Chapter 109

  God of my praise, don't remain silent,  

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  For they have opened the mouth of the wicked and the mouth of deceit against me. They have spoken to me with a lying tongue.  

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  They have also surrounded me with words of hatred, And fought against me without a cause.  

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  In return for my love, they are my adversaries; But I am in prayer.  

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  They have rewarded me evil for good, And hatred for my love.  

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  Set a wicked man over him. Let an adversary stand at his right hand.  

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  When he is judged, let him come forth guilty. Let his prayer be turned into sin.  

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  Let his days be few. Let another take his office.  

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  Let his children be fatherless, And his wife a widow.  

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  Let his children be wandering beggars. Let them be sought from their ruins.  

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  Let the creditor seize all that he has. Let strangers plunder the fruit of his labor.  

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  Let there be none to extend kindness to him, Neither let there be any to have pity on his fatherless children.  

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  Let his posterity be cut off. In the generation following let their name be blotted out.  

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  Let the iniquity of his fathers be remembered by Yahweh. Don't let the sin of his mother be blotted out.  

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  Let them be before Yahweh continually, That he may cut off the memory of them from the earth;  

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  Because he didn't remember to show kindness, But persecuted the poor and needy man, The broken in heart, to kill them.  

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  Yes, he loved cursing, and it came to him. He didn't delight in blessing, and it was far from him.  

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  He clothed himself also with cursing as with his garment. It came into his inward parts like water, Like oil into his bones.  

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  Let it be to him as the clothing with which he covers himself, For the belt that is always around him.  

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  This is the reward of my adversaries from Yahweh, Of those who speak evil against my soul.  

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  But deal with me, Yahweh the Lord, for your name's sake, Because your lovingkindness is good, deliver me;  

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  For I am poor and needy. My heart is wounded within me.  

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  I fade away like an evening shadow. I am shaken off as the locust.  

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  My knees are weak through fasting. My body is thin and lacks fat.  

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  I have also become a reproach to them. When they see me, they shake their head.  

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  Help me, Yahweh, my God. Save me according to your lovingkindness;  

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  That they may know that this is your hand; That you, Yahweh, have done it.  

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  They may curse, but you bless. When they arise, they will be put to shame, But your servant shall rejoice.  

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  Let my adversaries be clothed with dishonor. Let them cover themselves with their own shame as with a robe.  

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  I will give great thanks to Yahweh with my mouth. Yes, I will praise him among the multitude.  

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  For he will stand at the right hand of the needy, To save him from those who judge his soul. Psalm 110 A Psalm by David.  

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