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Psalm 109
For the director of music. Of David. A psalm.
My God, whom I praise,
do not remain silent,
For the director of music. Of David. A psalm.
My God, whom I praise,
do not remain silent,
Help Me, O Lord My God
To the choirmaster. A Psalm of David.
Be not silent, O God of my praise!
To the choirmaster. A Psalm of David.
Be not silent, O God of my praise!
for people who are wicked and deceitful
have opened their mouths against me;
they have spoken against me with lying tongues.
have opened their mouths against me;
they have spoken against me with lying tongues.
For wicked and deceitful mouths are opened against me,
speaking against me with lying tongues.
speaking against me with lying tongues.
With words of hatred they surround me;
they attack me without cause.
they attack me without cause.
They encircle me with words of hate,
and attack me without cause.
and attack me without cause.
In return for my friendship they accuse me,
but I am a man of prayer.
but I am a man of prayer.
They repay me evil for good,
and hatred for my friendship.
and hatred for my friendship.
So they reward me evil for good,
and hatred for my love.
and hatred for my love.
Appoint someone evil to oppose my enemy;
let an accuser stand at his right hand.
let an accuser stand at his right hand.
Appoint a wicked man against him;
let an accuser stand at his right hand.
let an accuser stand at his right hand.
When he is tried, let him be found guilty,
and may his prayers condemn him.
and may his prayers condemn him.
When he is tried, let him come forth guilty;
let his prayer be counted as sin!
let his prayer be counted as sin!
May his days be few;
may another take his place of leadership.
may another take his place of leadership.
May his days be few;
may another take his office!
may another take his office!
May his children be fatherless
and his wife a widow.
and his wife a widow.
May his children be fatherless
and his wife a widow!
and his wife a widow!
May his children wander about and beg,
seeking food far from the ruins they inhabit!
seeking food far from the ruins they inhabit!
May a creditor seize all he has;
may strangers plunder the fruits of his labor.
may strangers plunder the fruits of his labor.
May the creditor seize all that he has;
may strangers plunder the fruits of his toil!
may strangers plunder the fruits of his toil!
May no one extend kindness to him
or take pity on his fatherless children.
or take pity on his fatherless children.
Let there be none to extend kindness to him,
nor any to pity his fatherless children!
nor any to pity his fatherless children!
May his descendants be cut off,
their names blotted out from the next generation.
their names blotted out from the next generation.
May his posterity be cut off;
may his name be blotted out in the second generation!
may his name be blotted out in the second generation!
May the iniquity of his fathers be remembered before the Lord;
may the sin of his mother never be blotted out.
may the sin of his mother never be blotted out.
May the iniquity of his fathers be remembered before the Lord,
and let not the sin of his mother be blotted out!
and let not the sin of his mother be blotted out!
May their sins always remain before the Lord,
that he may blot out their name from the earth.
that he may blot out their name from the earth.
Let them be before the Lord continually,
that he may cut off the memory of them from the earth!
that he may cut off the memory of them from the earth!
For he never thought of doing a kindness,
but hounded to death the poor
and the needy and the brokenhearted.
but hounded to death the poor
and the needy and the brokenhearted.
For he did not remember to show kindness,
but pursued the poor and needy
and the brokenhearted, to put them to death.
but pursued the poor and needy
and the brokenhearted, to put them to death.
He loved to pronounce a curse —
may it come back on him.
He found no pleasure in blessing —
may it be far from him.
may it come back on him.
He found no pleasure in blessing —
may it be far from him.
He wore cursing as his garment;
it entered into his body like water,
into his bones like oil.
it entered into his body like water,
into his bones like oil.
May it be like a cloak wrapped about him,
like a belt tied forever around him.
like a belt tied forever around him.
May it be like a garment that he wraps around him,
like a belt that he puts on every day!
like a belt that he puts on every day!
May this be the Lord’s payment to my accusers,
to those who speak evil of me.
to those who speak evil of me.
May this be the reward of my accusers from the Lord,
of those who speak evil against my life!
of those who speak evil against my life!
But you, Sovereign Lord,
help me for your name’s sake;
out of the goodness of your love, deliver me.
help me for your name’s sake;
out of the goodness of your love, deliver me.
But you, O God my Lord,
deal on my behalf for your name’s sake;
because your steadfast love is good, deliver me!
deal on my behalf for your name’s sake;
because your steadfast love is good, deliver me!
For I am poor and needy,
and my heart is wounded within me.
and my heart is wounded within me.
For I am poor and needy,
and my heart is stricken within me.
and my heart is stricken within me.
I fade away like an evening shadow;
I am shaken off like a locust.
I am shaken off like a locust.
I am gone like a shadow at evening;
I am shaken off like a locust.
I am shaken off like a locust.
My knees give way from fasting;
my body is thin and gaunt.
my body is thin and gaunt.
My knees are weak through fasting;
my body has become gaunt, with no fat.
my body has become gaunt, with no fat.
I am an object of scorn to my accusers;
when they see me, they shake their heads.
when they see me, they shake their heads.
I am an object of scorn to my accusers;
when they see me, they wag their heads.
when they see me, they wag their heads.
Help me, Lord my God;
save me according to your unfailing love.
save me according to your unfailing love.
Help me, O Lord my God!
Save me according to your steadfast love!
Save me according to your steadfast love!
Let them know that it is your hand,
that you, Lord, have done it.
that you, Lord, have done it.
Let them know that this is your hand;
you, O Lord, have done it!
you, O Lord, have done it!
While they curse, may you bless;
may those who attack me be put to shame,
but may your servant rejoice.
may those who attack me be put to shame,
but may your servant rejoice.
Let them curse, but you will bless!
They arise and are put to shame, but your servant will be glad!
They arise and are put to shame, but your servant will be glad!
May my accusers be clothed with disgrace
and wrapped in shame as in a cloak.
and wrapped in shame as in a cloak.
May my accusers be clothed with dishonor;
may they be wrapped in their own shame as in a cloak!
may they be wrapped in their own shame as in a cloak!
With my mouth I will greatly extol the Lord;
in the great throng of worshipers I will praise him.
in the great throng of worshipers I will praise him.
With my mouth I will give great thanks to the Lord;
I will praise him in the midst of the throng.
I will praise him in the midst of the throng.