1. To the Overseer. --A Psalm of David. O God of my praise, be not silent,
2. For the mouth of wickedness, and the mouth of deceit, Against me they have opened, They have spoken with me--A tongue of falsehood, and words of hatred!
3. They have compassed me about, And they fight me without cause.
4. For my love they oppose me, and I--prayer!
5. And they set against me evil for good, And hatred for my love.
6. Appoint Thou over him the wicked, And an adversary standeth at his right hand.
7. In his being judged, he goeth forth wicked, And his prayer is for sin.
8. His days are few, his oversight another taketh,
9. His sons are fatherless, and his wife a widow.
10. And wander continually do his sons, Yea, they have begged, And have sought out of their dry places.