Reference
|
Text
|
Psalms 109:1
|
God of my praise, don't remain silent,
|
Psalms 109:2
|
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.
|
Psalms 109:3
|
They have also surrounded me with words of hatred, And fought against me without a cause.
|
Psalms 109:4
|
In return for my love, they are my adversaries; But I am in prayer.
|
Psalms 109:5
|
They have rewarded me evil for good, And hatred for my love.
|
Psalms 109:6
|
Set a wicked man over him. Let an adversary stand at his right hand.
|
Psalms 109:7
|
When he is judged, let him come forth guilty. Let his prayer be turned into sin.
|
Psalms 109:8
|
Let his days be few. Let another take his office.
|
Psalms 109:9
|
Let his children be fatherless, And his wife a widow.
|
Psalms 109:10
|
Let his children be wandering beggars. Let them be sought from their ruins.
|
Psalms 109:11
|
Let the creditor seize all that he has. Let strangers plunder the fruit of his labor.
|
Psalms 109:12
|
Let there be none to extend kindness to him, Neither let there be any to have pity on his fatherless children.
|
Psalms 109:13
|
Let his posterity be cut off. In the generation following let their name be blotted out.
|
Psalms 109:14
|
Let the iniquity of his fathers be remembered by the LORD. Don't let the sin of his mother be blotted out.
|
Psalms 109:15
|
Let them be before the LORD continually, That he may cut off the memory of them from the earth;
|
Psalms 109:16
|
Because he didn't remember to show kindness, But persecuted the poor and needy man, The broken in heart, to kill them.
|
Psalms 109:17
|
Yes, he loved cursing, and it came to him. He didn't delight in blessing, and it was far from him.
|
Psalms 109:18
|
He clothed himself also with cursing as with his garment. It came into his inward parts like water, Like oil into his bones.
|
Psalms 109:19
|
Let it be to him as the clothing with which he covers himself, For the belt that is always around him.
|
Psalms 109:20
|
This is the reward of my adversaries from the LORD, Of those who speak evil against my soul.
|
Psalms 109:21
|
But deal with me, the LORD the Lord, for your name's sake, Because your loving kindness is good, deliver me;
|
Psalms 109:22
|
For I am poor and needy. My heart is wounded within me.
|
Psalms 109:23
|
I fade away like an evening shadow. I am shaken off like a arbeh.
|
Psalms 109:24
|
My knees are weak through fasting. My body is thin and lacks fat.
|
Psalms 109:25
|
I have also become a reproach to them. When they see me, they shake their head.
|
Psalms 109:26
|
Help me, LORD, my God. Save me according to your loving kindness;
|
Psalms 109:27
|
That they may know that this is your hand; That you, LORD, have done it.
|
Psalms 109:28
|
They may curse, but you bless. When they arise, they will be shamed, But your servant shall rejoice.
|
Psalms 109:29
|
Let my adversaries be clothed with dishonor. Let them cover themselves with their own shame as with a robe.
|
Psalms 109:30
|
I will give great thanks to the LORD with my mouth. Yes, I will praise him among the multitude.
|
Psalms 109:31
|
For he will stand at the right hand of the needy, To save him from those who judge his soul. Psalm 110 A Psalm by David.
|