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Psalms 109

For the choir director. A Psalm of David.

1

O  aGod of my praise,  bDo not be silent!

2

For they have opened the  1wicked and  adeceitful mouth against me; They have spoken  2against me with a  blying tongue.

3

They have also surrounded me with words of hatred, And fought against me  awithout cause.

4

In return  afor my love they act as my accusers; But  bI am in prayer.

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Thus they have  1 arepaid me evil for good And  bhatred for my love.

6

Appoint a wicked man over him, And let an  1 aaccuser stand at his right hand.

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When he is judged, let him  acome forth guilty, And let his  bprayer become sin.

8

Let  ahis days be few; Let  banother take his office.

9

Let his  achildren be fatherless And his  bwife a widow.

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Let his  achildren wander about and beg; And let them  bseek sustenance  1far from their ruined homes.

11

Let  athe creditor  1seize all that he has, And let  bstrangers plunder the product of his labor.

12

Let there be none to  1 aextend lovingkindness to him, Nor  bany to be gracious to his fatherless children.

13

Let his  aposterity be  1cut off; In a following generation let their  bname be blotted out.

14

Let  athe iniquity of his fathers be remembered  1before the LORD, And do not let the sin of his mother be  bblotted out.

15

Let  athem be before the LORD continually, That He may  bcut off their memory from the earth;

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Because he did not remember to show lovingkindness, But persecuted the  aafflicted and needy man, And the  bdespondent in heart, to  cput them to death.

17

He also loved cursing, so  ait came to him; And he did not delight in blessing, so it was far from him.

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But he  aclothed himself with cursing as with his garment, And it  bentered into  1his body like water And like oil into his bones.

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Let it be to him as  aa garment with which he covers himself, And for a belt with which he constantly  bgirds himself.

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 1Let this be the  areward of my accusers from the LORD, And of those who  bspeak evil against my soul.

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But You, O  1GOD, the Lord, deal kindly with me  afor Your name's sake; Because  bYour lovingkindness is good, deliver me;

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For  aI am afflicted and needy, And  1my heart is  bwounded within me.

23

I am passing  alike a shadow when it lengthens; I am shaken off  blike the locust.

24

My  aknees  1are weak from  bfasting, And my flesh has grown lean, without fatness.

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I also have become a  areproach to them; When they see me, they  bwag their head.

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 aHelp me, O LORD my God; Save me according to Your lovingkindness.

27

 1And let them  aknow that this is Your hand; You, LORD, have done it.

28

 aLet them curse, but You bless; When they arise, they shall be ashamed, But Your  bservant shall be glad.

29

 1Let  amy accusers be clothed with dishonor, And  2let them  bcover themselves with their own shame as with a robe.

30

With my mouth I will give thanks abundantly to the LORD; And in the midst of many  aI will praise Him.

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For He stands  aat the right hand of the needy, To save him from those who  bjudge his soul.



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