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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "//www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="//www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1"><title>Psalm 109 GNT</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="/chapnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="../spec.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /></head><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="../cmenus/psalms/109.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" 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110">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading">Good News Translation</div><div class="chap"><h3 class="s">The Complaint of Someone in Trouble<a href="#fn" id="link_Ps.109.1!f.1" class="notelink f-link"><span>+</span></a> </h3><p class="q1"><span class="v19_109_1"><span class="reftext" id="Ps.109.1" class="v19_109_1">1</span>I praise you, God; don't remain silent!</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_109_2"><span class="reftext" id="Ps.109.2" class="v19_109_2">2</span>Wicked people and liars have attacked me.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_109_2">They tell lies about me,</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_109_3"><span class="reftext" id="Ps.109.3" class="v19_109_3">3</span>and they say evil things about me,</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_109_3">attacking me for no reason.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_109_4"><span class="reftext" id="Ps.109.4" class="v19_109_4">4</span>They oppose me, even though I love them</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_109_4">and have prayed for them.<a href="#fn" id="link_Ps.109.4!f.1" class="notelink f-link"><span>+</span></a> </span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_109_5"><span class="reftext" id="Ps.109.5" class="v19_109_5">5</span>They pay me back evil for good</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_109_5">and hatred for love.</span></p><p class="b"></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_109_6"><span class="reftext" id="Ps.109.6" class="v19_109_6">6</span>Choose some corrupt judge to try my enemy,</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_109_6">and let one of his own enemies accuse him.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_109_7"><span class="reftext" id="Ps.109.7" class="v19_109_7">7</span>May he be tried and found guilty;</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_109_7">may even his prayer be considered a crime!</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_109_8"><span class="reftext" id="Ps.109.8" class="v19_109_8">8</span><a href="#fn" id="link_Ps.109.8!x.1" class="notelink x-link"><span></span></a> May his life soon be ended;</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_109_8">may someone else take his job!</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_109_9"><span class="reftext" id="Ps.109.9" class="v19_109_9">9</span>May his children become orphans,</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_109_9">and his wife a widow!</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_109_10"><span class="reftext" id="Ps.109.10" class="v19_109_10">10</span>May his children be homeless beggars;</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_109_10">may they be driven from<a href="#fn" id="link_Ps.109.10!f.1" class="notelink f-link"><span>+</span></a> the ruins they live in!</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_109_11"><span class="reftext" id="Ps.109.11" class="v19_109_11">11</span>May his creditors take away all his property,</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_109_11">and may strangers get everything he worked for.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_109_12"><span class="reftext" id="Ps.109.12" class="v19_109_12">12</span>May no one ever be kind to him</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_109_12">or care for the orphans he leaves behind.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_109_13"><span class="reftext" id="Ps.109.13" class="v19_109_13">13</span>May all his descendants die,</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_109_13">and may his name be forgotten in the next generation.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_109_14"><span class="reftext" id="Ps.109.14" class="v19_109_14">14</span>May the <span class="nd">Lord</span> remember the evil of his ancestors</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_109_14">and never forgive his mother's sins.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_109_15"><span class="reftext" id="Ps.109.15" class="v19_109_15">15</span>May the <span class="nd">Lord</span> always remember their sins,</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_109_15">but may they themselves be completely forgotten!</span></p><p class="b"></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_109_16"><span class="reftext" id="Ps.109.16" class="v19_109_16">16</span>That man never thought of being kind;</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_109_16">he persecuted and killed</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_109_16">the poor, the needy, and the helpless.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_109_17"><span class="reftext" id="Ps.109.17" class="v19_109_17">17</span>He loved to curse—may he be cursed!</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_109_17">He hated to give blessings—may no one bless him!