Psalms Chapter 109 (NASB)
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For the choir director. A Psalm of David. O God of my praise, Do not be silent!
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For they have opened the wicked and deceitful mouth against me; They have spoken against me with a lying tongue.
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They have also surrounded me with words of hatred, And fought against me without cause.
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In return for my love they act as my accusers; But I am [in] prayer.
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Thus they have repaid me evil for good And hatred for my love.
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Appoint a wicked man over him, And let an accuser stand at his right hand.
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When he is judged, let him come forth guilty, And let his prayer become sin.
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Let his days be few; Let another take his office.
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Let his children be fatherless And his wife a widow.
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Let his children wander about and beg; And let them seek [sustenance] far from their ruined homes.
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Let the creditor seize all that he has, And let strangers plunder the product of his labor.
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Let there be none to extend lovingkindness to him, Nor any to be gracious to his fatherless children.
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Let his posterity be cut off; In a following generation let their name be blotted out.
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Let the iniquity of his fathers be remembered before the LORD, And do not let the sin of his mother be blotted out.
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Let them be before the LORD continually, That He may cut off their memory from the earth;
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Because he did not remember to show lovingkindness, But persecuted the afflicted and needy man, And the despondent in heart, to put [them] to death.
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He also loved cursing, so it came to him; And he did not delight in blessing, so it was far from him.
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But he clothed himself with cursing as with his garment, And it entered into his body like water And like oil into his bones.
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Let it be to him as a garment with which he covers himself, And for a belt with which he constantly girds himself.
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Let this be the reward of my accusers from the LORD, And of those who speak evil against my soul.
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But You, O GOD, the Lord, deal [kindly] with me for Your name's sake; Because Your lovingkindness is good, deliver me;
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For I am afflicted and needy, And my heart is wounded within me.
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I am passing like a shadow when it lengthens; I am shaken off like the locust.
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My knees are weak from fasting, And my flesh has grown lean, without fatness.
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I also have become a reproach to them; When they see me, they wag their head.
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Help me, O LORD my God; Save me according to Your lovingkindness.
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And let them know that this is Your hand; You, LORD, have done it.
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Let them curse, but You bless; When they arise, they shall be ashamed, But Your servant shall be glad.
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Let my accusers be clothed with dishonor, And let them cover themselves with their own shame as with a robe.
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With my mouth I will give thanks abundantly to the LORD; And in the midst of many I will praise Him.
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For He stands at the right hand of the needy, To save him from those who judge his soul.
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