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Vengeance Invoked upon Adversaries.
For the choir director. A Psalm of David. |
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| Psalm 109:1 |
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O God of my praise, Do not be silent! |
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| Psalm 109:2 |
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For they have opened the wicked and deceitful
mouth against me; They have spoken against me with a lying tongue. |
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| Psalm 109:3 |
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They have also surrounded me with words of hatred,
And fought against me without cause. |
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| Psalm 109:4 |
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In return for my love they act as my accusers;
But I am in prayer. |
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| Psalm 109:5 |
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Thus they have repaid me evil for good And hatred
for my love. |
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| Psalm 109:6 |
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Appoint a wicked man over him, And let an accuser
stand at his right hand. |
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| Psalm 109:7 |
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When he is judged, let him come forth guilty,
And let his prayer become sin. |
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| Psalm 109:8 |
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Let his days be few; Let another take his office. |
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| Psalm 109:9 |
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Let his children be fatherless And his wife
a widow. |
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| Psalm 109:10 |
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Let his children wander about and beg; And let
them seek sustenance far from their ruined homes. |
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| Psalm 109:11 |
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Let the creditor seize all that he has, And
let strangers plunder the product of his labor. |
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| Psalm 109:12 |
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Let there be none to extend lovingkindness to
him, Nor any to be gracious to his fatherless children. |
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| Psalm 109:13 |
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Let his posterity be cut off; In a following
generation let their name be blotted out. |
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| Psalm 109:14 |
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Let the iniquity of his fathers be remembered
before the LORD, And do not let the sin of his mother be blotted out. |
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| Psalm 109:15 |
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Let them be before the LORD continually, That
He may cut off their memory from the earth; |
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| Psalm 109:16 |
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Because he did not remember to show lovingkindness,
But persecuted the afflicted and needy man, And the despondent in heart, to put
them to death. |
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| Psalm 109:17 |
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He also loved cursing, so it came to him; And
he did not delight in blessing, so it was far from him. |
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| Psalm 109:18 |
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But he clothed himself with cursing as with
his garment, And it entered into his body like water And like oil into his bones. |
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| Psalm 109:19 |
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Let it be to him as a garment with which he
covers himself, And for a belt with which he constantly girds himself. |
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| Psalm 109:20 |
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Let this be the reward of my accusers from the
LORD, And of those who speak evil against my soul. |
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| Psalm 109:21 |
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But You, O GOD, the Lord, deal kindly with me
for Your name's sake; Because Your lovingkindness is good, deliver me; |
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| Psalm 109:22 |
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For I am afflicted and needy, And my heart is
wounded within me. |
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| Psalm 109:23 |
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I am passing like a shadow when it lengthens;
I am shaken off like the locust. |
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| Psalm 109:24 |
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My knees are weak from fasting, And my flesh
has grown lean, without fatness. |
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| Psalm 109:25 |
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I also have become a reproach to them; When
they see me, they wag their head. |
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| Psalm 109:26 |
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Help me, O LORD my God; Save me according to
Your lovingkindness. |
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| Psalm 109:27 |
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And let them know that this is Your hand; You,
LORD, have done it. |
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| Psalm 109:28 |
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Let them curse, but You bless; When they arise,
they shall be ashamed, But Your servant shall be glad. |
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| Psalm 109:29 |
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Let my accusers be clothed with dishonor, And
let them cover themselves with their own shame as with a robe. |
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| Psalm 109:30 |
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With my mouth I will give thanks abundantly
to the LORD; And in the midst of many I will praise Him. |
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| Psalm 109:31 |
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For He stands at the right hand of the needy,
To save him from those who judge his soul. |
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