Psalm 109 — Legacy Standard Bible

O God, Do Not Be Silent

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For the choir director. Of David. A Psalm.

O ^aGod of my praise,^bDo not be silent!²For they have opened a wicked mouth and a ^adeceitful mouth against me;They have spoken to me with a ^blying tongue.³They have also surrounded me with words of hatred,And fought against me ^awithout cause.⁴In return ^afor my love they accuse me;But ^bI am in prayer.⁵Thus they have ^aset upon me evil for goodAnd ^bhatred for my love.⁶Appoint a wicked man over him,And let an ¹^,^aaccuser stand at his right hand.⁷When he is judged, let him ^acome forth a wicked man,And let his ^bprayer become sin.⁸Let ^ahis days be few;Let ^banother take his office.⁹Let his ^asons be orphansAnd his ^bwife a widow.¹⁰Let his ^asons wander aimlessly and beg;And let them ^bsearch for food ¹from their ruined homes.¹¹Let ^athe creditor ¹seize all that he has,And let ^bstrangers plunder the fruit of his labor.¹²Let there be none to ¹^,^aextend lovingkindness to him,And ^blet there be none to be gracious to his orphans.¹³Let those who ^afollow him be ¹cut off;In a following generation let their ^bname be blotted out.¹⁴Let ^athe iniquity of his fathers be remembered ¹before Yahweh,And let not the sin of his mother be ^bblotted out.¹⁵Let ^athem be before Yahweh continually,That He may ^bcut off their memory from the earth;¹⁶Because he did not remember to show lovingkindness,But persecuted the ^aafflicted, the needy man,And the ^bdisheartened to ^cput them to death.¹⁷He also loved cursing, so ^ait came to him;And he did not delight in blessing, so it was far from him.¹⁸But he ^aclothed himself with cursing as his garment,And it ^bcame into his inward parts like waterAnd like oil into his bones.¹⁹Let it be to him as ^aa garment with which he wraps himself,And for a belt with which he constantly ^bgirds himself.²⁰This is the ^areward of my accusers from Yahweh,And of those who ^bspeak evil against my soul.²¹But as for You, O Yahweh, O Lord, deal with me ^afor Your name’s sake;Because ^bYour lovingkindness is good, deliver me;²²For ^aI am afflicted and needy,And ¹my heart is ^bpierced within me.²³I am passing ^alike a shadow when it is stretched out;I am shaken off ^blike the locust.²⁴My ^aknees are feeble from ^bfasting,And my flesh has grown lean, without fatness.²⁵As for me, I have become a ^areproach to them;They see me, they ^bwag their head.²⁶^aHelp me, O Yahweh my God;Save me according to Your lovingkindness.²⁷¹And let them ^aknow that this is Your hand;You, O Yahweh, have done it.²⁸^aLet them curse, but You bless;They arise and will be put to shame,But Your ^bslave shall be glad.²⁹¹Let ^amy accusers be clothed with dishonor,And ²let them ^bwrap themselves with their own shame as with a robe.³⁰With my mouth I will give thanks abundantly to Yahweh;And in the midst of many ^aI will praise Him.³¹For He stands ^aat the right hand of the needy,To save him from those who ^bjudge his soul.