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109:1  For the leader. A psalm of David.
109:2  O God, whom I praise, do not be silent, for wicked and treacherous mouths attack me. They speak against me with lying tongues;
109:3  with hateful words they surround me, attacking me without cause.
109:4  In return for my love they slander me, even though I prayed for them.
109:5  They repay me evil for good, hatred for my love.
109:6  Appoint an evil one over him, an accuser to stand at his right hand,
109:7  That he may be judged and found guilty, that his plea may be in vain.
109:8  May his days be few; may another take his office.
109:9  May his children be fatherless, his wife, a widow.
109:10  May his children wander and beg, driven from their hovels.
109:11  May the usurer snare all he owns, strangers plunder all he earns.
109:12  May no one treat him with mercy or pity his fatherless children.
109:13  May his posterity be destroyed, their name rooted out in the next generation.
109:14  May his fathers’ guilt be mentioned to the Lord; his mother’s sin not rooted out.
109:15  May their guilt be always before the Lord, till their memory is banished from the earth,
109:16  For he did not remember to show mercy, but hounded the wretched poor and brought death to the brokenhearted.
109:17  He loved cursing; may it come upon him; he hated blessing; may none come to him.
109:18  May cursing clothe him like a robe; may it enter his belly like water, his bones like oil.
109:19  May it be near as the clothes he wears, as the belt always around him.
109:20  May this be the reward for my accusers from the Lord, for those speaking evil against me.
109:21  But you, Lord, are my Lord, deal kindly with me for your name’s sake; in your great mercy rescue me.
109:22  For I am poor and needy; my heart is pierced within me.
109:23  Like a lengthening shadow I am gone, I am shaken off like the locust.
109:24  My knees totter from fasting; my flesh has wasted away.
109:25  I have become a mockery to them; when they see me, they shake their heads.
109:26  Help me, Lord, my God; save me in your mercy.
109:27  Make them know this is your hand, that you, Lord, have done this.
109:28  Though they curse, may you bless; arise, shame them, that your servant may rejoice.
109:29  Clothe my accusers with disgrace; make them wear their shame like a mantle.
109:30  I will give fervent thanks to the Lord; before a crowd I will praise him.
109:31  For he stands at the right hand of the poor to save him from those who pass judgment on him.