Psalms 109:1 (BSB)
For the choirmaster. A Psalm of David. O God of my praise, be not silent.

Psalms 109:2 (BSB)
For wicked and deceitful mouths open against me; they speak against me with lying tongues.

Psalms 109:3 (BSB)
They surround me with hateful words and attack me without cause.

Psalms 109:4 (BSB)
In return for my love they accuse me, but I am a man of prayer.

Psalms 109:5 (BSB)
They repay me evil for good, and hatred for my love.

Psalms 109:6 (BSB)
Set over him a wicked man; let an accuser stand at his right hand.

Psalms 109:7 (BSB)
When he is tried, let him be found guilty, and may his prayer be regarded as sin.

Psalms 109:8 (BSB)
May his days be few; may another take his position.

Psalms 109:9 (BSB)
May his children be fatherless and his wife a widow.

Psalms 109:10 (BSB)
May his children wander as beggars, seeking sustenance far from their ruined homes.

Psalms 109:11 (BSB)
May the creditor seize all he owns, and strangers plunder the fruits of his labor.

Psalms 109:12 (BSB)
May there be no one to extend kindness to him, and no one to favor his fatherless children.

Psalms 109:13 (BSB)
May his descendants be cut off; may their name be blotted out from the next generation.

Psalms 109:14 (BSB)
May the iniquity of his fathers be remembered before the LORD, and the sin of his mother never be blotted out.

Psalms 109:15 (BSB)
May their sins always remain before the LORD, that He may cut off their memory from the earth.

Psalms 109:16 (BSB)
For he never thought to show kindness, but pursued the poor and needy and brokenhearted, even to their death.

Psalms 109:17 (BSB)
The cursing that he loved, may it fall on him; the blessing in which he refused to delight, may it be far from him.

Psalms 109:18 (BSB)
The cursing that he wore like a coat, may it soak into his body like water, and into his bones like oil.

Psalms 109:19 (BSB)
May it be like a robe wrapped about him, like a belt tied forever around him.

Psalms 109:20 (BSB)
May this be the LORD’s reward to my accusers, to those who speak evil against me.

Psalms 109:21 (BSB)
But You, O GOD, the Lord, deal kindly with me for the sake of Your name; deliver me by the goodness of Your loving devotion.

Psalms 109:22 (BSB)
For I am poor and needy; my heart is wounded within me.

Psalms 109:23 (BSB)
I am fading away like a lengthening shadow; I am shaken off like a locust.

Psalms 109:24 (BSB)
My knees are weak from fasting, and my body grows lean and gaunt.

Psalms 109:25 (BSB)
I am an object of scorn to my accusers; when they see me, they shake their heads.

Psalms 109:26 (BSB)
Help me, O LORD my God; save me according to Your loving devotion.

Psalms 109:27 (BSB)
Let them know that this is Your hand, that You, O LORD, have done it.

Psalms 109:28 (BSB)
Though they curse, You will bless. When they rise up, they will be put to shame, but Your servant will rejoice.

Psalms 109:29 (BSB)
May my accusers be clothed with disgrace; may they wear their shame like a robe.

Psalms 109:30 (BSB)
With my mouth I will thank the LORD profusely; I will praise Him in the presence of many.

Psalms 109:31 (BSB)
For He stands at the right hand of the needy one, to save him from the condemners of his soul.
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