Psalm 109
109
A Cry for Vengeance
To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David.
1Hold not thy peace, O God of my praise;
2for the mouth of the wicked and the mouth of the deceitful are opened against me:
they have spoken against me with a lying tongue.
3They compassed me about also with words of hatred;
and fought against me without a cause.
4For my love they are my adversaries:
but I give myself unto prayer.
5And they have rewarded me evil for good,
and hatred for my love.
6Set thou a wicked man over him:
and let Satan#109.6 Satan or an adversary. stand at his right hand.
7When he shall be judged, let him be condemned:
and let his prayer become sin.
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Acts 1.20. Let his days be few;
and let another take his office.
9Let his children be fatherless,
and his wife a widow.
10Let his children be continually vagabonds, and beg:
let them seek their bread also out of their desolate places.
11Let the extortioner catch all that he hath;
and let the strangers spoil his labor.
12Let there be none to extend mercy unto him:
neither let there be any to favor his fatherless children.
13Let his posterity be cut off;
and in the generation following let their name be blotted out.
14Let the iniquity of his fathers be remembered with the Lord;
and let not the sin of his mother be blotted out.
15Let them be before the Lord continually,
that he may cut off the memory of them from the earth.
16Because that he remembered not to show mercy,
but persecuted the poor and needy man,
that he might even slay the broken in heart.
17As he loved cursing,
so let it come unto him:
as he delighted not in blessing,
so let it be far from him.
18As he clothed himself with cursing like as with his garment,
so let it come into his bowels like water,
and like oil into his bones.
19Let it be unto him as the garment which covereth him,
and for a girdle wherewith he is girded continually.
20 Let this be the reward of mine adversaries from the Lord,
and of them that speak evil against my soul.
21But do thou for me, O God the Lord, for thy name's sake:
because thy mercy is good, deliver thou me.
22For I am poor and needy,
and my heart is wounded within me.
23I am gone like the shadow when it declineth:
I am tossed up and down as the locust.
24My knees are weak through fasting;
and my flesh faileth of fatness.
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Matt 27.39; Mark 15.29. I became also a reproach unto them:
when they looked upon me they shook their heads.
26Help me, O Lord my God:
O save me according to thy mercy:
27that they may know that this is thy hand;
that thou, Lord, hast done it.
28Let them curse, but bless thou:
when they arise, let them be ashamed;
but let thy servant rejoice.
29Let mine adversaries be clothed with shame;
and let them cover themselves with their own confusion, as with a mantle.
30I will greatly praise the Lord with my mouth;
yea, I will praise him among the multitude.
31For he shall stand at the right hand of the poor,
to save him from those that condemn his soul.
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King James Version 1611, spelling, punctuation and text formatting modernized by ABS in 1962; typesetting © 2010 American Bible Society.
Psalms 109
109
A Prayer Against an Enemy
For the director of music. A song of David.
1God, I praise you.
Do not be silent.
2Wicked people and liars have spoken against me.
They have told lies about me.
3They have said hateful things about me.
They attack me for no reason.
4They attacked me, even though I loved them
and prayed for them.
5I was good to them, but they repay me with evil.
I loved them, but they hate me in return.
6They say about me, “Have the Evil One work against him.
Let the devil accuse him.
7When he is judged, let him be found guilty.
Let even his prayers show that he is guilty.
8Let his life be cut short.
Let another man replace him as leader.
9Let his children become orphans.
Let his wife become a widow.
10Make his children wander around, begging for food.
Let them be forced out of the ruins they live in.
11Let the people he owes money to take everything he owns.
Let strangers steal everything he has worked for.
12Let no one show him love.
Let no one have mercy on his children.
13Let all his descendants die.
Let him be forgotten by people who live after him.
14Let the Lord remember how wicked his ancestors were.
Don’t let the sins of his mother be wiped out.
15Let the Lord always remember their sins.
Then he will make people forget about them completely.
16“He did not remember to be loving.
He hurt the poor, the needy and those who were sad
until they were nearly dead.
17He loved to put curses on others.
So let those same curses fall on him.
He did not like to bless others.
So do not let good things happen to him.
18He cursed others as often as he wore clothes.
Cursing others filled his body and his life,
like drinking water and using olive oil.
19So let curses cover him like clothes.
Let them wrap around him like a belt.”
20May the Lord do these things to those who accuse me,
to those who speak evil against me.
21But you, Lord God,
be kind to me so others will know you are good.
Because your love is good, save me.
22I am poor and helpless.
And I am very sad.
23I am dying like an evening shadow.
I am shaken off like a locust.
24My knees are weak from hunger.
I have become thin.
25My enemies insult me.
They look at me and shake their heads.
26Lord my God, help me.
Because you are loving, save me.
27Then they will know that you have saved me.
They will know it was your power, Lord.
28They may curse me, but you bless me.
They may attack me, but they will be disgraced.
Then I, your servant, will be glad.
29Let those who accuse me be disgraced.
Let them be covered with shame like a coat.
30I will thank the Lord very much.
I will praise him in front of many people.
31He defends the helpless.
He saved me from those who accuse me.
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