| Chapter 109 |
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God of my praise, don`t remain silent, |
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For they have opened the mouth of the wicked and the mouth of deceit against me. They have spoken to me with a lying tongue. |
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They have also surrounded me with words of hatred, And fought against me without a cause. |
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In return for my love, they are my adversaries; But I am in prayer. |
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They have rewarded me evil for good, And hatred for my love. |
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Set a wicked man over him. Let an adversary stand at his right hand. |
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When he is judged, let him come forth guilty. Let his prayer be turned into sin. |
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Let his days be few. Let another take his office. |
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Let his children be fatherless, And his wife a widow. |
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Let his children be wandering beggars. Let them be sought from their ruins. |
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Let the creditor seize all that he has. Let strangers plunder the fruit of his labor. |
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Let there be none to extend kindness to him, Neither let there be any to have pity on his fatherless children. |
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Let his posterity be cut off. In the generation following let their name be blotted out. |
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Let the iniquity of his fathers be remembered by Yahweh. Don`t let the sin of his mother be blotted out. |
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Let them be before Yahweh continually, That he may cut off the memory of them from the earth; |
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Because he didn`t remember to show kindness, But persecuted the poor and needy man, The broken in heart, to kill them. |
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Yes, he loved cursing, and it came to him. He didn`t delight in blessing, and it was far from him. |
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He clothed himself also with cursing as with his garment. It came into his inward parts like water, Like oil into his bones. |
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Let it be to him as the clothing with which he covers himself, For the belt that is always around him. |
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This is the reward of my adversaries from Yahweh, Of those who speak evil against my soul. |
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But deal with me, Yahweh the Lord, for your name`s sake, Because your lovingkindness is good, deliver me; |
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For I am poor and needy. My heart is wounded within me. |
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I fade away like an evening shadow. I am shaken off as the locust. |
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My knees are weak through fasting. My body is thin and lacks fat. |
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I have also become a reproach to them. When they see me, they shake their head. |
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Help me, Yahweh, my God. Save me according to your lovingkindness; |
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That they may know that this is your hand; That you, Yahweh, have done it. |
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They may curse, but you bless. When they arise, they will be put to shame, But your servant shall rejoice. |
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Let my adversaries be clothed with dishonor. Let them cover themselves with their own shame as with a robe. |
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I will give great thanks to Yahweh with my mouth. Yes, I will praise him among the multitude. |
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For he will stand at the right hand of the needy, To save him from those who judge his soul. Psalm 110 A Psalm by David. |