Psalms 109
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Psalm 109
For the choir director; a psalm by David.
1O God, whom I praise, do not turn a deaf ear to me.
2Wicked and deceitful people have opened their mouths against me.
They speak against me with lying tongues.
3They surround me with hateful words.
They fight against me for no reason.
4In return for my love, they accuse me,
but I pray for them.#109:4 Or “but I am a man of prayer.”
5They reward me with evil instead of good
and with hatred instead of love.
6 ⌞I said,⌟ “Appoint the evil one to oppose him.
Let Satan stand beside him.
7When he stands trial,
let him be found guilty.
Let his prayer be considered sinful.
8Let his days be few ⌞in number⌟.
Let someone else take his position.
9“Let his children become fatherless and his wife a widow.
10Let his children wander around and beg.
Let them seek help far from their ruined homes.
11Let a creditor take everything he owns.
Let strangers steal what he has worked for.
12Let no one be kind to him anymore.
Let no one show any pity to his fatherless children.
13Let his descendants be cut off
and their family name be wiped out by the next generation.
14Let the Lord remember the guilt of his ancestors
and not wipe out his mother’s sin.
15Let their guilt and sin always remain on record
in front of the Lord.
Let the Lord remove every memory of him #109:15 Or “them.” from the earth,
16because he did not remember to be kind.
“He drove oppressed, needy,
and brokenhearted people to their graves.
17He loved to put curses ⌞on others⌟,
so he, too, was cursed.
He did not like to bless ⌞others⌟,
so he never received a blessing.
18He wore cursing as though it were clothing,
so cursing entered his body like water
and his bones like oil.
19Let cursing be his clothing,
a belt he always wears.”
20This is how the Lord rewards those who accuse me,
those who say evil things against me.
21O Lord Almighty, deal with me out of the goodness of your name.
Rescue me because of your mercy.
22I am oppressed and needy.
I can feel the pain in my heart.
23I fade away like a lengthening shadow.
I have been shaken off like a grasshopper.
24My knees give way because I have been fasting.
My body has become lean, without any fat.
25I have become the victim of my enemies’ insults.
They look at me and shake their heads.
26Help me, O Lord my God.
Save me because of your mercy.
27Then they will know that this is your doing,
that you, O Lord, are the one who saved me.
28They may curse, but you will bless.
Let those who attack me be ashamed,
but let me rejoice.
29Let those who accuse me wear disgrace as though it were clothing.
Let them be wrapped in their shame as though it were a robe.
30With my mouth I will give many thanks to the Lord.
I will praise him among many people,
31because he stands beside needy people
to save them from those who would condemn them to death.
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Psalms 109
109
Plea for Judgment of False Accusers
To the Chief Musician. A Psalm of David.
1Do#Ps. 83:1 not keep silent,
O God of my praise!
2For the mouth of the wicked and the mouth of the deceitful
Have opened against me;
They have spoken against me with a #Ps. 27:12lying tongue.
3They have also surrounded me with words of hatred,
And fought against me #Ps. 35:7; 69:4; John 15:25without a cause.
4In return for my love they are my accusers,
But I give myself to prayer.
5Thus #Ps. 35:7, 12; 38:20; Prov. 17:13they have rewarded me evil for good,
And hatred for my love.
6Set a wicked man over him,
And let #Zech. 3:1an accuser stand at his right hand.
7When he is judged, let him be found guilty,
And #(Prov. 28:9)let his prayer become sin.
8Let his days be #(Ps. 55:23); John 17:12few,
And #Ps. 69:25; Acts 1:20let another take his office.
9#Ex. 22:24Let his children be fatherless,
And his wife a widow.
10Let his children continually be vagabonds, and beg;
Let them seek their bread also from their desolate places.
11#Neh. 5:7; Job 5:5; 18:9Let the creditor seize all that he has,
And let strangers plunder his labor.
12Let there be none to extend mercy to him,
Nor let there be any to favor his fatherless children.
13#Job 18:19; Ps. 37:28Let his posterity be cut off,
And in the generation following let their #Prov. 10:7name be blotted out.
14#(Ex. 20:5; Num. 14:18); Is. 65:6; (Jer. 32:18)Let the iniquity of his fathers be remembered before the Lord,
And let not the sin of his mother #Neh. 4:5; Jer. 18:23be blotted out.
15Let them be continually before the Lord,
That He may #Job 18:17; (Ps. 34:16)cut off the memory of them from the earth;
16Because he did not remember to show mercy,
But persecuted the poor and needy man,
That he might even slay the #(Ps. 34:18)broken in heart.
17#Prov. 14:14; (Matt. 7:2)As he loved cursing, so let it come to him;
As he did not delight in blessing, so let it be far from him.
18As he clothed himself with cursing as with his garment,
So let it #Num. 5:22enter his body like water,
And like oil into his bones.
19Let it be to him like the garment which covers him,
And for a belt with which he girds himself continually.
20Let this be the Lord’s reward to my accusers,
And to those who speak evil against my person.
21But You, O God the Lord,
Deal with me for Your name’s sake;
Because Your mercy is good, deliver me.
22For I am poor and needy,
And my heart is wounded within me.
23I am gone #Ps. 102:11like a shadow when it lengthens;
I am shaken off like a locust.
24My #Heb. 12:12knees are weak through fasting,
And my flesh is feeble from lack of fatness.
25I also have become #Ps. 22:7; Jer. 18:16; Lam. 2:15a reproach to them;
When they look at me, #Matt. 27:39; Mark 15:29they shake their heads.
26Help me, O Lord my God!
Oh, save me according to Your mercy,
27#Job 37:7That they may know that this is Your hand—
That You, Lord, have done it!
28#2 Sam. 6:11, 12Let them curse, but You bless;
When they arise, let them be ashamed,
But let #Is. 65:14Your servant rejoice.
29#Job 8:22; Ps. 35:26Let my accusers be clothed with shame,
And let them cover themselves with their own disgrace as with a mantle.
30I will greatly praise the Lord with my mouth;
Yes, #Ps. 35:18; 111:1I will praise Him among the multitude.
31For #(Ps. 16:8)He shall stand at the right hand of the poor,
To save him from those who condemn him.
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