Psalms 109
New International Version - Psalms 109 << | >> 123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930313233343536373839404142434445464748495051525354555657585960616263646566676869707172737475767778798081828384858687888990919293949596979899100101102103104105106107108109110111112113114115116117118119120121122123124125126127128129130131132133134135136137138139140141142143144145146147148149150 109:1 O God, whom I praise, do not remain silent, 109:2 for wicked and deceitful men have opened their mouths against me; they have spoken against me with lying tongues. 109:3 With words of hatred they surround me; they attack me without cause. 109:4 In return for my friendship they accuse me, but I am a man of prayer. 109:5 They repay me evil for good, and hatred for my friendship. 109:6 Appoint an evil man to oppose him; let an accuser stand at his right hand. 109:7 When he is tried, let him be found guilty, and may his prayers condemn him. 109:8 May his days be few; may another take his place of leadership. 109:9 May his children be fatherless and his wife a widow. 109:10 May his children be wandering beggars; may they be driven from their ruined homes. 109:11 May a creditor seize all he has; may strangers plunder the fruits of his labor. 109:12 May no one extend kindness to him or take pity on his fatherless children. 109:13 May his descendants be cut off, their names blotted out from the next generation. 109:14 May the iniquity of his fathers be remembered before the Lord ; may the sin of his mother never be blotted out. 109:15 May their sins always remain before the Lord , that he may cut off the memory of them from the earth. 109:16 For he never thought of doing a kindness, but hounded to death the poor and the needy and the brokenhearted. 109:17 He loved to pronounce a curse- may it come on him; he found no pleasure in blessing- may it be far from him. 109:18 He wore cursing as his garment; it entered into his body like water, into his bones like oil. 109:19 May it be like a cloak wrapped about him, like a belt tied forever around him. 109:20 May this be the Lord 's payment to my accusers, to those who speak evil of me. 109:21 But you, O Sovereign Lord , deal well with me for your name's sake; out of the goodness of your love, deliver me. 109:22 For I am poor and needy, and my heart is wounded within me. 109:23 I fade away like an evening shadow; I am shaken off like a locust. 109:24 My knees give way from fasting; my body is thin and gaunt. 109:25 I am an object of scorn to my accusers; when they see me, they shake their heads. 109:26 Help me, O Lord my God; save me in accordance with your love. 109:27 Let them know that it is your hand, that you, O Lord , have done it. 109:28 They may curse, but you will bless; when they attack they will be put to shame, but your servant will rejoice. 109:29 My accusers will be clothed with disgrace and wrapped in shame as in a cloak. 109:30 With my mouth I will greatly extol the Lord ; in the great throng I will praise him. 109:31 For he stands at the right hand of the needy one, to save his life from those who condemn him.