Psalm 109

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Psalm 109

Vengeance Invoked upon Adversaries.

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O ^(A)God of my praise,
^(B)Do not be silent!

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For they have opened the ^(a)wicked and ^(C)deceitful mouth against me;
They have spoken ^(b)against me with a ^(D)lying tongue.

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They have also surrounded me with words of hatred,
And fought against me ^(E)without cause.

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In return ^(F)for my love they act as my accusers;
But ^(G)I am in prayer.

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Thus they have ^(c)^(H)repaid me evil for good
And ^(I)hatred for my love.

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Appoint a wicked man over him,
And let an ^(d)^(J)accuser stand at his right hand.

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When he is judged, let him ^(K)come forth guilty,
And let his ^(L)prayer become sin.

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Let ^(M)his days be few;
Let ^(N)another take his office.

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Let his ^(O)children be fatherless
And his ^(P)wife a widow.

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Let his ^(Q)children wander about and beg;
And let them ^(R)seek sustenance ^(e)far from their ruined homes.

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Let ^(S)the creditor ^(f)seize all that he has,
And let ^(T)strangers plunder the product of his labor.

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Let there be none to ^(g)^(U)extend lovingkindness to him,
Nor ^(V)any to be gracious to his fatherless children.

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Let his ^(W)posterity be ^(h)cut off;
In a following generation let their ^(X)name be blotted out.

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Let ^(Y)the iniquity of his fathers be remembered ⁽ⁱ⁾before the Lord,
And do not let the sin of his mother be ^(Z)blotted out.

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Let ^(AA)them be before the Lord continually,
That He may ^(AB)cut off their memory from the earth;

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Because he did not remember to show lovingkindness,
But persecuted the ^(AC)afflicted and needy man,
And the ^(AD)despondent in heart, to ^(AE)put them to death.

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He also loved cursing, so ^(AF)it came to him;
And he did not delight in blessing, so it was far from him.

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But he ^(AG)clothed himself with cursing as with his garment,
And it ^(AH)entered into ^(j)his body like water
And like oil into his bones.

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Let it be to him as ^(AI)a garment with which he covers himself,
And for a belt with which he constantly ^(AJ)girds himself.

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^(k)Let this be the ^(AK)reward of my accusers from the Lord,
And of those who ^(AL)speak evil against my soul.

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But You, O ^(l)God, the Lord, deal kindly with me ^(AM)for Your name’s sake;
Because ^(AN)Your lovingkindness is good, deliver me;

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For ^(AO)I am afflicted and needy,
And ^(m)my heart is ^(AP)wounded within me.

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I am passing ^(AQ)like a shadow when it lengthens;
I am shaken off ^(AR)like the locust.

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My ^(AS)knees ⁽ⁿ⁾are weak from ^(AT)fasting,
And my flesh has grown lean, without fatness.

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I also have become a ^(AU)reproach to them;
When they see me, they ^(AV)wag their head.

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^(AW)Help me, O Lord my God;
Save me according to Your lovingkindness.

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^(o)And let them ^(AX)know that this is Your hand;
You, Lord, have done it.

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^(AY)Let them curse, but You bless;
When they arise, they shall be ashamed,
But Your ^(AZ)servant shall be glad.

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^(p)Let ^(BA)my accusers be clothed with dishonor,
And ^(q)let them ^(BB)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 ^(BC)I will praise Him.

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For He stands ^(BD)at the right hand of the needy,
To save him from those who ^(BE)judge his soul.

Footnotes:

a. Psalm 109:2: ['Lit ', wicked mouth and the deceitful]

b. Psalm 109:2: ['Lit ', with]

c. Psalm 109:5: ['Lit ', laid upon me]

d. Psalm 109:6: ['Or ', adversary, Satan]

e. Psalm 109:10: ['Or ', out of their desolate places]

f. Psalm 109:11: ['Lit ', ensnare, strike at]

g. Psalm 109:12: ['Lit ', continue]

h. Psalm 109:13: ['Lit ', for cutting off]

i. Psalm 109:14: ['Lit ', to]

j. Psalm 109:18: ['Lit ', his inward parts]

k. Psalm 109:20: ['Lit ', This is]

l. Psalm 109:21: ['Heb ', YHWH, ', usually rendered ', Lord]

m. Psalm 109:22: ['Lit ', one has pierced my heart within me]

n. Psalm 109:24: ['Or ', totter]

o. Psalm 109:27: ['Or ', That they may know]

p. Psalm 109:29: ['Or ', My accusers will be]

q. Psalm 109:29: ['Or ', they will cover]

