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Passage Lookup: Psalms 109

New International Version (1984 Edition)N84
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Psalms 109:1
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O God, whom I praise, do not remain silent,
Psalms 109:2
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for wicked and deceitful men have opened their mouths against me; they have spoken against me with lying tongues.
Psalms 109:3
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With words of hatred they surround me; they attack me without cause.
Psalms 109:4
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In return for my friendship they accuse me, but I am a man of prayer.
Psalms 109:5
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They repay me evil for good, and hatred for my friendship.
Psalms 109:6
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Appoint (F187) an evil man (F188) to oppose him; let an accuser (F189) 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, and may his prayers condemn him.
Psalms 109:8
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May his days be few; may another take his place of leadership.
Psalms 109:9
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May his children be fatherless and his wife a widow.
Psalms 109:10
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May his children be wandering beggars; may they be driven (F190) from their ruined homes.
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Psalms 109:11
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May a creditor seize all he has; may strangers plunder the fruits of his labor.
Psalms 109:12
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May no one extend kindness to him or take pity on his fatherless children.
Psalms 109:13
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May his descendants be cut off, their names blotted out from the next generation.
Psalms 109:14
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May the iniquity of his fathers be remembered before the LORD ; may the sin of his mother never be blotted out.
Psalms 109:15
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May their sins always remain before the LORD , that he may cut off the memory of them from the earth.
Psalms 109:16
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For he never thought of doing a kindness, but hounded to death the poor and the needy and the brokenhearted.
Psalms 109:17
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He loved to pronounce a curse- may it (F191) come on him; 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 as his garment; it entered into his body like water, into his bones like oil.
Psalms 109:19
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May it be like a cloak wrapped about him, like a belt tied forever around him.
Psalms 109:20
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May this be the LORD's payment to my accusers, to those who speak evil of me.
Psalms 109:21
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But you, O Sovereign LORD , deal well with me for your name's sake; out of the goodness of your love, deliver me.
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; I am shaken off like a locust.
Psalms 109:24
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My knees give way from fasting; my body is thin and gaunt.
Psalms 109:25
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I am an object of scorn to my accusers; when they see me, they shake their heads.
Psalms 109:26
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Help me, O LORD my God; save me in accordance with your love.
Psalms 109:27
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Let them know that it is your hand, that you, O LORD , have done it.
Psalms 109:28
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They may curse, but you will bless; when they attack they will be put to shame, but your servant will rejoice.
Psalms 109:29
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My accusers will be clothed with disgrace and wrapped in shame as in a cloak.
Psalms 109:30
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With my mouth I will greatly extol the LORD ; in the great throng I will praise him.
Psalms 109:31
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For he stands at the right hand of the needy one, to save his life from those who condemn him.
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