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2.7 KiB
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65 lines
2.7 KiB
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# Chapter 109
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1 Be not silent, O God of my praise!
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2 For wicked and deceitful mouths are opened against me,
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speaking against me with lying tongues.
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3 They encircle me with words of hate,
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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 give myself to prayer.
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5 So they reward me evil for good,
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and hatred for my love.
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6 Appoint a wicked man against him;
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let an accuser stand at his right hand.
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7 When he is tried, let him come forth guilty;
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let his prayer be counted as sin!
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8 May his days be few;
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may another take his office!
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9 May his children be fatherless
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and his wife a widow!
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10 May his children wander about and beg,
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seeking food far from the ruins they inhabit!
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11 May the creditor seize all that he has;
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may strangers plunder the fruits of his toil!
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12 Let there be none to extend kindness to him,
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nor any to pity his fatherless children!
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13 May his posterity be cut off;
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may his name be blotted out in the second generation!
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14 May the iniquity of his fathers be remembered before the Lord,
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and let not the sin of his mother be blotted out!
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15 Let them be before the Lord continually,
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that he may cut off the memory of them from the earth!
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16 For he did not remember to show kindness,
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but pursued the poor and needy
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and the brokenhearted, to put them to death.
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17 He loved to curse; let curses come upon him!
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He did not delight in blessing; may it be far from him!
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18 He clothed himself with cursing as his coat;
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may it soak into his body like water,
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like oil into his bones!
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19 May it be like a garment that he wraps around him,
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like a belt that he puts on every day!
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20 May this be the reward of my accusers from the Lord,
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of those who speak evil against my life!
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21 But you, O God my Lord,
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deal on my behalf for your name's sake;
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because your steadfast love is good, deliver me!
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22 For I am poor and needy,
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and my heart is stricken within me.
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23 I am gone like a shadow at evening;
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I am shaken off like a locust.
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24 My knees are weak through fasting;
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my body has become gaunt, with no fat.
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25 I am an object of scorn to my accusers;
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when they see me, they wag their heads.
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26 Help me, O Lord my God!
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Save me according to your steadfast love!
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27 Let them know that this is your hand;
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you, O Lord, have done it!
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28 Let them curse, but you will bless!
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They arise and are put to shame, but your servant will be glad!
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29 May my accusers be clothed with dishonor;
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may they be wrapped in their own shame as in a cloak!
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30 With my mouth I will give great thanks to the Lord;
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I will praise him in the midst of the throng.
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31 For he stands at the right hand of the needy one,
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to save him from those who condemn his soul to death. |