# Psalm 109 To the choirmaster. A Psalm of David. 
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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, speaking against me with lying tongues. 
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3. They encircle me with words of hate, and attack me without cause. 
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4. In return for my love they accuse me, but I give myself to prayer. 
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5. So they reward me evil for good, and hatred for my love. 
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6. Appoint a wicked man against him; let an accuser stand at his right hand. 
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7. When he is tried, let him come forth guilty; let his prayer be counted as sin! 
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8. May his days be few; may another take his office! 
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9. May his children be fatherless and his wife a widow! 
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10. May his children wander about and beg, seeking food far from the ruins they inhabit! 
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11. May the creditor seize all that he has; may strangers plunder the fruits of his toil! 
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12. Let there be none to extend kindness to him, nor any to pity his fatherless children! 
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13. May his posterity be cut off; 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, and let not the sin of his mother be blotted out! 
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15. Let them be before the LORD continually, 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, but pursued the poor and needy and the brokenhearted, to put them to death. 
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17. He loved to curse; let curses come upon him! 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; may it soak into his body like water, like oil into his bones! 
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19. May it be like a garment that he wraps around him, 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, of those who speak evil against my life! 
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21. But you, O GOD my Lord, deal on my behalf for your name’s sake; because your steadfast love is good, deliver me! 
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22. For I am poor and needy, and my heart is stricken within me. 
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23. I am gone like a shadow at evening; I am shaken off like a locust. 
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24. My knees are weak through fasting; my body has become gaunt, with no fat. 
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25. I am an object of scorn to my accusers; when they see me, they wag their heads. 
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26. Help me, O LORD my God! Save me according to your steadfast love! 
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27. Let them know that this is your hand; you, O LORD, have done it! 
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28. Let them curse, but you will bless! 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; 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; 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, to save him from those who condemn his soul to death. 

(ESV)