Cross references:

A. Psalm 109:1: Deuteronomy 10:21

B. Psalm 109:1: Psalm 28:1; Psalm 83:1

C. Psalm 109:2: Psalm 10:7; Psalm 52:4

D. Psalm 109:2: Psalm 120:2

E. Psalm 109:3: Psalm 35:7; Psalm 69:4; John 15:25

F. Psalm 109:4: Psalm 38:20

G. Psalm 109:4: Psalm 69:13; Psalm 141:5

H. Psalm 109:5: Psalm 35:12; Psalm 38:20

I. Psalm 109:5: John 7:7; John 10:32

J. Psalm 109:6: Zechariah 3:1

K. Psalm 109:7: Psalm 1:5

L. Psalm 109:7: Proverbs 28:9

M. Psalm 109:8: Psalm 55:23

N. Psalm 109:8: Acts 1:20

O. Psalm 109:9: Exodus 22:24

P. Psalm 109:9: Jeremiah 18:21

Q. Psalm 109:10: Genesis 4:12; Job 30:5-8; Psalm 59:15

R. Psalm 109:10: Psalm 37:25

S. Psalm 109:11: Nehemiah 5:7; Job 5:5; Job 20:15

T. Psalm 109:11: Isaiah 1:7; Lamentations 5:2; Ezekiel 7:21

U. Psalm 109:12: Ezra 7:28; Ezra 9:9

V. Psalm 109:12: Job 5:4; Isaiah 9:17

W. Psalm 109:13: Job 18:19; Psalm 21:10; Psalm 37:28

X. Psalm 109:13: Psalm 9:5; Proverbs 10:7

Y. Psalm 109:14: Exodus 20:5; Numbers 14:18; Isaiah 65:6; Isaiah 65:7; Jeremiah 32:18

Z. Psalm 109:14: Nehemiah 4:5; Jeremiah 18:23

AA. Psalm 109:15: Psalm 90:8; Jeremiah 16:17

AB. Psalm 109:15: Job 18:17; Psalm 34:16

AC. Psalm 109:16: Psalm 37:14

AD. Psalm 109:16: Psalm 34:18

AE. Psalm 109:16: Psalm 37:32; Psalm 94:6

AF. Psalm 109:17: Proverbs 14:14; Ezekiel 35:9; Matthew 7:2

AG. Psalm 109:18: Psalm 73:6; Psalm 109:29; Ezekiel 7:27

AH. Psalm 109:18: Numbers 5:22

AI. Psalm 109:19: Psalm 73:6; Psalm 109:29; Ezekiel 7:27

AJ. Psalm 109:19: 2 Samuel 22:40; Psalm 30:11; Isaiah 11:5

AK. Psalm 109:20: Psalm 54:5; Psalm 94:23; Isaiah 3:11; 2 Timothy 4:14

AL. Psalm 109:20: Psalm 41:5; Psalm 71:10

AM. Psalm 109:21: Psalm 23:3; Psalm 25:11; Psalm 79:9; Psalm 106:8; Ezekiel 36:22

AN. Psalm 109:21: Psalm 69:16

AO. Psalm 109:22: Psalm 40:17; Psalm 86:1

AP. Psalm 109:22: Job 24:12; Psalm 143:4; Proverbs 18:14

AQ. Psalm 109:23: Psalm 102:11

AR. Psalm 109:23: Exodus 10:19; Job 39:20

AS. Psalm 109:24: Hebrews 12:12

AT. Psalm 109:24: Psalm 35:13

AU. Psalm 109:25: Psalm 22:6

AV. Psalm 109:25: Psalm 22:7; Jeremiah 18:16; Lamentations 2:15; Matthew 27:39; Mark 15:29

AW. Psalm 109:26: Psalm 119:86

AX. Psalm 109:27: Job 37:7

AY. Psalm 109:28: 2 Samuel 16:11; 2 Samuel 16:12

AZ. Psalm 109:28: Isaiah 65:14

BA. Psalm 109:29: Job 8:22; Psalm 132:18

BB. Psalm 109:29: Job 8:22; Psalm 35:26

BC. Psalm 109:30: Psalm 22:22; Psalm 35:18; Psalm 111:1

BD. Psalm 109:31: Psalm 16:8; Psalm 73:23; Psalm 110:5; Psalm 121:5

BE. Psalm 109:31: Psalm 37:33