for people who are wicked and deceitful(A)
    have opened their mouths against me;
    they have spoken against me with lying tongues.(B)
With words of hatred(C) they surround me;
    they attack me without cause.(D)
In return for my friendship they accuse me,
    but I am a man of prayer.(E)
They repay me evil for good,(F)
    and hatred for my friendship.

Appoint someone evil to oppose my enemy;
    let an accuser(G) stand at his right hand.
When he is tried, let him be found guilty,(H)
    and may his prayers condemn(I) him.

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