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Psalms 109

Holman Christian Standard Bible, 2009 (HCSB)

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¹ God of my praise, do not be silent. ⓐ

² For wicked and deceitful mouths open against me; they speak against me with lying tongues. ⓑ

³ They surround me with hateful words and attack me without cause. ⓒ

⁴ In return for my love they accuse me, but I continue to pray. [1] ⓓ

⁵ They repay me evil for good, and hatred for my love. ⓔ

⁶ Set a wicked person over him; let an accuser [2] stand at his right hand. ⓕ

⁷ When he is judged, let him be found guilty, and let his prayer be counted as sin. ⓖ

⁸ Let his days be few; let another take over his position. ⓗ

⁹ Let his children be fatherless and his wife a widow. ⓘ

¹⁰ Let his children wander as beggars, searching for food far [3] from their demolished homes. ⓙ

¹¹ Let a creditor seize all he has; let strangers plunder what he has worked for. ⓚ

¹² Let no one show him kindness, and let no one be gracious to his fatherless children. ⓛ

¹³ Let the line of his descendants be cut off; let their name be blotted out in the next generation. ⓜ

¹⁴ Let his ancestors’ guilt be remembered before the LORD, ⓝ and do not let his mother’s sin be blotted out. ⓞ

¹⁵ Let their sins [4] always remain before the LORD, and let Him erase [5] all memory of them from the earth. ⓟ

¹⁶ For he did not think to show kindness, but pursued the afflicted, poor, and brokenhearted in order to put them to death. ⓠ

¹⁷ He loved cursing — let it fall on him; he took no delight in blessing — let it be far from him. ⓡ

¹⁸ He wore cursing like his coat — let it enter his body like water and go into his bones like oil. ⓢ

¹⁹ Let it be like a robe he wraps around himself, like a belt he always wears. ⓣ

²⁰ Let this be the LORD’s payment to my accusers, to those who speak evil against me. ⓤ

²¹ But You, Yahweh my Lord, deal kindly with me because of Your name; ⓥ deliver me because of the goodness of Your faithful love. ⓦ

²² For I am afflicted and needy; ⓧ my heart is wounded within me. ⓨ

²³ I fade away like a lengthening shadow; ⓩ I am shaken off like a locust.

²⁴ My knees are weak from fasting, and my body is emaciated. [6] ⓐ

²⁵ I have become an object of ridicule to my accusers; [7] when they see me, they shake their heads in scorn. ⓑ

²⁷ so they may know that this is Your hand and that You, LORD, have done it. ⓓ

²⁸ Though they curse, You will bless. When they rise up, they will be put to shame, but Your servant will rejoice. ⓔ

²⁹ My accusers will be clothed with disgrace; they will wear their shame like a cloak. ⓕ

³⁰ I will fervently thank the LORD with my mouth; I will praise Him in the presence of many. ⓖ

³¹ For He stands at the right hand of the needy to save him from those who would condemn him. ⓗ

#	HCSB
1	God of my praise, do not be silent. ⓐ
2	For wicked and deceitful mouths open against me; they speak against me with lying tongues. ⓑ
3	They surround me with hateful words and attack me without cause. ⓒ
4	In return for my love they accuse me, but I continue to pray. [1] ⓓ
5	They repay me evil for good, and hatred for my love. ⓔ
6	Set a wicked person over him; let an accuser [2] stand at his right hand. ⓕ
7	When he is judged, let him be found guilty, and let his prayer be counted as sin. ⓖ
8	Let his days be few; let another take over his position. ⓗ
9	Let his children be fatherless and his wife a widow. ⓘ
10	Let his children wander as beggars, searching for food far [3] from their demolished homes. ⓙ
11	Let a creditor seize all he has; let strangers plunder what he has worked for. ⓚ
12	Let no one show him kindness, and let no one be gracious to his fatherless children. ⓛ
13	Let the line of his descendants be cut off; let their name be blotted out in the next generation. ⓜ
14	Let his ancestors’ guilt be remembered before the LORD, ⓝ and do not let his mother’s sin be blotted out. ⓞ
15	Let their sins [4] always remain before the LORD, and let Him erase [5] all memory of them from the earth. ⓟ
16	For he did not think to show kindness, but pursued the afflicted, poor, and brokenhearted in order to put them to death. ⓠ
17	He loved cursing — let it fall on him; he took no delight in blessing — let it be far from him. ⓡ
18	He wore cursing like his coat — let it enter his body like water and go into his bones like oil. ⓢ
19	Let it be like a robe he wraps around himself, like a belt he always wears. ⓣ
20	Let this be the LORD’s payment to my accusers, to those who speak evil against me. ⓤ
21	But You, Yahweh my Lord, deal kindly with me because of Your name; ⓥ deliver me because of the goodness of Your faithful love. ⓦ
22	For I am afflicted and needy; ⓧ my heart is wounded within me. ⓨ
23	I fade away like a lengthening shadow; ⓩ I am shaken off like a locust.
24	My knees are weak from fasting, and my body is emaciated. [6] ⓐ
25	I have become an object of ridicule to my accusers; [7] when they see me, they shake their heads in scorn. ⓑ
26	Help me, LORD my God; save me according to Your faithful love ⓒ
27	so they may know that this is Your hand and that You, LORD, have done it. ⓓ
28	Though they curse, You will bless. When they rise up, they will be put to shame, but Your servant will rejoice. ⓔ
29	My accusers will be clothed with disgrace; they will wear their shame like a cloak. ⓕ
30	I will fervently thank the LORD with my mouth; I will praise Him in the presence of many. ⓖ
31	For He stands at the right hand of the needy to save him from those who would condemn him. ⓗ

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^{Psalms 109:10 [194]} Septuagint; Hebrew sought

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