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109:1  For the choir director. Of David. A Psalm. O God of my praise, Do not be silent!
109:2  For they have opened a wicked mouth and a deceitful mouth against me; They have spoken to me with a lying tongue.
109:3  They have also surrounded me with words of hatred, And fought against me without cause.
109:4  In return for my love they accuse me; But I am in prayer.
109:5  Thus they have set upon me evil for good And hatred for my love.
109:6  Appoint a wicked man over him, And let an accuser stand at his right hand.
109:7  When he is judged, let him come forth a wicked man, And let his prayer become sin.
109:8  Let his days be few; Let another take his office.
109:9  Let his sons be orphans And his wife a widow.
109:10  Let his sons wander aimlessly and beg; And let them search for food from their ruined homes.
109:11  Let the creditor seize all that he has, And let strangers plunder the fruit of his labor.
109:12  Let there be none to extend lovingkindness to him, And let there be none to be gracious to his orphans.
109:13  Let those who follow him be cut off; In a following generation let their name be blotted out.
109:14  Let the iniquity of his fathers be remembered before Yahweh, And let not the sin of his mother be blotted out.
109:15  Let them be before Yahweh continually, That He may cut off their memory from the earth;
109:16  Because he did not remember to show lovingkindness, But persecuted the afflicted, the needy man, And the disheartened to put them to death.
109:17  He also loved cursing, so it came to him; And he did not delight in blessing, so it was far from him.
109:18  But he clothed himself with cursing as his garment, And it came into his inward parts like water And like oil into his bones.
109:19  Let it be to him as a garment with which he wraps himself, And for a belt with which he constantly girds himself.
109:20  This is the reward of my accusers from Yahweh, And of those who speak evil against my soul.
109:21  But as for You, O Yahweh, O Lord, deal with me for Your name’s sake; Because Your lovingkindness is good, deliver me;
109:22  For I am afflicted and needy, And my heart is pierced within me.
109:23  I am passing like a shadow when it is stretched out; I am shaken off like the locust.
109:24  My knees are feeble from fasting, And my flesh has grown lean, without fatness.
109:25  As for me, I have become a reproach to them; They see me, they wag their head.
109:26  Help me, O Yahweh my God; Save me according to Your lovingkindness.
109:27  And let them know that this is Your hand; You, O Yahweh, have done it.
109:28  Let them curse, but You bless; They arise and will be put to shame, But Your slave shall be glad.
109:29  Let my accusers be clothed with dishonor, And let them wrap themselves with their own shame as with a robe.
109:30  With my mouth I will give thanks abundantly to Yahweh; And in the midst of many I will praise Him.
109:31  For He stands at the right hand of the needy, To save him from those who judge his soul.