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67 lines
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# Chapter 109
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1 God of my praise, do not be silent.
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2 For wicked and deceitful mouths open against me;
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they speak against me with lying tongues.
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3 They surround me with hateful words
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and attack me without cause.
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4 In return for my love they accuse me,
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but I continue to pray.
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5 They repay me evil for good,
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and hatred for my love.
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6 Set a wicked person over him;
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let an accuser stand at his right hand.
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7 When he is judged, let him be found guilty,
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and let his prayer be counted as sin.
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8 Let his days be few;
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let another take over his position.
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9 Let his children be fatherless
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and his wife a widow.
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10 Let his children wander as beggars,
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searching for food far from their demolished homes.
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11 Let a creditor seize all he has;
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let strangers plunder what he has worked for.
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12 Let no one show him kindness,
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and let no one be gracious to his fatherless children.
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13 Let the line of his descendants be cut off;
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let their name be blotted out in the next generation.
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14 Let the iniquity of his fathers
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be remembered before the Lord,
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and do not let his mother’s sin be blotted out.
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15 Let their sins always remain before the Lord,
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and let him remove all memory of them from the earth.
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16 For he did not think to show kindness,
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but pursued the suffering, needy, and brokenhearted
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in order to put them to death.
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17 He loved cursing—let it fall on him;
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he took no delight in blessing—let it be far from him.
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18 He wore cursing like his coat—
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let it enter his body like water
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and go into his bones like oil.
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19 Let it be like a robe he wraps around himself,
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like a belt he always wears.
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20 Let this be the Lord’s payment to my accusers,
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to those who speak evil against me.
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21 But you, Lord, my Lord,
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deal kindly with me for your name’s sake;
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because your faithful love is good, rescue me.
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22 For I am suffering and needy;
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my heart is wounded within me.
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23 I fade away like a lengthening shadow;
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I am shaken off like a locust.
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24 My knees are weak from fasting,
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and my body is emaciated.
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25 I have become an object of ridicule to my accusers;
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when they see me, they shake their heads in scorn.
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26 Help me, Lord my God;
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save me according to your faithful love
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27 so they may know that this is your hand
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and that you, Lord, have done it.
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28 Though they curse, you will bless.
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When they rise up, they will be put to shame,
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but your servant will rejoice.
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29 My accusers will be clothed with disgrace;
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they will wear their shame like a cloak.
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30 I will fervently thank the Lord with my mouth;
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I will praise him in the presence of many.
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31 For he stands at the right hand of the needy
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to save him from those who would condemn him. |