thou, Lord, hast done the same,they may well understand.
28. Although they curse with spite, yet, Lord,bless thou with loving voice:Let them asham'd be when they rise;thy servant let rejoice.
29. Let thou mine adversaries allwith shame be clothed over;And let their own confusionthem, as a mantle, cover.
30. But as for me, I with my mouthwill greatly praise the Lord;And I among the multitudehis praises will record.
31. For he shall stand at his right handwho is in poverty,To save him from all those that wouldcondemn his soul to die.