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Psalms 109:1
Psalms.
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Psalms 109:2
For the Chief Musician. A Psalm by David. God of my praise, don’t remain silent,
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Psalms 109:3
for they have opened the mouth of the wicked and the mouth of deceit against me. They have spoken to me with a lying tongue.
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Psalms 109:4
They have also surrounded me with words of hatred, and fought against me without a cause.
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Psalms 109:5
In return for my love, they are my adversaries; but I am in prayer.
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Psalms 109:6
They have rewarded me evil for good, and hatred for my love.
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Psalms 109:7
Set a wicked man over him. Let an adversary stand at his right hand.
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Psalms 109:8
When he is judged, let him come out guilty. Let his prayer be turned into sin.
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Psalms 109:9
Let his days be few. Let another take his office.
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Psalms 109:10
Let his children be fatherless, and his wife a widow.
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Psalms 109:11
Let his children be wandering beggars. Let them be sought from their ruins.
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Psalms 109:12
Let the creditor seize all that he has. Let strangers plunder the fruit of his labor.
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Psalms 109:13
Let there be no one to extend kindness to him, neither let there be anyone to have pity on his fatherless children.
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Psalms 109:14
Let his posterity be cut off. In the generation following let their name be blotted out.
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Psalms 109:15
Let the iniquity of his fathers be remembered by the LORD. Don’t let the sin of his mother be blotted out.
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Psalms 109:16
Let them be before the LORD continually, that he may cut off their memory from the earth;
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Psalms 109:17
because he didn’t remember to show kindness, but persecuted the poor and needy man, the broken in heart, to kill them.
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Psalms 109:18
Yes, he loved cursing, and it came to him. He didn’t delight in blessing, and it was far from him.
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Psalms 109:19
He clothed himself also with cursing as with his garment. It came into his inward parts like water, like oil into his bones.
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Psalms 109:20
Let it be to him as the clothing with which he covers himself, for the belt that is always around him.
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Psalms 109:21
This is the reward of my adversaries from the LORD, of those who speak evil against my soul.
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Psalms 109:22
But deal with me, GOD the Lord, for your name’s sake, because your loving kindness is good, deliver me;
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Psalms 109:23
for I am poor and needy. My heart is wounded within me.
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Psalms 109:24
I fade away like an evening shadow. I am shaken off like a locust.
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Psalms 109:25
My knees are weak through fasting. My body is thin and lacks fat.
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Psalms 109:26
I have also become a reproach to them. When they see me, they shake their head.
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Psalms 109:27
Help me, LORD, my God. Save me according to your loving kindness;
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Psalms 109:28
that they may know that this is your hand; that you, LORD, have done it.
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Psalms 109:29
They may curse, but you bless. When they arise, they will be shamed, but your servant shall rejoice.
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Psalms 109:30
Let my adversaries be clothed with dishonor. Let them cover themselves with their own shame as with a robe.
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Psalms 109:31
I will give great thanks to the LORD with my mouth. Yes, I will praise him among the multitude.
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Psalms 109:32
For he will stand at the right hand of the needy, to save him from those who judge his soul.