Thematic Bible

Psalm 109:1

For the choir director. A Davidic psalm.God of my praise, do not be silent.
No Themes for this verse.

Psalm 109:2

For wicked and deceitful mouths open against me;
they speak against me with lying tongues.

Psalm 109:3

They surround me with hateful words
and attack me without cause.

Psalm 109:4

In return for my love they accuse me,
but I continue to pray.

Psalm 109:5

They repay me evil for good,
and hatred for my love.

Psalm 109:6

Set a wicked person over him;
let an accuser stand at his right hand.

Psalm 109:7

When he is judged, let him be found guilty,
and let his prayer be counted as sin.

Psalm 109:8

Let his days be few;
let another take over his position.

Psalm 109:9

Let his children be fatherless
and his wife a widow.

Psalm 109:10

Let his children wander as beggars,
searching for food far from their demolished homes.

Psalm 109:11

Let a creditor seize all he has;
let strangers plunder what he has worked for.
No Themes for this verse.

Psalm 109:12

Let no one show him kindness,
and let no one be gracious to his fatherless children.
No Themes for this verse.

Psalm 109:13

Let the line of his descendants be cut off;
let their name be blotted out in the next generation.

Psalm 109:14

Let his ancestors’ guilt
be remembered before the Lord,
and do not let his mother’s sin be blotted out.
No Themes for this verse.

Psalm 109:15

Let their sins always remain before the Lord,
and let Him erase all memory of them from the earth.

Psalm 109:16

For he did not think to show kindness,
but pursued the afflicted, poor, and brokenhearted
in order to put them to death.

Psalm 109:17

He loved cursing—let it fall on him;
he took no delight in blessing—let it be far from him.

Psalm 109:18

He wore cursing like his coat—
let it enter his body like water
and go into his bones like oil.

Psalm 109:19

Let it be like a robe he wraps around himself,
like a belt he always wears.
No Themes for this verse.

Psalm 109:20

Let this be the Lord’s payment to my accusers,
to those who speak evil against me.

Psalm 109:21

But You, Yahweh my Lord,
deal kindly with me because of Your name;
deliver me because of the goodness of Your faithful love.
No Themes for this verse.

Psalm 109:22

For I am afflicted and needy;
my heart is wounded within me.
No Themes for this verse.

Psalm 109:23

I fade away like a lengthening shadow;
I am shaken off like a locust.
No Themes for this verse.

Psalm 109:24

My knees are weak from fasting,
and my body is emaciated.

Psalm 109:25

I have become an object of ridicule to my accusers;
when they see me, they shake their heads in scorn.

Psalm 109:26

Help me, Lord my God;
save me according to Your faithful love
No Themes for this verse.

Psalm 109:27

so they may know that this is Your hand
and that You, Lord, have done it.
No Themes for this verse.

Psalm 109:28

Though they curse, You will bless.
When they rise up, they will be put to shame,
but Your servant will rejoice.
No Themes for this verse.

Psalm 109:29

My accusers will be clothed with disgrace;
they will wear their shame like a cloak.
No Themes for this verse.

Psalm 109:30

I will fervently thank the Lord with my mouth;
I will praise Him in the presence of many.
No Themes for this verse.

Psalm 109:31

For He stands at the right hand of the needy
to save him from those who would condemn him.