Psalms 109
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Psalm 109
Prayer for Vindication and Vengeance
To the leader. Of David. A Psalm.
1 #
Ps 83.1
Do not be silent, O God of my praise.
2For wicked and deceitful mouths are opened against me,
speaking against me with lying tongues.
3 #
Ps 69.4
They surround me with words of hate
and attack me without cause.
4 #
Ps 38.20; 69.13 In return for my love they accuse me,
even while I make prayer for them.#109.4 Syr: Heb I prayer
5 #
Ps 35.12; 38.20 So they reward me evil for good
and hatred for my love.
6 #
Zech 3.1
They say,#109.6 Heb lacks They say “Appoint a wicked man against him;
let an accuser stand on his right.
7 #
Prov 28.9
When he is tried, let him be found guilty;
let his prayer be counted as sin.
8 #
Acts 1.20
May his days be few;
may another seize his position.
9 #
Ex 22.24
May his children be orphans
and his wife a widow.
10May his children wander about and beg;
may they be driven out of#109.10 Gk: Heb may they seek the ruins they inhabit.
11 #
Job 5.5; 18.9 May the creditor seize all that he has;
may strangers plunder the fruits of his toil.
12 #
Isa 9.17
May there be no one to do him a kindness
nor anyone to pity his orphaned children.
13 #
Ps 37.28; Prov 10.7 May his posterity be cut off;
may his name be blotted out in the second generation.
14 #
Ex 20.5; Neh 4.5; Jer 18.23 May the iniquity of his father#109.14 Cn: Heb fathers be remembered before the Lord,
and do not let the sin of his mother be blotted out.
15 #
Ps 34.16
Let them be before the Lord continually,
and may his#109.15 Gk: Heb their memory be cut off from the earth.
16 #
Ps 37.14, 32 For he did not remember to show kindness
but pursued the poor and needy
and the brokenhearted to their death.
17 #
Prov 14.14; Ezek 35.6 He loved to curse; let curses come on him.
He did not like blessing; may it be far from him.
18 #
Num 5.22; Ps 73.6 He clothed himself with cursing as his coat;
may it soak into his body like water,
like oil into his bones.
19May it be like a garment that he wraps around himself,
like a belt that he wears every day.”
20 #
Ps 71.10; 94.23; 2 Tim 4.14 May that be the reward of my accusers from the Lord,
of those who speak evil against my life.
21 #
Ps 69.16; 79.9 But you, O Lord my Lord,
act on my behalf for your name’s sake;
because your steadfast love is good, deliver me.
22 #
Ps 40.17; 143.4 For I am poor and needy,
and my heart is pierced within me.
23 #
Ps 102.11
I am gone like a shadow at evening;
I am shaken off like a locust.
24 #
Heb 12.12
My knees are weak through fasting;
my body has become gaunt.
25 #
Ps 22.6, 7; Mt 27.39; Mk 15.29 I am an object of scorn to my accusers;
when they see me, they shake their heads.
26Help me, O Lord my God!
Save me according to your steadfast love.
27 #
Job 37.7
Let them know that this is your hand;
you, O Lord, have done it.
28 #
2 Sam 16.11, 12; Isa 65.14 Let them curse, but you will bless.
Let my assailants be put to shame;#109.28 Gk: Heb They have risen up and have been put to shame may your servant be glad.
29 #
Ps 35.26; 132.18 May my accusers be clothed with dishonor;
may they be wrapped in their own shame as in a mantle.
30 #
Ps 35.18
With my mouth I will give great thanks to the Lord;
I will praise him in the midst of the throng.
31 #
Ps 16.8; 121.5 For he stands at the right hand of the needy,
to save them from those who would condemn them to death.
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