Psalm 109
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1For the director of music. Of David. A psalm. My God, whom I praise, do not remain silent,1For the choir director. A Psalm of David. O God of my praise, Do not be silent!
2for people who are wicked and deceitful have opened their mouths against me; they have spoken against me with lying tongues.2For they have opened the wicked and deceitful mouth against me; They have spoken against me with a lying tongue.
3With words of hatred they surround me; they attack me without cause.3They have also surrounded me with words of hatred, And fought against me without cause.
4In return for my friendship they accuse me, but I am a man of prayer.4In return for my love they act as my accusers; But I am in prayer.
5They repay me evil for good, and hatred for my friendship.5Thus they have repaid me evil for good And hatred for my love.
6Appoint someone evil to oppose my enemy; let an accuser stand at his right hand.6Appoint a wicked man over him, And let an accuser stand at his right hand.
7When he is tried, let him be found guilty, and may his prayers condemn him.7When he is judged, let him come forth guilty, And let his prayer become sin.
8May his days be few; may another take his place of leadership.8Let his days be few; Let another take his office.
9May his children be fatherless and his wife a widow.9Let his children be fatherless And his wife a widow.
10May his children be wandering beggars; may they be driven from their ruined homes.10Let his children wander about and beg; And let them seek sustenance far from their ruined homes.
11May a creditor seize all he has; may strangers plunder the fruits of his labor.11Let the creditor seize all that he has, And let strangers plunder the product of his labor.
12May no one extend kindness to him or take pity on his fatherless children.12Let there be none to extend lovingkindness to him, Nor any to be gracious to his fatherless children.
13May his descendants be cut off, their names blotted out from the next generation.13Let his posterity be cut off; In a following generation let their name be blotted out.
14May the iniquity of his fathers be remembered before the LORD; may the sin of his mother never be blotted out.14Let the iniquity of his fathers be remembered before the LORD, And do not let the sin of his mother be blotted out.
15May their sins always remain before the LORD, that he may blot out their name from the earth.15Let them be before the LORD continually, That He may cut off their memory from the earth;
16For he never thought of doing a kindness, but hounded to death the poor and the needy and the brokenhearted.16Because he did not remember to show lovingkindness, But persecuted the afflicted and needy man, And the despondent in heart, to put them to death.
17He loved to pronounce a curse-- may it come back on him. He found no pleasure in blessing-- may it be far from him.17He also loved cursing, so it came to him; And he did not delight in blessing, so it was far from him.
18He wore cursing as his garment; it entered into his body like water, into his bones like oil.18But he clothed himself with cursing as with his garment, And it entered into his body like water And like oil into his bones.
19May it be like a cloak wrapped about him, like a belt tied forever around him.19Let it be to him as a garment with which he covers himself, And for a belt with which he constantly girds himself.
20May this be the LORD's payment to my accusers, to those who speak evil of me.20Let this be the reward of my accusers from the LORD, And of those who speak evil against my soul.
21But you, Sovereign LORD, help me for your name's sake; out of the goodness of your love, deliver me.21But You, O GOD, the Lord, deal kindly with me for Your name's sake; Because Your lovingkindness is good, deliver me;
22For I am poor and needy, and my heart is wounded within me.22For I am afflicted and needy, And my heart is wounded within me.
23I fade away like an evening shadow; I am shaken off like a locust.23I am passing like a shadow when it lengthens; I am shaken off like the locust.
24My knees give way from fasting; my body is thin and gaunt.24My knees are weak from fasting, And my flesh has grown lean, without fatness.
25I am an object of scorn to my accusers; when they see me, they shake their heads.25I also have become a reproach to them; When they see me, they wag their head.
26Help me, LORD my God; save me according to your unfailing love.26Help me, O LORD my God; Save me according to Your lovingkindness.
27Let them know that it is your hand, that you, LORD, have done it.27And let them know that this is Your hand; You, LORD, have done it.
28While they curse, may you bless; may those who attack me be put to shame, but may your servant rejoice.28Let them curse, but You bless; When they arise, they shall be ashamed, But Your servant shall be glad.
29May my accusers be clothed with disgrace and wrapped in shame as in a cloak.29Let my accusers be clothed with dishonor, And let them cover themselves with their own shame as with a robe.
30With my mouth I will greatly extol the LORD; in the great throng of worshipers I will praise him.30With my mouth I will give thanks abundantly to the LORD; And in the midst of many I will praise Him.
31For he stands at the right hand of the needy, to save their lives from those who would condemn them.31For He stands at the right hand of the needy, To save him from those who judge his soul.
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