1. Do not hold thy peace, O God of my praise;
2. for the mouth of the wicked and the mouth of the deceitful are opened against me; they have spoken of me with a lying tongue.
3. They compassed me about with words of hatred and fought against me without a cause.
4. They have responded to my love by becoming my adversaries, but I give myself unto prayer.
5. And they have rewarded me evil for good, and hatred for my love.