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Passage Lookup: Psalms 109
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Psalms 109:1
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For the director of music. Of David. A psalm.
My God, whom I praise,(a) do not remain silent,(b)Footnotes:
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Psalms 109:2
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for people who are wicked and deceitful(c) have opened their mouths against me; they have spoken against me with lying tongues.(d)
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Psalms 109:3
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With words of hatred(e) they surround me; they attack me without cause.(f)
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Psalms 109:4
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In return for my friendship they accuse me, but I am a man of prayer.(g)
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Psalms 109:5
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They repay me evil for good,(h) and hatred for my friendship.
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Psalms 109:6
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Appoint someone evil to oppose my enemy; let an accuser(i) stand at his right hand.
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Psalms 109:7
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When he is tried, let him be found guilty,(j) and may his prayers condemn(k) him.
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Psalms 109:8
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May his days be few;(l) may another take his place(m) of leadership.
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Psalms 109:9
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May his children be fatherless and his wife a widow.(n)
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Psalms 109:10
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May his children be wandering beggars;(o) may they be driven[a] from their ruined homes.
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Psalms 109:11
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May a creditor(p) seize all he has; may strangers plunder(q) the fruits of his labor.(r)
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Psalms 109:12
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May no one extend kindness to him or take pity(s) on his fatherless children.
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Psalms 109:13
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May his descendants be cut off,(t) their names blotted out(u) from the next generation.
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Psalms 109:14
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May the iniquity of his fathers(v) be remembered before the Lord ; may the sin of his mother never be blotted out.
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Psalms 109:15
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May their sins always remain before(w) the Lord , that he may blot out their name(x) from the earth.
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Psalms 109:16
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For he never thought of doing a kindness, but hounded to death the poor and the needy(y) and the brokenhearted.(z)
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Psalms 109:17
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He loved to pronounce a curse— may it come back on him.(aa) He found no pleasure in blessing— may it be far from him.
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Psalms 109:18
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He wore cursing(ab) as his garment; it entered into his body like water,(ac) into his bones like oil.
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Psalms 109:19
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May it be like a cloak wrapped(ad) about him, like a belt tied forever around him.
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Psalms 109:20
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May this be the Lord 's payment(ae) to my accusers, to those who speak evil(af) of me.
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Psalms 109:21
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But you, Sovereign Lord , help me for your name's sake;(ag) out of the goodness of your love,(ah) deliver me.(ai)
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Psalms 109:22
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For I am poor and needy, and my heart is wounded within me.
Psalms 109:23
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I fade away like an evening shadow;(aj) I am shaken off like a locust.
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Psalms 109:24
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My knees give(ak) way from fasting;(al) my body is thin and gaunt.(am)
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Psalms 109:25
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I am an object of scorn(an) to my accusers; when they see me, they shake their heads.(ao)
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Psalms 109:26
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Help me,(ap) Lord my God; save me according to your unfailing love.
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Psalms 109:27
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Let them know(aq) that it is your hand, that you, Lord , have done it.
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Psalms 109:28
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While they curse,(ar) may you bless; may those who attack me be put to shame, but may your servant rejoice.(as)
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Psalms 109:29
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May my accusers be clothed with disgrace and wrapped in shame(at) as in a cloak.
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Psalms 109:30
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With my mouth I will greatly extol the Lord ; in the great throng(au) of worshipers I will praise him.
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Psalms 109:31
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For he stands at the right hand(av) of the needy, to save their lives from those who would condemn them.
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