1 O thou the God of all my praise,do thou not hold thy peace;
2 For mouths of wicked men to speakagainst me do not cease:The mouths of vile deceitful menagainst me open'd be;And with a false and lying tonguethey have accused me.
3 They did beset me round aboutwith words of hateful spight:And though to them no cause I gave,against me they did fight.
4 They for my love became my foes,but I me set to pray.
5 Evil for good, hatred for love,to me they did repay.