Psalms 109

^{Psalms 109:1} O God of my praise, be not silent.

^{Psalms 109:2} For wicked and deceitful mouths open against me; they speak against me with lying tongues.

^{Psalms 109:3} They surround me with hateful words and attack me without cause.

^{Psalms 109:4} In return for my love they accuse me, but I am a man of prayer.

^{Psalms 109:5} They repay me evil for good, and hatred for my love.

^{Psalms 109:6} Set over him a wicked man; let an accuser stand at his right hand.

^{Psalms 109:7} When he is tried, let him be found guilty, and may his prayer be regarded as sin.

^{Psalms 109:8} May his days be few; may another take his position.

^{Psalms 109:9} May his children be fatherless and his wife a widow.

^{Psalms 109:10} May his children wander as beggars, seeking sustenance far from their ruined homes.

^{Psalms 109:11} May the creditor seize all he owns, and strangers plunder the fruits of his labor.

^{Psalms 109:12} May there be no one to extend kindness to him, and no one to favor his fatherless children.

^{Psalms 109:13} May his descendants be cut off; may their name be blotted out from the next generation.

^{Psalms 109:14} May the iniquity of his fathers be remembered before the LORD, and the sin of his mother never be blotted out.

^{Psalms 109:15} May their sins always remain before the LORD, that He may cut off their memory from the earth.

^{Psalms 109:16} For he never thought to show kindness, but pursued the poor and needy and brokenhearted, even to their death.

^{Psalms 109:17} 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} 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} May it be like a robe wrapped about him, like a belt tied forever around him.

^{Psalms 109:20} May this be the LORD’s reward to my accusers, to those who speak evil against me.

^{Psalms 109:21} 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} For I am poor and needy; my heart is wounded within me.

^{Psalms 109:23} I am fading away like a lengthening shadow; I am shaken off like a locust.

^{Psalms 109:24} My knees are weak from fasting, and my body grows lean and gaunt.

^{Psalms 109:25} I am an object of scorn to my accusers; when they see me, they shake their heads.

^{Psalms 109:26} Help me, O LORD my God; save me according to Your loving devotion.

^{Psalms 109:27} Let them know that this is Your hand, that You, O LORD, have done it.

^{Psalms 109:28} Though they curse, You will bless. When they rise up, they will be put to shame, but Your servant will rejoice.

^{Psalms 109:29} May my accusers be clothed with disgrace; may they wear their shame like a robe.

^{Psalms 109:30} With my mouth I will thank the LORD profusely; I will praise Him in the presence of many.

^{Psalms 109:31} For He stands at the right hand of the needy one, to save him from the condemners of his soul.