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109:1  For the choir director; a psalm by David. O Elohim, whom I praise, do not turn a deaf ear to me.
109:2  Wicked and deceitful people have opened their mouths against me. They speak against me with lying tongues.
109:3  They surround me with hateful words. They fight against me for no reason.
109:4  In return for my love, they accuse me, but I pray for them.
109:5  They reward me with evil instead of good and with hatred instead of love.
109:6  I said, “Appoint the evil one to oppose him. Let Satan stand beside him.
109:7  When he stands trial, let him be found guilty. Let his prayer be considered sinful.
109:8  Let his days be few in number. Let someone else take his position.
109:9  “Let his children become fatherless and his wife a widow.
109:10  Let his children wander around and beg. Let them seek help far from their ruined homes.
109:11  Let a creditor take everything he owns. Let strangers steal what he has worked for.
109:12  Let no one be kind to him anymore. Let no one show any pity to his fatherless children.
109:13  Let his descendants be cut off and their family name be wiped out by the next generation.
109:14  Let Yahweh remember the guilt of his ancestors and not wipe out his mother’s sin.
109:15  Let their guilt and sin always remain on record in front of Yahweh. Let Yahweh remove every memory of him from the earth,
109:16  because he did not remember to be kind. “He drove oppressed, needy, and brokenhearted people to their graves.
109:17  He loved to put curses on others, so he, too, was cursed. He did not like to bless others, so he never received a blessing.
109:18  He wore cursing as though it were clothing, so cursing entered his body like water and his bones like oil.
109:19  Let cursing be his clothing, a belt he always wears.”
109:20  This is how Yahweh rewards those who accuse me, those who say evil things against me.
109:21  O Yahweh Adonay, deal with me out of the goodness of your name. Rescue me because of your mercy.
109:22  I am oppressed and needy. I can feel the pain in my heart.
109:23  I fade away like a lengthening shadow. I have been shaken off like a grasshopper.
109:24  My knees give way because I have been fasting. My body has become lean, without any fat.
109:25  I have become the victim of my enemies’ insults. They look at me and shake their heads.
109:26  Help me, O Yahweh my Elohim. Save me because of your mercy.
109:27  Then they will know that this is your doing, that you, O Yahweh, are the one who saved me.
109:28  They may curse, but you will bless. Let those who attack me be ashamed, but let me rejoice.
109:29  Let those who accuse me wear disgrace as though it were clothing. Let them be wrapped in their shame as though it were a robe.
109:30  With my mouth I will give many thanks to Yahweh. I will praise him among many people,
109:31  because he stands beside needy people to save them from those who would condemn them to death.