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Psalms 109
World English Bible British Edition · Berean Standard Bible
God of my praise, don’t remain silent,
For the choirmaster. A Psalm of David. O God of my praise, be not silent.
for they have opened the mouth of the wicked and the mouth of deceit against me.
For wicked and deceitful mouths open against me; they speak against me with lying tongues.
They have also surrounded me with words of hatred,
They surround me with hateful words and attack me without cause.
In return for my love, they are my adversaries;
In return for my love they accuse me, but I am a man of prayer.
When he is judged, let him come out guilty.
When he is tried, let him be found guilty, and may his prayer be regarded as sin.
Let his days be few.
May his days be few; may another take his position (note: Cited in Acts 1:20).
Let his children be wandering beggars.
May his children wander as beggars, seeking sustenance (note: Hebrew; LXX may they be driven) far from their ruined homes.
Let the creditor seize all that he has.
May the creditor seize all he owns, and strangers plunder the fruits of his labor.
Let there be no one to extend kindness to him,
May there be no one to extend kindness to him, and no one to favor his fatherless children.
Let his posterity be cut off.
May his descendants be cut off; may their name be blotted out from the next generation.
Let the iniquity of his fathers be remembered by the LORD.
May the iniquity of his fathers be remembered before the LORD, and the sin of his mother never be blotted out.
Let them be before the LORD continually,
May their sins always remain before the LORD, that He may cut off their memory from the earth.
because he didn’t remember to show kindness,
For he never thought to show kindness, but pursued the poor and needy and brokenhearted, even to their death.
Yes, he loved cursing, and it came to him.
The cursing that he loved, may it fall on him; the blessing in which he refused to delight, may it be far from him.
He clothed himself also with cursing as with his garment.
The cursing that he wore like a coat, may it soak into his body like water, and into his bones like oil.
Let it be to him as the clothing with which he covers himself,
May it be like a robe wrapped about him, like a belt tied forever around him.
This is the reward of my adversaries from the LORD,
May this be the LORD’s reward to my accusers, to those who speak evil against me.
But deal with me, GOD the Lord, for your name’s sake,
But You, O GOD, the Lord, deal kindly with me for the sake of Your name; deliver me by the goodness of Your loving devotion.
I fade away like an evening shadow.
I am fading away like a lengthening shadow; I am shaken off like a locust.
My knees are weak through fasting.
My knees are weak from fasting, and my body grows lean and gaunt.
I have also become a reproach to them.
I am an object of scorn to my accusers; when they see me, they shake their heads.
that they may know that this is your hand;
Let them know that this is Your hand, that You, O LORD, have done it.
They may curse, but you bless.
Though they curse, You will bless. When they rise up, they will be put to shame, but Your servant will rejoice.
Let my adversaries be clothed with dishonour.
May my accusers be clothed with disgrace; may they wear their shame like a robe.
I will give great thanks to the LORD with my mouth.
With my mouth I will thank the LORD profusely; I will praise Him in the presence of many.
For he will stand at the right hand of the needy,
For He stands at the right hand of the needy one, to save him from the condemners of his soul.