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109:1  To the leader. Of David. A Psalm. Do not be silent, O God of my praise.
109:2  For wicked and deceitful mouths are opened against me, speaking against me with lying tongues.
109:3  They surround me with words of hate and attack me without cause.
109:4  In return for my love they accuse me, even while I make prayer for them.
109:5  So they reward me evil for good and hatred for my love.
109:6  They say, “Appoint a wicked man against him; let an accuser stand on his right.
109:7  When he is tried, let him be found guilty; let his prayer be counted as sin.
109:8  May his days be few; may another seize his position.
109:9  May his children be orphans and his wife a widow.
109:10  May his children wander about and beg; may they be driven out of the ruins they inhabit.
109:11  May the creditor seize all that he has; may strangers plunder the fruits of his toil.
109:12  May there be no one to do him a kindness nor anyone to pity his orphaned children.
109:13  May his posterity be cut off; may his name be blotted out in the second generation.
109:14  May the iniquity of his father be remembered before the Lord, and do not let the sin of his mother be blotted out.
109:15  Let them be before the Lord continually, and may his memory be cut off from the earth.
109:16  For he did not remember to show kindness but pursued the poor and needy and the brokenhearted to their death.
109:17  He loved to curse; let curses come on him. He did not like blessing; may it be far from him.
109:18  He clothed himself with cursing as his coat; may it soak into his body like water, like oil into his bones.
109:19  May it be like a garment that he wraps around himself, like a belt that he wears every day.”
109:20  May that be the reward of my accusers from the Lord, of those who speak evil against my life.
109:21  But you, O Lord my Lord, act on my behalf for your name’s sake; because your steadfast love is good, deliver me.
109:22  For I am poor and needy, and my heart is pierced within me.
109:23  I am gone like a shadow at evening; I am shaken off like a locust.
109:24  My knees are weak through fasting; my body has become gaunt.
109:25  I am an object of scorn to my accusers; when they see me, they shake their heads.
109:26  Help me, O Lord my God! Save me according to your steadfast love.
109:27  Let them know that this is your hand; you, O Lord, have done it.
109:28  Let them curse, but you will bless. Let my assailants be put to shame; may your servant be glad.
109:29  May my accusers be clothed with dishonor; may they be wrapped in their own shame as in a mantle.
109:30  With my mouth I will give great thanks to the Lord; I will praise him in the midst of the throng.
109:31  For he stands at the right hand of the needy, to save them from those who would condemn them to death.