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109:1  God, whom I praise, do not be silent,
109:2  for the mouths of wicked and deceitful people are opened against me; they speak against me with lying tongues.
109:3  They surround me with hate-filled words, attacking me for no reason.
109:4  Instead of receiving my love, they accuse me, though I continue in prayer.
109:5  They devise evil against me instead of good, and hatred in place of my love.
109:6  Appoint an evil person over him; may an accuser stand at his right side.
109:7  When he is judged, may he be found guilty; may his prayer be regarded as sin.
109:8  May his days be few; may another take over his position.
109:9  May his children become fatherless, and his wife a widow.
109:10  May his children roam around begging, seeking food while driven far from their ruined homes.
109:11  May creditors seize all his possessions, and may foreigners loot the property he has acquired.
109:12  May no one extend gracious love to him, or show favor to his fatherless children.
109:13  May his descendants be eliminated, and their memory be erased from the next generation.
109:14  May his ancestors' guilt be remembered in the LORD's presence, and may his mother's guilt not be erased.
109:15  May what they have done be continually in the LORD's presence; and may their memory be excised from the earth.
109:16  For he didn't think to extend gracious love; he harassed to death the poor, the needy, and the broken hearted.
109:17  He loved to curse—may his curses return upon him! He took no delight in blessing others — so may blessings be far from him.
109:18  He wore curses like a garment— may they enter his inner being like water and his bones like oil.
109:19  May those curses wrap around him like a garment, or like a belt that one always wears.
109:20  May this be the way the LORD repays my accuser, those who speak evil against me.
109:21  Now you, LORD my God, defend me for your name's sake; because your gracious love is good, deliver me!
109:22  Indeed, I am poor and needy, and my heart is wounded within me.
109:23  I am fading away like a shadow late in the day; I am shaken off like a locust.
109:24  My knees give way from fasting, and my skin is lean, deprived of oil.
109:25  I have become an object of derision to them— they shake their heads whenever they see me.
109:26  Help me, LORD my God! Deliver me in accord with your gracious love!
109:27  Then they will realize that your hand is in this— that you, LORD, have accomplished it.
109:28  They will curse, but you will bless. When they attack, they will be humiliated, while your servant rejoices.
109:29  May my accusers be clothed with shame and wrapped in their humiliation as with a robe.
109:30  I will give many thanks to the LORD with my mouth, praising him publicly,
109:31  for he stands at the right hand of the needy one, to deliver him from his accusers.