3 With words of hatred they surround me;

they attack me without cause.

4 In return for my friendship they accuse me,

but I am a man of prayer.

5 They repay me evil for good,

and hatred for my friendship.

6 Appoint someone evil to oppose my enemy;

let an accuser stand at his right hand.

7 When he is tried, let him be found guilty,

and may his prayers condemn him.

8 May his days be few;

may another take his place of leadership.

3 They compassed me about also with words of hatred; And fought against me without a cause. 4 For my love they are my adversaries: But I give myself unto prayer. 5 And they have rewarded me evil for good, And hatred for my love. 6 Set thou a wicked man over him: And let Satan stand at his right hand. 7 When he shall be judged, let him be condemned: And let his prayer become sin. 8 Let his days be few; And let another take his office.

3 They surround me with hateful words

and fight against me for no reason.

4 I love them, but they try to destroy me with accusations

even as I am praying for them!

5 They repay evil for good,

and hatred for my love.

6 They say, “Get an evil person to turn against him.

Send an accuser to bring him to trial.

7 When his case comes up for judgment,

let him be pronounced guilty.

Count his prayers as sins.

8 Let his years be few;

let someone else take his position.

3 They have also surrounded me with words of hatred,

And fought against me without a cause.

4 In return for my love they are my accusers,

But I give myself to prayer.

5 Thus they have rewarded me evil for good,

And hatred for my love.

6 Set a wicked man over him,

And let an accuser stand at his right hand.

7 When he is judged, let him be found guilty,

And let his prayer become sin.

8 Let his days be few,

And let another take his office.

3 They have said hateful things about me

and attack me for no reason.

4 They attacked me, even though I loved them

and prayed for them.

5 I was good to them, but they repay me with evil.

I loved them, but they hate me in return.

6 They say about me, “Have an evil person work against him,

and let an accuser stand against him.

7 When he is judged, let him be found guilty,

and let even his prayers show his guilt.

8 Let his life be cut short,

and let another man replace him as leader.

3 They have compassed me about also with words of hatred,

And fought against me without a cause.

4 For my love they are my adversaries:

But I give myself unto prayer.

5 And they have rewarded me evil for good,

And hatred for my love.

6 Set thou a wicked man over him;

And let an adversary stand at his right hand.

7 When he is judged, let him come forth guilty;

And let his prayer be turned into sin.

8 Let his days be few;

And let another take his office.

3 And with words of hatred have they encompassed me; and they fight against me without a cause. 4 For my love they are mine adversaries; but I give myself unto prayer. 5 And they have rewarded me evil for good, and hatred for my love.

6 Set a wicked man over him, and let the adversary stand at his right hand; 7 When he shall be judged, let him go out guilty, and let his prayer become sin; 8 Let his days be few, let another take his office;

3 They surround me with hateful words. 

They fight against me for no reason. 

4 In return for my love, they accuse me, 

but I pray for them.

5 They reward me with evil instead of good 

and with hatred instead of love. 

6 ⸤I said,⸥ “Appoint the evil one to oppose him. 

Let Satan stand beside him. 

7 When he stands trial, 

let him be found guilty. 

Let his prayer be considered sinful. 

8 Let his days be few ⸤in number⸥. 

Let someone else take his position. 

3 They surround me with hateful words

and attack me without cause.

4 In return for my love they accuse me,

but I continue to pray.

5 They repay me evil for good,

and hatred for my love.

6 Set a wicked person over him;

let an accuser stand at his right hand.

7 When he is judged, let him be found guilty,

and let his prayer be counted as sin.

8 Let his days be few;

let another take over his position.

3 They beset me with words of hate,

and attack me without cause.

4 In return for my love they accuse me,

even while I make prayer for them.

5 So they reward me evil for good,

and hatred for my love.

6 They say, “Appoint a wicked man against him;

let an accuser stand on his right.

7 When he is tried, let him be found guilty;

let his prayer be counted as sin.

8 May his days be few;

may another seize his position.

3 They also surround me with words of hate,

and fight me without cause.

4 In return for my love they accuse me,

though I am in prayer.

5 So they inflicted evil against me in return for good

and hatred in return for my love.

6 Appoint over him a wicked man,

and let an accuser stand at his right hand.

7 When he is judged, let him come out guilty,

and let his prayer become as sin.

8 Let his days be few;

let another take his office.

3 They gather all around me with their words of hatred.

They attack me without any reason.

4 They bring charges against me,

even though I love them

and pray for them.

5 They pay me back with evil for the good things I do.

They pay back my love with hatred.

6 Appoint an evil person to take my enemies to court.

Let him stand at their right hand and bring charges against them.

7 When they are tried, let them be found guilty.

May even their prayers judge them.

8 May their days be few.

Let others take their places as leaders.

3 They have also surrounded me with words of hatred,

And fought against me without cause.

4 In return for my love they act as my accusers;

But I am in prayer.

5 Thus they have repaid me evil for good

And hatred for my love.

6 Appoint a wicked man over him,

And let an accuser stand at his right hand.

7 When he is judged, let him come forth guilty,

And let his prayer become sin.

8 Let his days be few;

Let another take his office.