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Psalm 109 :: Legacy Standard Bible (LSB)

O God, Do Not Be Silent

Psa 109:1

For the choir director. Of David. A Psalm.

O God of my praise,

Do not be silent!

Psa 109:2

For they have opened a wicked mouth and a deceitful mouth against me;

They have spoken to me with a lying tongue.

Psa 109:3

They have also surrounded me with words of hatred,

And fought against me without cause.

Psa 109:4

In return for my love they accuse me;

But I am in prayer.

Psa 109:5

Thus they have set upon me evil for good

And hatred for my love.

Psa 109:6

Appoint a wicked man over him,

And let an [fn]accuser stand at his right hand.

Psa 109:7

When he is judged, let him come forth a wicked man,

And let his prayer become sin.

Psa 109:8

Let his days be few;

Let another take his office.

Psa 109:9

Let his sons be orphans

And his wife a widow.

Psa 109:10

Let his sons wander aimlessly and beg;

And let them search for food [fn]from their ruined homes.

Psa 109:11

Let the creditor [fn]seize all that he has,

And let strangers plunder the fruit of his labor.

Psa 109:12

Let there be none to [fn]extend lovingkindness to him,

And let there be none to be gracious to his orphans.

Psa 109:13

Let those who follow him be [fn]cut off;

In a following generation let their name be blotted out.

Psa 109:14

Let the iniquity of his fathers be remembered [fn]before Yahweh,

And let not the sin of his mother be blotted out.

Psa 109:15

Let them be before Yahweh continually,

That He may cut off their memory from the earth;

Psa 109:16

Because he did not remember to show lovingkindness,

But persecuted the afflicted, the needy man,

And the disheartened to put them to death.

Psa 109:17

He also loved cursing, so it came to him;

And he did not delight in blessing, so it was far from him.

Psa 109:18

But he clothed himself with cursing as his garment,

And it came into his inward parts like water

And like oil into his bones.

Psa 109:19

Let it be to him as a garment with which he wraps himself,

And for a belt with which he constantly girds himself.

Psa 109:20

This is the reward of my accusers from Yahweh,

And of those who speak evil against my soul.

Psa 109:21

But as for You, O Yahweh, O Lord, deal with me for Your name’s sake;

Because Your lovingkindness is good, deliver me;

Psa 109:22

For I am afflicted and needy,

And [fn]my heart is pierced within me.

Psa 109:23

I am passing like a shadow when it is stretched out;

I am shaken off like the locust.

Psa 109:24

My knees are feeble from fasting,

And my flesh has grown lean, without fatness.

Psa 109:25

As for me, I have become a reproach to them;

They see me, they wag their head.

Psa 109:26

Help me, O Yahweh my God;

Save me according to Your lovingkindness.

Psa 109:27

[fn]And let them know that this is Your hand;

You, O Yahweh, have done it.

Psa 109:28

Let them curse, but You bless;

They arise and will be put to shame,

But Your slave shall be glad.

Psa 109:29

[fn]Let my accusers be clothed with dishonor,

And [fn]let them wrap themselves with their own shame as with a robe.

Psa 109:30

With my mouth I will give thanks abundantly to Yahweh;

And in the midst of many I will praise Him.

Psa 109:31

For He stands at the right hand of the needy,

To save him from those who judge his soul.

LSB Footnotes
Or adversary, Satan
Or out of their waste places
Lit ensnare, strike at
Lit continue
Lit for cutting off
Lit to
Lit one has pierced my heart within me
Or That they may know
Or My accusers will be
Or they will cover
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