| 109 | Psalms | Reference | |
|---|---|---|---|
| [To the choirmaster. A Psalm of David.] | |||
| Be not silent, O God of my praise! | Praise the Lord!. Psalm 109(v108) | ||
| For wicked and deceitful mouths are opened against me, speaking against me with lying tongues. | |||
| They beset me with words of hate, and attack me without cause. | |||
| In return for my love they accuse me, even as I make prayer for them. | |||
| So they reward me evil for good, and hatred for my love. | |||
| Appoint a wicked man against him; let an accuser bring him to trial. | |||
| When he is tried, let him come forth guilty; let his prayer be counted as sin! | |||
| May his days be few; may another seize his goods! | |||
| May his children be fatherless, and his wife a widow! | |||
| May his children wander about and beg; may they be driven out of the ruins they inhabit! | |||
| May the creditor seize all that he has; may strangers plunder the fruits of his toil! | |||
| Let there be none to extend kindness to him, nor any to pity his fatherless children! | |||
| May his posterity be cut off; may his name be blotted out in the second generation! | |||
| May the iniquity of his fathers be remembered before the LORD, and let not the sin of his mother be blotted out! | |||
| Let them be before the LORD continually; and may his memory be cut off from the earth! | |||
| For he did not remember to show kindness, but pursued the poor and needy and the brokenhearted to their death. | |||
| He loved to curse; let curses come on him! He did not like blessing; may it be far from him! | |||
| He clothed himself with cursing as his coat, may it soak into his body like water, like oil into his bones! | |||
| May it be like a garment which he wraps round him, like a belt with which he daily girds himself! | |||
| May this be the reward of my accusers from the LORD, of those who speak evil against my life! | |||
| But thou, O GOD my Lord, deal on my behalf for thy name's sake; because thy steadfast love is good, deliver me! | |||
| For I am poor and needy, and my heart is stricken within me. | |||
| I am gone, like a shadow at evening; I am shaken off like a locust. | |||
| My knees are weak through fasting; my body has become gaunt. | |||
| I am an object of scorn to my accusers; when they see me, they wag their heads. | |||
| Help me, O LORD my God! Save me according to thy steadfast love! | |||
| Let them know that this is thy hand; thou, O LORD, hast done it! | |||
| Let them curse, but do thou bless! Let my assailants be put to shame; may thy servant be glad! | |||
| May my accusers be clothed with dishonor; may they be wrapped in their own shame as in a mantle! | |||
| With my mouth I will give great thanks to the LORD; I will praise him in the midst of the throng. | |||
| For he stands at the right hand of the needy, to save him from those who condemn him to death. | |||
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