Psalms 109:1–15 · BSB
109:1
For the choirmaster. A Psalm of David. O God of my praise, be not silent.
109:2
For wicked and deceitful mouths open against me; they speak against me with lying tongues.
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109:3
They surround me with hateful words and attack me without cause.
109:4
In return for my love they accuse me, but I am a man of prayer.
109:5
They repay me evil for good, and hatred for my love.
109:6
Set over him a wicked man; let an accuser stand at his right hand.
109:7
When he is tried, let him be found guilty, and may his prayer be regarded as sin.
109:8
May his days be few; may another take his position.
109:9
May his children be fatherless and his wife a widow.
109:10
May his children wander as beggars, seeking sustenance far from their ruined homes.
109:11
May the creditor seize all he owns, and strangers plunder the fruits of his labor.
109:12
May there be no one to extend kindness to him, and no one to favor his fatherless children.
109:13
May his descendants be cut off; may their name be blotted out from the next generation.
109:14
May the iniquity of his fathers be remembered before the LORD, and the sin of his mother never be blotted out.
109:15
May their sins always remain before the LORD, that He may cut off their memory from the earth.
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