because of the voice of the slanderer and the blasphemer; before the enemy and avenger.
If I am wicked, woe to me; and if I am righteous, I will not lift up my head, being filled with shame, and looking on my affliction.
O God, how long shall the enemy speak evil? Shall the enemy blaspheme Your name forever?
Remember this, the enemy has cursed, O Jehovah, and the foolish people have blasphemed Your name.
and give to our neighbors their curse sevenfold into their bosom, the curse with which they have cursed You, O Lord.
Out of the mouths of babes and sucklings You have ordained strength, because of ones vexing You, to cause the enemy and the avenger to cease.
Bow down Your ear, O Jehovah, and hear; open Your eyes, O Jehovah, and see; and hear all the words of Sennacherib which he has sent to mock the living God.