Set Thou a wicked man over him, and let Satan stand at his right hand.
Set thou a wicked man over him; And let an adversary stand at his right hand.
Appoint a wicked man against him, And let an attacker stand at his right hand [to kill him].
Set a wicked man over him [as a judge], and let [a malicious] accuser stand at his right hand.
Set thou a wicked man over him: and let Satan stand at his right hand.
Set a wicked person over him; let an accuser stand at his right hand.
Set a wicked person over him; let an accuser stand at his right hand.
“Appoint a wicked person to be against this person,” they say, “an accuser to stand right next to him.
[They say,] “Appoint a wicked man over him, may an accuser stand at his right.
My enemies said, “Find some worthless fools to accuse him of a crime.
Set a wicked [man] over him, and let [the] adversary stand at his right hand;
He shall judge among nations, he shall fill ruins: he shall crush the heads in the land of the many.
They said, “Choose someone evil to represent him. Let the one at his side really be his accuser.
Find an evil man to judge my enemy! Put somebody at his right side to accuse him!
Appoint an evil one to testify against him, and let an accuser stand at his right hand.
Appoint a wicked man against him; let an accuser stand at his right hand.
Appoint a wicked man against him; let an accuser stand at his right hand.
They say about me [C this added phrase suggests another speaker, or perhaps the psalmist is speaking about his accusers], “·Have an evil person work [L Appoint an evil person] against him, and let an ·accuser [adversary] stand ·against him [L at his right hand; Job 1:6].
Set thou the wicked over him, and let the adversary stand at his right hand.
⌞I said,⌟ “Appoint the evil one to oppose him. Let Satan stand beside him.
Choose some corrupt judge to try my enemy, and let one of his own enemies accuse him.
Set a wicked person over him; let an accuser stand at his right hand.
They say about me, “Have the Evil One work against him. Let the devil accuse him.
Appoint an evil person over him; may an accuser stand at his right side.
¶ Set thou the wicked man over him, and let Satan stand at his right hand.
Set thou a wicked man over him: and let Satan stand at his right hand.
Set thou a wicked man over him: and let Satan stand at his right hand.
Appoint a wicked man over him, And let an accuser stand at his right hand.
Appoint over him a wicked man, and let an accuser stand at his right hand.
Show him how it feels! Let lies be told about him, and bring him to court before an unfair judge.
Send the Evil One to accuse my accusing judge; dispatch Satan to prosecute him. When he’s judged, let the verdict be “Guilty,” and when he prays, let his prayer turn to sin. Give him a short life, and give his job to somebody else. Make orphans of his children, dress his wife in widow’s black; Turn his children into begging street urchins, evicted from their homes—homeless. May the bank foreclose and wipe him out, and strangers, like vultures, pick him clean. May there be no one around to help him out, no one willing to give his orphans a break. Chop down his family tree so that nobody even remembers his name. But erect a memorial to the sin of his father, and make sure his mother’s name is there, too— Their sins recorded forever before God, but they themselves sunk in oblivion. That’s all he deserves since he was never once kind, hounded the afflicted and heartbroken to their graves. Since he loved cursing so much, let curses rain down; Since he had no taste for blessing, let blessings flee far from him. He dressed up in curses like a fine suit of clothes; he drank curses, took his baths in curses. So give him a gift—a costume of curses; he can wear curses every day of the week! That’s what they’ll get, those out to get me— an avalanche of just deserts from God.
Set a wicked man against him, and let an accuser stand at his right hand.
I said, “Appoint the evil one to oppose him. Let Satan stand beside him.
Appoint an evil one over him, an accuser to stand at his right hand,
Appoint a wicked person over him, And may an accuser stand at his right hand.
Appoint a wicked man over him, And let an accuser stand at his right hand.
They say: “Choose a wicked man to oppose him, an accuser to stand on his right.
They say about me, “Have an evil person work against him, and let an accuser stand against him.
Appoint an evil man to testify against him. May an accuser stand at his right side.
Appoint an evil person to take my enemies to court. Let him stand at their right hand and bring charges against them.
Appoint someone evil to oppose my enemy; let an accuser stand at his right hand.
Appoint someone evil to oppose my enemy; let an accuser stand at his right hand.
Set a wicked man over him, And let an accuser stand at his right hand.
Let a sinful man have power over him. Let one who speaks against him stand at his right hand.
They say, “Get an evil person to turn against him. Send an accuser to bring him to trial.
They say, ‘Appoint a wicked man against him; let an accuser stand on his right.
They say, ‘Appoint a wicked man against him; let an accuser stand on his right.
They say, “Appoint a wicked man against him; let an accuser stand on his right.
They say, “Appoint a wicked man against him; let an accuser stand on his right.
Set Thou a rasha (wicked man) over him; and let Satan (the Accuser) stand at his yamin (right hand).
Set the wicked over him; and let the adversary stand at his right hand.
Appoint a wicked man against him; let an accuser bring him to trial.
Appoint a wicked man against him; let an accuser bring him to trial.
Set a wicked man over him, let an accuser stand at his right hand.
Here’s what they say: Find some evil scoundrel to go after him. Let’s get some accuser to level charges against him.
Set a wicked man over him. Let an adversary stand at his right hand.
Ordain thou a sinner on him; and the devil stand on his right half. (Ordain thou a sinner over my enemy; and let the devil stand at his right hand.)
Appoint Thou over him the wicked, And an adversary standeth at his right hand.
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