Psalms 109 : 1 (ESV)
TO THE CHOIRMASTER. A PSALM OF DAVID. Be not silent, O God of my praise!
Psalms 109 : 2 (ESV)
For wicked and deceitful mouths are opened against me, speaking against me with lying tongues.
Psalms 109 : 3 (ESV)
They encircle me with words of hate, and attack me without cause.
Psalms 109 : 4 (ESV)
In return for my love they accuse me, but I give myself to prayer.
Psalms 109 : 5 (ESV)
So they reward me evil for good, and hatred for my love.
Psalms 109 : 6 (ESV)
Appoint a wicked man against him; let an accuser stand at his right hand.
Psalms 109 : 7 (ESV)
When he is tried, let him come forth guilty; let his prayer be counted as sin!
Psalms 109 : 8 (ESV)
May his days be few; may another take his office!
Psalms 109 : 9 (ESV)
May his children be fatherless and his wife a widow!
Psalms 109 : 10 (ESV)
May his children wander about and beg, seeking food far from the ruins they inhabit!
Psalms 109 : 11 (ESV)
May the creditor seize all that he has; may strangers plunder the fruits of his toil!
Psalms 109 : 12 (ESV)
Let there be none to extend kindness to him, nor any to pity his fatherless children!
Psalms 109 : 13 (ESV)
May his posterity be cut off; may his name be blotted out in the second generation!
Psalms 109 : 14 (ESV)
May the iniquity of his fathers be remembered before the LORD, and let not the sin of his mother be blotted out!
Psalms 109 : 15 (ESV)
Let them be before the LORD continually, that he may cut off the memory of them from the earth!
Psalms 109 : 16 (ESV)
For he did not remember to show kindness, but pursued the poor and needy and the brokenhearted, to put them to death.
Psalms 109 : 17 (ESV)
He loved to curse; let curses come upon him! He did not delight in blessing; may it be far from him!
Psalms 109 : 18 (ESV)
He clothed himself with cursing as his coat; may it soak into his body like water, like oil into his bones!
Psalms 109 : 19 (ESV)
May it be like a garment that he wraps around him, like a belt that he puts on every day!
Psalms 109 : 20 (ESV)
May this be the reward of my accusers from the LORD, of those who speak evil against my life!
Psalms 109 : 21 (ESV)
But you, O GOD my Lord, deal on my behalf for your name's sake; because your steadfast love is good, deliver me!
Psalms 109 : 22 (ESV)
For I am poor and needy, and my heart is stricken within me.
Psalms 109 : 23 (ESV)
I am gone like a shadow at evening; I am shaken off like a locust.
Psalms 109 : 24 (ESV)
My knees are weak through fasting; my body has become gaunt, with no fat.
Psalms 109 : 25 (ESV)
I am an object of scorn to my accusers; when they see me, they wag their heads.
Psalms 109 : 26 (ESV)
Help me, O LORD my God! Save me according to your steadfast love!
Psalms 109 : 27 (ESV)
Let them know that this is your hand; you, O LORD, have done it!
Psalms 109 : 28 (ESV)
Let them curse, but you will bless! They arise and are put to shame, but your servant will be glad!
Psalms 109 : 29 (ESV)
May my accusers be clothed with dishonor; may they be wrapped in their own shame as in a cloak!
Psalms 109 : 30 (ESV)
With my mouth I will give great thanks to the LORD; I will praise him in the midst of the throng.
Psalms 109 : 31 (ESV)
For he stands at the right hand of the needy, to save him from those who condemn his soul to death.
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