Prayer against an Enemy
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Let their sins(d) always remain before the Lord,
and let Him erase(e) all memory of them from the earth.(P)
and let Him erase(e) all memory of them from the earth.(P)
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For he did not think to show kindness,
but pursued the afflicted, poor, and brokenhearted
in order to put them to death.(Q)
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20 but pursued the afflicted, poor, and brokenhearted
in order to put them to death.(Q)
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I have become an object of ridicule to my accusers;(g)
when they see me, they shake their heads in scorn.(AB)
when they see me, they shake their heads in scorn.(AB)
Footnotes:
a.
Psalm 109:4: Lit but I, prayer
b.
Psalm 109:6: Or adversary
c.
Psalm 109:10: LXX reads beggars, driven far
d.
Psalm 109:15: Lit Let them
e.
Psalm 109:15: Or cut off
f.
Psalm 109:24: Lit denied from fat
g.
Psalm 109:25: Lit to them
Cross references:
L.
Psalm 109:12:
Job 5:4
AC.
Psalm 109:26:
Psalm 119:86
AD.
Psalm 109:27:
Job 37:7
AE.
Psalm 109:28:
Isaiah 65:14