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Psalm 109

1O God of my praise, be not silent.
1God of my praise, don’t remain silent,
2For wicked and deceitful mouths open against me; they speak against me with lying tongues.
2for they have opened the mouth of the wicked and the mouth of deceit against me. They have spoken to me with a lying tongue.
3They surround me with hateful words and attack me without cause.
3They have also surrounded me with words of hatred, and fought against me without a cause.
4In return for my love they accuse me, but I am a man of prayer.
4In return for my love, they are my adversaries; but I am in prayer.
5They repay me evil for good, and hatred for my love.
5They have rewarded me evil for good, and hatred for my love.
6Set over him a wicked man; let an accuser stand at his right hand.
6Set a wicked man over him. Let an adversary stand at his right hand.
7When he is tried, let him be found guilty, and may his prayer be regarded as sin.
7When he is judged, let him come out guilty. Let his prayer be turned into sin.
8May his days be few; may another take his position.
8Let his days be few. Let another take his office.
9May his children be fatherless and his wife a widow.
9Let his children be fatherless, and his wife a widow.
10May his children wander as beggars, seeking sustenance far from their ruined homes.
10Let his children be wandering beggars. Let them be sought from their ruins.
11May the creditor seize all he owns, and strangers plunder the fruits of his labor.
11Let the creditor seize all that he has. Let strangers plunder the fruit of his labor.
12May there be no one to extend kindness to him, and no one to favor his fatherless children.
12Let there be no one to extend kindness to him, neither let there be anyone to have pity on his fatherless children.
13May his descendants be cut off; may their name be blotted out from the next generation.
13Let his posterity be cut off. In the generation following let their name be blotted out.
14May the iniquity of his fathers be remembered before the LORD, and the sin of his mother never be blotted out.
14Let the iniquity of his fathers be remembered by the LORD. Don’t let the sin of his mother be blotted out.
15May their sins always remain before the LORD, that He may cut off their memory from the earth.
15Let them be before the LORD continually, that he may cut off their memory from the earth;
16For he never thought to show kindness, but pursued the poor and needy and brokenhearted, even to their death.
16because he didn’t remember to show kindness, but persecuted the poor and needy man, the broken in heart, to kill them.
17The cursing that he loved, may it fall on him; the blessing in which he refused to delight, may it be far from him.
17Yes, he loved cursing, and it came to him. He didn’t delight in blessing, and it was far from him.
18The cursing that he wore like a coat, may it soak into his body like water, and into his bones like oil.
18He clothed himself also with cursing as with his garment. It came into his inward parts like water, like oil into his bones.
19May it be like a robe wrapped about him, like a belt tied forever around him.
19Let it be to him as the clothing with which he covers himself, for the belt that is always around him.
20May this be the LORD’s reward to my accusers, to those who speak evil against me.
20This is the reward of my adversaries from the LORD, of those who speak evil against my soul.
21But You, O GOD, the Lord, deal kindly with me for the sake of Your name; deliver me by the goodness of Your loving devotion.
21But deal with me, GOD the Lord, for your name’s sake, because your loving kindness is good, deliver me;
22For I am poor and needy; my heart is wounded within me.
22for I am poor and needy. My heart is wounded within me.
23I am fading away like a lengthening shadow; I am shaken off like a locust.
23I fade away like an evening shadow. I am shaken off like a locust.
24My knees are weak from fasting, and my body grows lean and gaunt.
24My knees are weak through fasting. My body is thin and lacks fat.
25I am an object of scorn to my accusers; when they see me, they shake their heads.
25I have also become a reproach to them. When they see me, they shake their head.
26Help me, O LORD my God; save me according to Your loving devotion.
26Help me, LORD, my God. Save me according to your loving kindness;
27Let them know that this is Your hand, that You, O LORD, have done it.
27that they may know that this is your hand; that you, LORD, have done it.
28Though they curse, You will bless. When they rise up, they will be put to shame, but Your servant will rejoice.
28They may curse, but you bless. When they arise, they will be shamed, but your servant shall rejoice.
29May my accusers be clothed with disgrace; may they wear their shame like a robe.
29Let my adversaries be clothed with dishonor. Let them cover themselves with their own shame as with a robe.
30With my mouth I will thank the LORD profusely; I will praise Him in the presence of many.
30I will give great thanks to the LORD with my mouth. Yes, I will praise him among the multitude.
31For He stands at the right hand of the needy one, to save him from the condemners of his soul.
31For he will stand at the right hand of the needy, to save him from those who judge his soul.