Psalm 109
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1To the Chief Musician. A Psalm of David. Do not keep silent, O God of my praise!1For the choirmaster. A Psalm of David. O God of my praise, be not silent.
2For the mouth of the wicked and the mouth of the deceitful Have opened against me; They have spoken against me with a lying tongue.2For wicked and deceitful mouths open against me; they speak against me with lying tongues.
3They have also surrounded me with words of hatred, And fought against me without a cause.3They surround me with hateful words and attack me without cause.
4In return for my love they are my accusers, But I give myself to prayer.4In return for my love they accuse me, but I am a man of prayer.
5Thus they have rewarded me evil for good, And hatred for my love.5They repay me evil for good, and hatred for my love.
6Set a wicked man over him, And let an accuser stand at his right hand.6Set over him a wicked man; let an accuser stand at his right hand.
7When he is judged, let him be found guilty, And let his prayer become sin.7When he is tried, let him be found guilty, and may his prayer be regarded as sin.
8Let his days be few, And let another take his office.8May his days be few; may another take his position.
9Let his children be fatherless, And his wife a widow.9May his children be fatherless and his wife a widow.
10Let his children continually be vagabonds, and beg; Let them seek their bread also from their desolate places.10May his children wander as beggars, seeking sustenance far from their ruined homes.
11Let the creditor seize all that he has, And let strangers plunder his labor.11May the creditor seize all he owns, and strangers plunder the fruits of his labor.
12Let there be none to extend mercy to him, Nor let there be any to favor his fatherless children.12May there be no one to extend kindness to him, and no one to favor his fatherless children.
13Let his posterity be cut off, And in the generation following let their name be blotted out.13May his descendants be cut off; may their name be blotted out from the next generation.
14Let the iniquity of his fathers be remembered before the LORD, And let not the sin of his mother be blotted out.14May the iniquity of his fathers be remembered before the LORD, and the sin of his mother never be blotted out.
15Let them be continually before the LORD, That He may cut off the memory of them from the earth;15May their sins always remain before the LORD, that He may cut off their memory from the earth.
16Because he did not remember to show mercy, But persecuted the poor and needy man, That he might even slay the broken in heart.16For he never thought to show kindness, but pursued the poor and needy and brokenhearted, even to their death.
17As he loved cursing, so let it come to him; As he did not delight in blessing, so let it be far from him.17The cursing that he loved, may it fall on him; the blessing in which he refused to delight, may it be far from him.
18As he clothed himself with cursing as with his garment, So let it enter his body like water, And like oil into his bones.18The cursing that he wore like a coat, may it soak into his body like water, and into his bones like oil.
19Let it be to him like the garment which covers him, And for a belt with which he girds himself continually.19May it be like a robe wrapped about him, like a belt tied forever around him.
20Let this be the LORD’s reward to my accusers, And to those who speak evil against my person.20May this be the LORD’s reward to my accusers, to those who speak evil against me.
21But You, O GOD the Lord, Deal with me for Your name’s sake; Because Your mercy is good, deliver me.21But You, O GOD, the Lord, deal kindly with me for the sake of Your name; deliver me by the goodness of Your loving devotion.
22For I am poor and needy, And my heart is wounded within me.22For I am poor and needy; my heart is wounded within me.
23I am gone like a shadow when it lengthens; I am shaken off like a locust.23I am fading away like a lengthening shadow; I am shaken off like a locust.
24My knees are weak through fasting, And my flesh is feeble from lack of fatness.24My knees are weak from fasting, and my body grows lean and gaunt.
25I also have become a reproach to them; When they look at me, they shake their heads.25I am an object of scorn to my accusers; when they see me, they shake their heads.
26Help me, O LORD my God! Oh, save me according to Your mercy,26Help me, O LORD my God; save me according to Your loving devotion.
27That they may know that this is Your hand— That You, LORD, have done it!27Let them know that this is Your hand, that You, O LORD, have done it.
28Let them curse, but You bless; When they arise, let them be ashamed, But let Your servant rejoice.28Though they curse, You will bless. When they rise up, they will be put to shame, but Your servant will rejoice.
29Let my accusers be clothed with shame, And let them cover themselves with their own disgrace as with a mantle.29May my accusers be clothed with disgrace; may they wear their shame like a robe.
30I will greatly praise the LORD with my mouth; Yes, I will praise Him among the multitude.30With my mouth I will thank the LORD profusely; I will praise Him in the presence of many.
31For He shall stand at the right hand of the poor, To save him from those who condemn him.31For He stands at the right hand of the needy one, to save him from the condemners of his soul.
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