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Of David. A Psalm.</span></h4><div class="poetry"><p class="line"><span class="text"><span class="versenum">1</span>Do not be silent, O God of my praise.</span><br /><span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">2</span>For wicked and deceitful mouths are opened against me,</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text">speaking against me with lying tongues.</span></span><br /><span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">3</span>They beset me with words of hate,</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text">and attack me without cause.</span></span><br /><span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">4</span>In return for my love they accuse me,</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text">even while I make prayer for them.<span data-fn='#fen' class='footnote' data-link='[<a href="#fen-NRSVCE-17830a" title="See footnote a">a</a>]'>[<a href="#fen" xtitle="See footnote a">a</a>]</span></span></span><br /><span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">5</span>So they reward me evil for good,</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text">and hatred for my love.</span></span></p></div> <div class="poetry top-1"><p class="line"><span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">6</span>They say,<span data-fn='#fen' class='footnote' data-link='[<a href="#fen-NRSVCE-17832b" title="See footnote b">b</a>]'>[<a href="#fen" xtitle="See footnote b">b</a>]</span> “Appoint a wicked man against him;</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text">let an accuser stand on his right.</span></span><br /><span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">7</span>When he is tried, let him be found guilty;</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text">let his prayer be counted as sin.</span></span><br /><span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">8</span>May his days be few;</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text">may another seize his position.</span></span><br /><span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">9</span>May his children be orphans,</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text">and his wife a widow.</span></span><br /><span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">10</span>May his children wander about and beg;</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text">may they be driven out of<span data-fn='#fen' class='footnote' data-link='[<a href="#fen-NRSVCE-17836c" title="See footnote c">c</a>]'>[<a href="#fen" xtitle="See footnote c">c</a>]</span> the ruins they inhabit.</span></span><br /><span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">11</span>May the creditor seize all that he has;</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text">may strangers plunder the fruits of his toil.</span></span><br /><span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">12</span>May there be no one to do him a kindness,</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text">nor anyone to pity his orphaned children.</span></span><br /><span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">13</span>May his posterity be cut off;</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text">may his name be blotted out in the second generation.</span></span><br /><span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">14</span>May the iniquity of his father<span data-fn='#fen' class='footnote' data-link='[<a href="#fen-NRSVCE-17840d" title="See footnote d">d</a>]'>[<a href="#fen" xtitle="See footnote d">d</a>]</span> be remembered before the <span style="font-variant: small-caps" class="small-caps">Lord</span>,</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text">and do not let the sin of his mother be blotted out.</span></span><br /><span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">15</span>Let them be before the <span style="font-variant: small-caps" class="small-caps">Lord</span> continually,</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text">and may his<span data-fn='#fen' class='footnote' data-link='[<a href="#fen-NRSVCE-17841e" title="See footnote e">e</a>]'>[<a href="#fen" xtitle="See footnote e">e</a>]</span> memory be cut off from the earth.</span></span><br /><span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">16</span>For he did not remember to show kindness,</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text">but pursued the poor and needy</span></span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text">and the brokenhearted to their death.</span></span><br /><span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">17</span>He loved to curse; let curses come on him.</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text">He did not like blessing; may it be far from him.</span></span><br /><span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">18</span>He clothed himself with cursing as his coat,</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text">may it soak into his body like water,</span></span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text">like oil into his bones.</span></span><br /><span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">19</span>May it be like a garment that he wraps around himself,</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text">like a belt that he wears every day.”</span></span></p></div> <div class="poetry top-1"><p class="line"><span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">20</span>May that be the reward of my accusers from the <span style="font-variant: small-caps" class="small-caps">Lord</span>,</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text">of those who speak evil against my life.</span></span><br /><span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">21</span>But you, O <span style="font-variant: small-caps" class="small-caps">Lord</span> my Lord,</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text">act on my behalf for your name’s sake;</span></span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text">because your steadfast love is good, deliver me.</span></span><br /><span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">22</span>For I am poor and needy,</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text">and my heart is pierced within me.</span></span><br /><span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">23</span>I am gone like a shadow at evening;</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text">I am shaken off like a locust.</span></span><br /><span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">24</span>My knees are weak through fasting;</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text">my body has become gaunt.</span></span><br /><span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">25</span>I am an object of scorn to my accusers;</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text">when they see me, they shake their heads.</span></span></p></div> <div class="poetry top-1"><p class="line"><span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">26</span>Help me, O <span style="font-variant: small-caps" class="small-caps">Lord</span> my God!</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text">Save me according to your steadfast love.</span></span><br /><span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">27</span>Let them know that this is your hand;</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text">you, O <span style="font-variant: small-caps" class="small-caps">Lord</span>, have done it.</span></span><br /><span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">28</span>Let them curse, but you will bless.</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text">Let my assailants be put to shame;<span data-fn='#fen' class='footnote' data-link='[<a href="#fen-NRSVCE-17854f" title="See footnote f">f</a>]'>[<a href="#fen" xtitle="See footnote f">f</a>]</span> may your servant be glad.</span></span><br /><span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">29</span>May my accusers be clothed with dishonor;</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text">may they be wrapped in their own shame as in a mantle.</span></span><br /><span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">30</span>With my mouth I will give great thanks to the <span style="font-variant: small-caps" class="small-caps">Lord</span>;</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text">I will praise him in the midst of the throng.</span></span><br /><span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">31</span>For he stands at the right hand of the needy,</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text">to save them from those who would condemn them to death.</span></span></p></div> <A name="fen"></a><div class="footnotes"><h4>Footnotes</h4><ol><li id="fen"><a hlef="#en" xtitle="Go to Psalm 109:4">Psalm 109:4</a> <span class='footnote-text'>Syr: Heb <i>I prayer</i></span></li><li id="fen"><a hlef="#en" xtitle="Go to Psalm 109:6">Psalm 109:6</a> <span class='footnote-text'>Heb lacks <i>They say</i></span></li><li id="fen"><a hlef="#en" xtitle="Go to Psalm 109:10">Psalm 109:10</a> <span class='footnote-text'>Gk: Heb <i>and seek</i></span></li><li id="fen"><a hlef="#en" xtitle="Go to Psalm 109:14">Psalm 109:14</a> <span class='footnote-text'>Cn: Heb <i>fathers</i></span></li><li id="fen"><a hlef="#en" xtitle="Go to Psalm 109:15">Psalm 109:15</a> <span class='footnote-text'>Gk: Heb <i>their</i></span></li><li id="fen"><a hlef="#en" xtitle="Go to Psalm 109:28">Psalm 109:28</a> <span class='footnote-text'>Gk: Heb <i>They have risen up and have been put to shame</i></span></li></ol></div> <!--end of footnotes--></div></div></div></div></div> </div> </div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">Scripture quotations are from the New Revised Standard Version Bible: Catholic Edition, copyright © 1989, 1993 National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. 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