Psalm 109
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1For the choir director. A Davidic psalm. God of my praise, do not be silent. 1For the music director, a psalm of David. O God whom I praise, do not ignore me!
2For wicked and deceitful mouths open against me; they speak against me with lying tongues. 2For they say cruel and deceptive things to me; they lie to me.
3They surround me with hateful words and attack me without cause. 3They surround me and say hateful things; they attack me for no reason.
4In return for my love they accuse me, but I continue to pray. 4They repay my love with accusations, but I continue to pray.
5They repay me evil for good, and hatred for my love. 5They repay me evil for good, and hate for love.
6Set a wicked person over him; let an accuser stand at his right hand. 6Appoint an evil man to testify against him! May an accuser stand at his right side!
7When he is judged, let him be found guilty, and let his prayer be counted as sin. 7When he is judged, he will be found guilty! Then his prayer will be regarded as sinful.
8Let his days be few; let another take over his position. 8May his days be few! May another take his job!
9Let his children be fatherless and his wife a widow. 9May his children be fatherless, and his wife a widow!
10Let his children wander as beggars, searching for food far from their demolished homes. 10May his children roam around begging, asking for handouts as they leave their ruined home!
11Let a creditor seize all he has; let strangers plunder what he has worked for. 11May the creditor seize all he owns! May strangers loot his property!
12Let no one show him kindness, and let no one be gracious to his fatherless children. 12May no one show him kindness! May no one have compassion on his fatherless children!
13Let the line of his descendants be cut off; let their name be blotted out in the next generation. 13May his descendants be cut off! May the memory of them be wiped out by the time the next generation arrives!
14Let his ancestors' guilt be remembered before the LORD, and do not let his mother's sin be blotted out. 14May his ancestors' sins be remembered by the LORD! May his mother's sin not be forgotten!
15Let their sins always remain before the LORD, and let Him erase all memory of them from the earth. 15May the LORD be constantly aware of them, and cut off the memory of his children from the earth!
16For he did not think to show kindness, but pursued the afflicted, poor, and brokenhearted in order to put them to death. 16For he never bothered to show kindness; he harassed the oppressed and needy, and killed the disheartened.
17He loved cursing--let it fall on him; he took no delight in blessing--let it be far from him. 17He loved to curse others, so those curses have come upon him. He had no desire to bless anyone, so he has experienced no blessings.
18He wore cursing like his coat-- let it enter his body like water and go into his bones like oil. 18He made cursing a way of life, so curses poured into his stomach like water and seeped into his bones like oil.
19Let it be like a robe he wraps around himself, like a belt he always wears. 19May a curse attach itself to him, like a garment one puts on, or a belt one wears continually!
20Let this be the LORD's payment to my accusers, to those who speak evil against me. 20May the LORD repay my accusers in this way, those who say evil things about me!
21But You, Yahweh my Lord, deal kindly with me because of Your name; deliver me because of the goodness of Your faithful love. 21O sovereign LORD, intervene on my behalf for the sake of your reputation! Because your loyal love is good, deliver me!
22For I am afflicted and needy; my heart is wounded within me. 22For I am oppressed and needy, and my heart beats violently within me.
23I fade away like a lengthening shadow; I am shaken off like a locust. 23I am fading away like a shadow at the end of the day; I am shaken off like a locust.
24My knees are weak from fasting, and my body is emaciated. 24I am so starved my knees shake; I have turned into skin and bones.
25I have become an object of ridicule to my accusers; when they see me, they shake their heads in scorn. 25I am disdained by them. When they see me, they shake their heads.
26Help me, LORD my God; save me according to Your faithful love 26Help me, O LORD my God! Because you are faithful to me, deliver me!
27so they may know that this is Your hand and that You, LORD, have done it. 27Then they will realize this is your work, and that you, LORD, have accomplished it.
28Though they curse, You will bless. When they rise up, they will be put to shame, but Your servant will rejoice. 28They curse, but you will bless. When they attack, they will be humiliated, but your servant will rejoice.
29My accusers will be clothed with disgrace; they will wear their shame like a cloak. 29My accusers will be covered with shame, and draped in humiliation as if it were a robe.
30I will fervently thank the LORD with my mouth; I will praise Him in the presence of many. 30I will thank the LORD profusely, in the middle of a crowd I will praise him,
31For He stands at the right hand of the needy to save him from those who would condemn him. 31because he stands at the right hand of the needy, to deliver him from those who threaten his life.
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