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Plea for Judgment of False Accusers

To the Chief Musician. A Psalm of David.

Do not keep silent,
O God of my praise!

Song of the Slandered

{To the chief Musician. Of David. A Psalm.} O God of my praise, be not silent:

For the mouth of the wicked and the mouth of the deceitful
Have opened against me;
They have spoken against me with a lying tongue.

2

For the mouth of the wicked [man] and the mouth of deceit are opened against me: they have spoken against me with a lying tongue,

3

They have also surrounded me with words of hatred,
And fought against me without a cause.

3

And with words of hatred have they encompassed me; and they fight against me without a cause.

4

In return for my love they are my accusers,
But I give myself to prayer.

4

For my love they are mine adversaries; but I [give myself unto] prayer.

5

Thus they have rewarded me evil for good,
And hatred for my love.

5

And they have rewarded me evil for good, and hatred for my love.

6

Set a wicked man over him,
And let an [a]accuser stand at his right hand.

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Set a wicked [man] over him, and let [the] adversary stand at his right hand;

7

When he is judged, let him be found guilty,
And let his prayer become sin.

7

When he shall be judged, let him go out guilty, and let his prayer become sin;

8

Let his days be few,
And let another take his office.

8

Let his days be few, let another take his office;

9

Let his children be fatherless,
And his wife a widow.

9

Let his sons be fatherless, and his wife a widow;

10

Let his children [b]continually be vagabonds, and beg;
Let them [c]seek their bread also from their desolate places.

10

Let his sons be vagabonds and beg, and let them seek [their bread] far from their desolate places;

11

Let the creditor seize all that he has,
And let strangers plunder his labor.

11

Let the usurer cast the net over all that he hath, and let strangers despoil his labour;

12

Let there be none to extend mercy to him,
Nor let there be any to favor his fatherless children.

12

Let there be none to extend kindness unto him, neither let there be any to favour his fatherless children;

13

Let his [d]posterity be cut off,
And in the generation following let their name be blotted out.

13

Let his posterity be cut off; in the generation following let their name be blotted out:

14

Let the iniquity of his fathers be remembered before the Lord,
And let not the sin of his mother be blotted out.

14

Let the iniquity of his fathers be remembered with Jehovah, and let not the sin of his mother be blotted out;

15

Let them be continually before the Lord,
That He may cut off the memory of them from the earth;

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Let them be before Jehovah continually, that he may cut off the memory of them from the earth:

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Because he did not remember to show mercy,
But persecuted the poor and needy man,
That he might even slay the broken in heart.

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Because he remembered not to shew kindness, but persecuted the afflicted and needy man, and the broken in heart, to slay him.

17

As he loved cursing, so let it come to him;
As he did not delight in blessing, so let it be far from him.

17

And he loved cursing; so let it come unto him. And he delighted not in blessing; and let it be far from him.

18

As he clothed himself with cursing as with his garment,
So let it enter his body like water,
And like oil into his bones.

18

And he clothed himself with cursing like his vestment; so let it come into his bowels like water, and like oil into his bones;

19

Let it be to him like the garment which covers him,
And for a belt with which he girds himself continually.

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Let it be unto him as a garment with which he covereth himself, and for a girdle wherewith he is constantly girded.

20

Let this be the Lord’s reward to my accusers,
And to those who speak evil against my person.

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Let this be the reward of mine adversaries from Jehovah, and of them that speak evil against my soul.

21

But You, O God the Lord,
Deal with me for Your name’s sake;
Because Your mercy is good, deliver me.

21

But do *thou* for me, Jehovah, Lord, for thy name's sake; because thy loving-kindness is good, deliver me:

22

For I am poor and needy,
And my heart is wounded within me.

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For I am afflicted and needy, and my heart is wounded within me.

23

I am gone like a shadow when it lengthens;
I am shaken off like a locust.

23

I am gone like a shadow when it lengtheneth; I am tossed about like the locust;

24

My knees are weak through fasting,
And my flesh is feeble from lack of fatness.

24

My knees are failing through fasting, and my flesh hath lost its fatness;

25

I also have become a reproach to them;
When they look at me, they shake their heads.

25

And I am become a reproach unto them; [when] they look upon me they shake their heads.

26

Help me, O Lord my God!
Oh, save me according to Your mercy,

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Help me, Jehovah my God; save me according to thy loving-kindness:

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That they may know that this is Your hand —
That You, Lord, have done it!

27

That they may know that this is thy hand; that *thou*, Jehovah, hast done it.

28

Let them curse, but You bless;
When they arise, let them be ashamed,
But let Your servant rejoice.

28

Let *them* curse, but bless *thou*; when they rise up, let them be ashamed, and let thy servant rejoice.

29

Let my accusers be clothed with shame,
And let them cover themselves with their own disgrace as with a mantle.

29

Let mine adversaries be clothed with confusion, and let them cover themselves with their shame as with a mantle.

30

I will greatly praise the Lord with my mouth;
Yes, I will praise Him among the multitude.

30

I will greatly celebrate Jehovah with my mouth; yea, I will praise him among the multitude.

31

For He shall stand at the right hand of the poor,
To save him from those [e]who condemn him.

31

For he standeth at the right hand of the needy, to save him from those that judge his soul.

Parallel

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Darby Bible Translation

Psalms 109

Psalms 109