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psalms 109

1 - God of my praise, don't remain silent,

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.

3 - They have also surrounded me with words of hatred,and fought against me without a cause.

4 - In return for my love, they are my adversaries;but I am in prayer.

5 - They have rewarded me evil for good,and hatred for my love.

6 - Set a wicked man over him.Let an adversary stand at his right hand.

7 - When he is judged, let him come out guilty.Let his prayer be turned into sin.

8 - Let his days be few.Let another take his office.

9 - Let his children be fatherless,and his wife a widow.

10 - Let his children be wandering beggars.Let them be sought from their ruins.

11 - Let the creditor seize all that he has.Let strangers plunder the fruit of his labor.

12 - Let there be no one to extend kindness to him,neither let there be anyone to have pity on his fatherless children.

13 - Let his posterity be cut off.In the generation following let their name be blotted out.

14 - Let the iniquity of his fathers be remembered by The LORD.Don't let the sin of his mother be blotted out.

15 - Let them be before the LORD continually,that he may cut off their memory from the earth;

16 - because he didn't remember to show kindness,but persecuted the poor and needy man,the broken in heart, to kill them.

17 - Yes, he loved cursing, and it came to him.He didn't delight in blessing, and it was far from him.

18 - He clothed himself also with cursing as with his garment.It came into his inward parts like water,like oil into his bones.

19 - Let it be to him as the clothing with which he covers himself,for the belt that is always around him.

20 - This is the reward of my adversaries from The LORD,of those who speak evil against my soul.

21 - But deal with me, the LORD the Lord, for your name's sake,because your loving kindness is good, deliver me;

22 - for I am poor and needy.My heart is wounded within me.

23 - I fade away like an evening shadow.I am shaken off like a locust.

24 - My knees are weak through fasting.My body is thin and lacks fat.

25 - I have also become a reproach to them.When they see me, they shake their head.

26 - Help me, The LORD, my God.Save me according to your loving kindness;

27 - that they may know that this is your hand;that you, The LORD, have done it.

28 - They may curse, but you bless.When they arise, they will be shamed,but your servant shall rejoice.

29 - Let my adversaries be clothed with dishonor.Let them cover themselves with their own shame as with a robe.

30 - I will give great thanks to the LORD with my mouth.Yes, I will praise him among the multitude.

31 - For he will stand at the right hand of the needy,to save him from those who judge his soul.

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