Psalms:109

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* To the Chief Musician . A Psalm of David . O God of my praise , do not be silent ; * for the mouth of the wicked and the mouth of the deceitful are opened against me ; they spoke against me [with ] a lying tongue . * And they surrounded me [with ] words of hatred ; and fought against me without a cause . * For my love they are my foes ; but I [am in ] prayer . * And they have rewarded me evil for good , and hatred for my love . * Set a wicked man over him ; and let an adversary stand at his right hand , * when he is judged , let him be condemned ; and let his prayer become sin . * Let his days be few ; let another take his office . * Let his sons be fatherless , and his wife a widow . * Let his sons always beg and be vagabonds , and seek [food ] out of their ruins . * Let the money-lender lay a snare for all that [is ] his ; and let strangers take the fruit of his labor . * Let there be none to give mercy to him ; nor [any ] to favor his fatherless children . * Let his posterity be cut off ; [and ] in the generation following let their name be blotted out . * Let the iniquity of his fathers be remembered to the LORD ; and let not the sin of his mother be blotted out . * Let them be always before the LORD , that He may cut off their memory from the earth , * because he did not remember to do mercy , but persecuted the poor and needy man , and sought to kill the broken-hearted . * Yea , he loved cursing , so let it come to him ; he delighted not in blessing , and it was far from him . * As he clothed himself with cursing , as with his robe , so let it come into his bowels like water , and like oil into his bones . * Let it be to him as the robe [which ] covers him , and for a girdle with which he is always clothed . * This [is ] the reward of my foes from the LORD , and [of ] them who speak evil against my soul . * But You , Lord Jehovah , deal kindly with me for Your name 's sake ; because Your mercy [is ] good , deliver me . * For I [am ] poor and needy , and my heart is wounded within me . * As a shadow when it is stretched out , I am gone ; I am shaken off like the locust . * My knees stumble from fasting ; and my flesh is losing its fatness . * And I became a shame to them ; they looked on me ; they shook their heads . * Help me , O LORD my God ; save me according to Your mercy ; * and they will know that this [is ] Your hand ; that You , LORD , have done it . * They will curse , but You will bless ; they arise , and are ashamed ; but let Your servant rejoice . * Let my foes be clothed with shame , and let them cover themselves with their own shame , as with a cloak . * I will greatly praise the LORD with my mouth ; yea , I will praise Him among the multitude . * For He shall stand at the right hand of the poor , to save [him ] from those who condemn his soul .

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