nsb - Psalms:109

nsb@Psalms:109:1 @ O God, whom I praise, do not be silent.

nsb@Psalms:109:2 @ Wicked and deceitful people have opened their mouths against me. They speak against me with lying tongues.

nsb@Psalms:109:3 @ They surround me with hateful words. They fight against me without reason.

nsb@Psalms:109:4 @ In return for my love, they accuse me, but I pray for them.

nsb@Psalms:109:5 @ They reward me with evil instead of good and with hatred instead of love.

nsb@Psalms:109:6 @ Appoint the evil one to oppose him. Let an accuser stand at his right hand.

nsb@Psalms:109:7 @ When he stands trial, let him be found guilty. Let his prayer be considered sinful.

nsb@Psalms:109:8 @ Let his days be few in number. Let someone else take his place.

nsb@Psalms:109:9 @ Let his children become fatherless and his wife a widow.

nsb@Psalms:109:10 @ Let his children wander around and beg. Let them seek help far from their ruined homes.

nsb@Psalms:109:11 @ Let a creditor take everything he owns. Let strangers steal what he has worked for.

nsb@Psalms:109:12 @ Let no one be kind to him anymore. Let no one show any pity to his fatherless children.

nsb@Psalms:109:13 @ Let his descendants be cut off and their family name be wiped out by the next generation.

nsb@Psalms:109:14 @ Let Jehovah remember the guilt of his ancestors and not wipe out his mother's sin.

nsb@Psalms:109:15 @ Let their guilt and sin always remain on record in front of Jehovah. Let Jehovah remove every memory of him from the earth,

nsb@Psalms:109:16 @ for he did not remember to be kind. He drove oppressed, needy, and brokenhearted people to their graves.

nsb@Psalms: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.

nsb@Psalms:109:18 @ He wore cursing as though it were clothing; so cursing entered his body like water and his bones like oil.

nsb@Psalms:109:19 @ Let cursing be his clothing, a belt he always wears.

nsb@Psalms:109:20 @ This is how Jehovah rewards those who accuse me, those who say evil things against me.

nsb@Psalms:109:21 @ O Lord Jehovah, deal with me out of the goodness of your name. Rescue me because of your loving kindness.

nsb@Psalms:109:22 @ I am oppressed and needy. I feel pain in my heart.

nsb@Psalms:109:23 @ I fade away like a lengthening shadow. I have been shaken off like a grasshopper.

nsb@Psalms:109:24 @ My knees give way because I have been fasting. My body has become lean, without any fat.

nsb@Psalms:109:25 @ I have become the victim of my enemies' insults. They look at me and shake their heads.

nsb@Psalms:109:26 @ Help me, O Jehovah my God. Save me because of your loving kindness.

nsb@Psalms:109:27 @ Then they will know that this is your doing, that you, O Jehovah, are the one who saved me.

nsb@Psalms:109:28 @ They may curse, but you will bless. Let those who attack me be ashamed, but let your servant rejoice.

nsb@Psalms: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.

nsb@Psalms:109:30 @ With my mouth I will give many thanks to Jehovah. I will praise him among many people.

nsb@Psalms:109:31 @ He stands at the right hand of the needy people to save them from those who would condemn them to death.