</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_109_18"><span class="reftext" id="Ps.109.18" class="v19_109_18">18</span>He cursed as naturally as he dressed himself;</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_109_18">may his own curses soak into his body like water</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_109_18">and into his bones like oil!</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_109_19"><span class="reftext" id="Ps.109.19" class="v19_109_19">19</span>May they cover him like clothes</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_109_19">and always be around him like a belt!</span></p><p class="b"></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_109_20"><span class="reftext" id="Ps.109.20" class="v19_109_20">20</span><span class="nd">Lord</span>, punish my enemies in that way—</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_109_20">those who say such evil things against me!</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_109_21"><span class="reftext" id="Ps.109.21" class="v19_109_21">21</span>But my Sovereign <span class="nd">Lord</span>, help me as you have promised,</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_109_21">and rescue me because of the goodness of your love.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_109_22"><span class="reftext" id="Ps.109.22" class="v19_109_22">22</span>I am poor and needy;</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_109_22">I am hurt to the depths of my heart.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_109_23"><span class="reftext" id="Ps.109.23" class="v19_109_23">23</span>Like an evening shadow I am about to vanish;</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_109_23">I am blown away like an insect.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_109_24"><span class="reftext" id="Ps.109.24" class="v19_109_24">24</span>My knees are weak from lack of food;</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_109_24">I am nothing but skin and bones.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_109_25"><span class="reftext" id="Ps.109.25" class="v19_109_25">25</span><a href="#fn" id="link_Ps.109.25!x.1" class="notelink x-link"><span></span></a> When people see me, they laugh at me;</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_109_25">they shake their heads in scorn.</span></p><p class="b"></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_109_26"><span class="reftext" id="Ps.109.26" class="v19_109_26">26</span>Help me, O <span class="nd">Lord</span> my God;</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_109_26">because of your constant love, save me!</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_109_27"><span class="reftext" id="Ps.109.27" class="v19_109_27">27</span>Make my enemies know</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_109_27">that you are the one who saves me.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_109_28"><span class="reftext" id="Ps.109.28" class="v19_109_28">28</span>They may curse me, but you will bless me.</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_109_28">May my persecutors be defeated,<a href="#fn" id="link_Ps.109.28!f.1" class="notelink f-link"><span>+</span></a> </span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_109_28">and may I, your servant, be glad.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_109_29"><span class="reftext" id="Ps.109.29" class="v19_109_29">29</span>May my enemies be covered with disgrace;</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_109_29">may they wear their shame like a robe.</span></p><p class="b"></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_109_30"><span class="reftext" id="Ps.109.30" class="v19_109_30">30</span>I will give loud thanks to the <span class="nd">Lord</span>;</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_109_30">I will praise him in the assembly of the people,</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_109_31"><span class="reftext" id="Ps.109.31" class="v19_109_31">31</span>because he defends the poor</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_109_31">and saves them from those who condemn them to death.</span></p><a name="fn"></a><br /><br /><br /><b>Footnotes:<br /><br /><note caller="+" style="f"><char style="fr" closed="false">HEBREW TITLE: </char><char style="ft" closed="false">A psalm by David.</char></note><br /><note caller="+" style="f"><char style="fr" closed="false">109.4: </char><char style="ft" closed="false">Probable text </char><char style="fq" closed="false">have prayed for them; </char><char style="ft" closed="false">Hebrew unclear.</char></note><br /><note caller="+" style="f"><char style="fr" closed="false">109.10: </char><char style="ft" closed="false">One ancient translation </char><char style="fq" closed="false">be driven from; </char><char style="ft" closed="false">Hebrew </char><char style="fq" closed="false">seek.</char></note><br /><note caller="+" style="f"><char style="fr" closed="false">109.28: </char><char style="ft" closed="false">One ancient translation </char><char style="fq" closed="false">May my persecutors be defeated; </char><char style="ft" closed="false">Hebrew </char><char style="fq" closed="false">They persecuted me and were defeated.</char></note></div></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div align="center"><p><span style="font-size:11pt;">Good News Translation® (Today’s English Version, Second Edition)</span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt;">© 1992 American Bible Society. 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