Psalms:109

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* O God , whom I praise , do not be silent . * Wicked and deceitful people have opened their mouths against me . They speak against me with lying tongues . * They surround me with hateful words . They fight against me without reason . * In return for my love , they accuse me , but I pray for them . * They reward me with evil instead of good and with hatred instead of love . * Appoint the evil one to oppose him . Let an accuser stand at his right hand . * When he stands trial , let him be found guilty . Let his prayer be considered sinful . * Let his days be few in number . Let someone else take his place . * Let his children become fatherless and his wife a widow . * Let his children wander around and beg . Let them seek help far from their ruined homes . * Let a creditor take everything he owns . Let strangers steal what he has worked for . * Let no one be kind to him anymore . Let no one show any pity to his fatherless children . * Let his descendants be cut off and their family name be wiped out by the next generation . * Let Jehovah remember the guilt of his ancestors and not wipe out his mother 's sin . * Let their guilt and sin always remain on record in front of Jehovah . Let Jehovah remove every memory of him from the earth , * for he did not remember to be kind . He drove oppressed , needy , and brokenhearted people to their graves . * 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 . * He wore cursing as though it were clothing ; so cursing entered his body like water and his bones like oil . * Let cursing be his clothing , a belt he always wears . * This is how Jehovah rewards those who accuse me , those who say evil things against me . * O Lord Jehovah , deal with me out of the goodness of your name . Rescue me because of your loving kindness . * I am oppressed and needy . I feel pain in my heart . * I fade away like a lengthening shadow . I have been shaken off like a grasshopper . * My knees give way because I have been fasting . My body has become lean , without any fat . * I have become the victim of my enemies ' insults . They look at me and shake their heads . * Help me , O Jehovah my God . Save me because of your loving kindness . * Then they will know that this is your doing , that you , O Jehovah , are the one who saved me . * They may curse , but you will bless . Let those who attack me be ashamed , but let your servant rejoice . * 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 . * With my mouth I will give many thanks to Jehovah . I will praise him among many people . * He stands at the right hand of the needy people to save them from those who would condemn them to death .

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