Psalms Chapter 109 (NIV)
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Psalm 109For the director of music. Of David. A psalm.O God, whom I praise,do not remain silent,
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for wicked and deceitful menhave opened their mouths against me;they have spoken against me with lying tongues.
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With words of hatred they surround me;they attack me without cause.
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In return for my friendship they accuse me,but I am a man of prayer.
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They repay me evil for good,and hatred for my friendship.
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Appoint an evil man to oppose him;let an accuser stand at his right hand.
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When he is tried, let him be found guilty,and may his prayers condemn him.
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May his days be few;may another take his place of leadership.
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May his children be fatherlessand his wife a widow.
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May his children be wandering beggars;may they be driven from their ruined homes.
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May a creditor seize all he has;may strangers plunder the fruits of his labor.
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May no one extend kindness to himor take pity on his fatherless children.
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May his descendants be cut off,their names blotted out from the next generation.
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May the iniquity of his fathers be remembered before the Lord;may the sin of his mother never be blotted out.
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May their sins always remain before the Lord,that he may cut off the memory of them from the earth.
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For he never thought of doing a kindness,but hounded to death the poorand the needy and the brokenhearted.
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He loved to pronounce a curse—may it come on him;he found no pleasure in blessing—may it be far from him.
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He wore cursing as his garment;it entered into his body like water,into his bones like oil.
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May it be like a cloak wrapped about him,like a belt tied forever around him.
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May this be the Lord’s payment to my accusers,to those who speak evil of me.
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But you, O Sovereign Lord,deal well with me for your name’s sake;out of the goodness of your love, deliver me.
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For I am poor and needy,and my heart is wounded within me.
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I fade away like an evening shadow;I am shaken off like a locust.
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My knees give way from fasting;my body is thin and gaunt.
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I am an object of scorn to my accusers;when they see me, they shake their heads.
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Help me, O Lord my God;save me in accordance with your love.
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Let them know that it is your hand,that you, O Lord, have done it.
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They may curse, but you will bless;when they attack they will be put to shame,but your servant will rejoice.
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My accusers will be clothed with disgraceand wrapped in shame as in a cloak.
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With my mouth I will greatly extol the Lord;in the great throng I will praise him.
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For he stands at the right hand of the needy one,to save his life from those who condemn him.
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