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A Psalm of David.</subheading><span class="block-indent"><p class="line-group"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/109-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">Be not silent, O God of my praise!</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/109-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">For wicked and deceitful mouths are opened against me,</span><br /><span class="indent">speaking against me with lying tongues.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/109-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">They encircle me with words of hate,</span><br /><span class="indent">and attack me without cause.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/109-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">In return for my love they accuse me,</span><br /><span class="indent">but I give myself to prayer.<span class="footnote"><sup><a href="#footnotes" title="Hebrew but I am prayer">a</a></sup></span></span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/109-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">So they reward me evil for good,</span><br /><span class="indent">and hatred for my love.</span></p> <p class="line-group"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/109-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">Appoint a wicked man against him;</span><br /><span class="indent">let an accuser stand at his right hand.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/109-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">When he is tried, let him come forth guilty;</span><br /><span class="indent">let his prayer be counted as sin!</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/109-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">May his days be few;</span><br /><span class="indent">may another take his office!</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/109-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">May his children be fatherless</span><br /><span class="indent">and his wife a widow!</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/109-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">May his children wander about and beg,</span><br /><span class="indent">seeking food far from the ruins they inhabit!</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/109-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">May the creditor seize all that he has;</span><br /><span class="indent">may strangers plunder the fruits of his toil!</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/109-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">Let there be none to extend kindness to him,</span><br /><span class="indent">nor any to pity his fatherless children!</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/109-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">May his posterity be cut off;</span><br /><span class="indent">may his name be blotted out in the second generation!</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/109-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">May the iniquity of his fathers be remembered before the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>,</span><br /><span class="indent">and let not the sin of his mother be blotted out!</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/109-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">Let them be before the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> continually,</span><br /><span class="indent">that he may cut off the memory of them from the earth!</span></p> <p class="line-group"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/109-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">For he did not remember to show kindness,</span><br /><span class="indent">but pursued the poor and needy</span><br /><span class="indent">and the brokenhearted, to put them to death.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/109-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">He loved to curse; let curses come<span class="footnote"><sup><a href="#footnotes" title="Revocalization; Masoretic Text curses have come">b</a></sup></span> upon him!</span><br /><span class="indent">He did not delight in blessing; may it be far<span class="footnote"><sup><a href="#footnotes" title="Revocalization; Masoretic Text it is far">c</a></sup></span> from him!</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/109-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">He clothed himself with cursing as his coat;</span><br /><span class="indent">may it soak<span class="footnote"><sup><a href="#footnotes" title="Revocalization; Masoretic Text it has soaked">d</a></sup></span> into his body like water,</span><br /><span class="indent">like oil into his bones!</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/109-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">May it be like a garment that he wraps around him,</span><br /><span class="indent">like a belt that he puts on every day!</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/109-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">May this be the reward of my accusers from the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>,</span><br /><span class="indent">of those who speak evil against my life!</span></p> <p class="line-group"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/109-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">But you, O <span class="divine-name">God</span> my Lord,</span><br /><span class="indent">deal on my behalf for your name’s sake;</span><br /><span class="indent">because your steadfast love is good, deliver me!</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/109-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">For I am poor and needy,</span><br /><span class="indent">and my heart is stricken within me.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/109-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">I am gone like a shadow at evening;</span><br /><span class="indent">I am shaken off like a locust.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/109-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">My knees are weak through fasting;</span><br /><span class="indent">my body has become gaunt, with no fat.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/109-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">I am an object of scorn to my accusers;</span><br /><span class="indent">when they see me, they wag their heads.</span></p> <p class="line-group"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/109-26.htm"><b>26</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">Help me, O <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> my God!</span><br /><span class="indent">Save me according to your steadfast love!</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/109-27.htm"><b>27</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">Let them know that this is your hand;</span><br /><span class="indent">you, O <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>, have done it!</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/109-28.htm"><b>28</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">Let them curse, but you will bless!</span><br /><span class="indent">They arise and are put to shame, but your servant will be glad!</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/109-29.htm"><b>29</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">May my accusers be clothed with dishonor;</span><br /><span class="indent">may they be wrapped in their own shame as in a cloak!</span></p> <p class="line-group"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/109-30.htm"><b>30</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">With my mouth I will give great thanks to the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>;</span><br /><span class="indent">I will praise him in the midst of the throng.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/109-31.htm"><b>31</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">For he stands at the right hand of the needy one,</span><br /><span class="indent">to save him from those who condemn his soul to death.</span></p><A name="footnotes"></a><hr size="1" color="DDEEFF"><span class="mainfootnotes"><span class="mainfootnoteshdg">Footnotes:</span><br><span class="footnotesbot">a</span> <span class="fnverse">4</span> Hebrew <i><span class="catch-word">but I</span> am prayer</i><br /><span class="footnotesbot">b</span> <span class="fnverse">17</span> Revocalization; Masoretic Text <i>curses have come</i><br /><span class="footnotesbot">c</span> <span class="fnverse">17</span> Revocalization; Masoretic Text <i>it is far</i><br /><span class="footnotesbot">d</span> <span class="fnverse">18</span> Revocalization; Masoretic Text <i>it has soaked</i><br /></span></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">ESV Text Edition® (2016).<br /><br />The ESV® Bible (The Holy Bible, English Standard Version®) copyright © 2001 by <a href="http://www.crossway.org/home/esv/">Crossway Bibles</a>, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers. 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