Psm109:1 Do not be silent, O God of my praise.
Psm109:2 For wicked and deceitful mouths are opened against me, speaking against me with lying tongues.
Psm109:3 They beset me with words of hate, and attack me without cause.
Psm109:4 In return for my love they accuse me, even while I make prayer for them.
Psm109:5 So they reward me evil for good, and hatred for my love.
Psm109:6 They say, "Appoint a wicked man against him; let an accuser stand on his right.
Psm109:7 When he is tried, let him be found guilty; let his prayer be counted as sin.
Psm109:8 May his days be few; may another seize his position.
Psm109:9 May his children be orphans, and his wife a widow.
Psm109:10 May his children wander about and beg; may they be driven out of the ruins they inhabit.
Psm109:11 May the creditor seize all that he has; may strangers plunder the fruits of his toil.
Psm109:12 May there be no one to do him a kindness, nor anyone to pity his orphaned children.
Psm109:13 May his posterity be cut off; may his name be blotted out in the second generation.
Psm109:14 May the iniquity of his father be remembered before the LORD, and do not let the sin of his mother be blotted out.
Psm109:15 Let them be before the LORD continually, and may his memory be cut off from the earth.
Psm109:16 For he did not remember to show kindness, but pursued the poor and needy and the brokenhearted to their death.
Psm109:17 He loved to curse; let curses come on him. He did not like blessing; may it be far from him.
Psm109:18 He clothed himself with cursing as his coat, may it soak into his body like water, like oil into his bones.
Psm109:19 May it be like a garment that he wraps around himself, like a belt that he wears every day."
Psm109:20 May that be the reward of my accusers from the LORD, of those who speak evil against my life.
Psm109:21 But you, O LORD my Lord, act on my behalf for your name's sake; because your steadfast love is good, deliver me.
Psm109:22 For I am poor and needy, and my heart is pierced within me.
Psm109:23 I am gone like a shadow at evening; I am shaken off like a locust.
Psm109:24 My knees are weak through fasting; my body has become gaunt.
Psm109:25 I am an object of scorn to my accusers; when they see me, they shake their heads.
Psm109:26 Help me, O LORD my God! Save me according to your steadfast love.
Psm109:27 Let them know that this is your hand; you, O LORD, have done it.
Psm109:28 Let them curse, but you will bless. Let my assailants be put to shame; may your servant be glad.
Psm109:29 May my accusers be clothed with dishonor; may they be wrapped in their own shame as in a mantle.
Psm109:30 With my mouth I will give great thanks to the LORD; I will praise him in the midst of the throng.
Psm109:31 For he stands at the right hand of the needy, to save them from those who would condemn them to death.