Psalms
Chapter 109
1 Hold not thy peace, O God of my praise; To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David.
2 For the mouth of the wicked and the mouth of the deceitful are opened against me: they have spoken against me with a lying tongue. To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David.
3 They compassed me about also with words of hatred; and fought against me without a cause. To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David.
4 For my love they are my adversaries: but I give myself unto prayer. To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David.
5 And they have rewarded me evil for good, and hatred for my love. To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David.
6 Set thou a wicked man over him: and let Satan stand at his right hand. To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David.
7 When he shall be judged, let him be condemned: and let his prayer become sin. To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David.
8 Let his days be few; and let another take his office. To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David.
9 Let his children be fatherless, and his wife a widow. To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David.
10 Let his children be continually vagabonds, and beg: let them seek their bread also out of their desolate places. To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David.
11 Let the extortioner catch all that he hath; and let the strangers spoil his labour. To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David.
12 Let there be none to extend mercy unto him: neither let there be any to favour his fatherless children. To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David.
13 Let his posterity be cut off; and in the generation following let their name be blotted out. To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David.
14 Let the iniquity of his fathers be remembered with the Lord; and let not the sin of his mother be blotted out. To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David.
15 Let them be before the Lord continually, that he may cut off the memory of them from the earth. To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David.
16 Because that he remembered not to shew mercy, but persecuted the poor and needy man, that he might even slay the broken in heart. To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David.
17 As he loved cursing, so let it come unto him: as he delighted not in blessing, so let it be far from him. To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David.
18 As he clothed himself with cursing like as with his garment, so let it come into his bowels like water, and like oil into his bones. To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David.
19 Let it be unto him as the garment which covereth him, and for a girdle wherewith he is girded continually. To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David.
20 Let this be the reward of mine adversaries from the Lord, and of them that speak evil against my soul. To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David.
21 But do thou for me, O God the Lord, for thy name’s sake: because thy mercy is good, deliver thou me. To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David.
22 For I am poor and needy, and my heart is wounded within me. To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David.
23 I am gone like the shadow when it declineth: I am tossed up and down as the locust. To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David.
24 My knees are weak through fasting; and my flesh faileth of fatness. To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David.
25 I became also a reproach unto them: when they looked upon me they shaked their heads. To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David.
26 Help me, O Lord my God: O save me according to thy mercy: To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David.
27 That they may know that this is thy hand; that thou, Lord, hast done it. To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David.
28 Let them curse, but bless thou: when they arise, let them be ashamed; but let thy servant rejoice. To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David.
29 Let mine adversaries be clothed with shame, and let them cover themselves with their own confusion, as with a mantle. To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David.
30 I will greatly praise the Lord with my mouth; yea, I will praise him among the multitude. To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David.
31 For he shall stand at the right hand of the poor, to save him from those that condemn his soul.