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109:1 O God of my praise, Do not be silent! 109:2 For they have opened the wicked and deceitful mouth against me; They have spoken against me with a lying tongue. 109:3 They have also surrounded me with words of hatred, And fought against me without cause. 109:4 In return for my love they act as my accusers; But I am in prayer. 109:5 Thus they have repaid me evil for good And hatred for my love. 109:6 Appoint a wicked man over him, And let an accuser stand at his right hand. 109:7 When he is judged, let him come forth guilty, And let his prayer become sin. 109:8 Let his days be few; Let another take his office. 109:9 Let his children be fatherless And his wife a widow. 109:10 Let his children wander about and beg; And let them seek sustenance far from their ruined homes. 109:11 Let the creditor seize all that he has, And let strangers plunder the product of his labor. 109:12 Let there be none to extend lovingkindness to him, Nor any to be gracious to his fatherless children. 109:13 Let his posterity be cut off; In a following generation let their name be blotted out. 109:14 Let the iniquity of his fathers be remembered before the Lord, And do not let the sin of his mother be blotted out. 109:15 Let them be before the Lord continually, That He may cut off their memory from the earth; 109:16 Because he did not remember to show lovingkindness, But persecuted the afflicted and needy man, And the despondent in heart, to put them to death. 109:17 He also loved cursing, so it came to him; And he did not delight in blessing, so it was far from him. 109:18 But he clothed himself with cursing as with his garment, And it entered into his body like water And like oil into his bones. 109:19 Let it be to him as a garment with which he covers himself, And for a belt with which he constantly girds himself. 109:20 Let this be the reward of my accusers from the Lord, And of those who speak evil against my soul. 109:21 But You, O God, the Lord, deal kindly with me for Your name's sake; Because Your lovingkindness is good, deliver me; 109:22 For I am afflicted and needy, And my heart is wounded within me. 109:23 I am passing like a shadow when it lengthens; I am shaken off like the locust. 109:24 My knees are weak from fasting, And my flesh has grown lean, without fatness. 109:25 I also have become a reproach to them; When they see me, they wag their head. 109:26 Help me, O Lord my God; Save me according to Your lovingkindness. 109:27 And let them know that this is Your hand; You, Lord, have done it. 109:28 Let them curse, but You bless; When they arise, they shall be ashamed, But Your servant shall be glad. 109:29 Let my accusers be clothed with dishonor, And let them cover themselves with their own shame as with a robe. 109:30 With my mouth I will give thanks abundantly to the Lord; And in the midst of many I will praise Him. 109:31 For He stands at the right hand of the needy, To save him from those who judge his soul.