Psalms 109
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PSALM 109
Common Meter: 8,6,8,6
To the chief Musician,
A Psalm of David.
1O thou the God of all my praise,
do thou not hold thy peace;
2For mouths of wicked men to speak
against me do not cease:
The mouths of vile deceitful men
against me open'd be;
And with a false and lying tongue
they have accused me.
3They did beset me round about
with words of hateful spight:
And though to them no cause I gave,
against me they did fight.
4They for my love became my foes,
but I me set to pray.
5Evil for good, hatred for love,
to me they did repay.
6Set thou the wicked over him;
and upon his right hand
Give thou his greatest enemy,
ev'n Satan, leave to stand.
7And when by thee he shall be judg'd,
let him condemned be;
And let his pray'r be turn'd to sin,
when he shall call on thee.
8Few be his days, and in his room
his charge another take.
9His children let be fatherless,
his wife a widow make.
10His children let be vagabonds,
and beg continually;
And from their places desolate
seek bread for their supply.
11Let covetous extortioners
catch all he hath away:
Of all for which he labour'd hath
let strangers make a prey.
12Let there be none to pity him,
let there be none at all
That on his children fatherless
will let his mercy fall.
13Let his posterity from earth
cut off for ever be,
And in the foll'wing age their name
be blotted out by thee.
14Let God his father's wickedness
still to remembrance call;
And never let his mother's sin
be blotted out at all.
15But let them all before the Lord
appear continually,
That he may wholly from the earth
cut off their memory.
16Because he mercy minded not,
but persecuted still
The poor and needy, that he might
the broken-hearted kill.
17As he in cursing pleasure took,
so let it to him fall;
As he delighted not to bless,
so bless him not at all.
18As cursing he like clothes put on,
into his bowels so,
Like water, and into his bones,
like oil, down let it go.
19Like to the garment let it be
which doth himself array,
And for a girdle, wherewith he
is girt about alway.
20From God let this be their reward
that en'mies are to me,
And their reward that speak against
my soul maliciously.
21But do thou, for thine own name's sake,
O God the Lord, for me:
Sith good and sweet thy mercy is,
from trouble set me free.
22For I am poor and indigent,
afflicted sore am I,
My heart within me also is
wounded exceedingly.
23I pass like a declining shade,
am like the locust tost:
24My knees through fasting weaken'd are,
my flesh hath fatness lost.
25I also am a vile reproach
unto them made to be;
And they that did upon me look
did shake their heads at me.
26O do thou help and succour me,
who art my God and Lord:
And, for thy tender mercy's sake,
safety to me afford:
27That thereby they may know that this
is thy almighty hand;
And that thou, Lord, hast done the same,
they may well understand.
28Although they curse with spite, yet, Lord,
bless thou with loving voice:
Let them asham'd be when they rise;
thy servant let rejoice.
29Let thou mine adversaries all
with shame be clothed over;
And let their own confusion
them, as a mantle, cover.
30But as for me, I with my mouth
will greatly praise the Lord;
And I among the multitude
his praises will record.
31For he shall stand at his right hand
who is in poverty,
To save him from all those that would
condemn his soul to die.
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Psalms 109
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1To him that excelleth. A Psalme of David. Holde not thy tongue, O God of my praise. 2For the mouth of the wicked, and the mouth full of deceite are opened vpon me: they haue spoken to me with a lying tongue. 3They compassed me about also with words of hatred, and fought against me without a cause. 4For my friendship they were mine aduersaries, but I gaue my selfe to praier. 5And they haue rewarded me euil for good, and hatred for my friendship. 6Set thou the wicked ouer him, and let the aduersarie stand at his right hand. 7Whe he shalbe iudged, let him be condemned, and let his praier be turned into sinne. 8Let his daies be fewe, and let another take his charge. 9Let his children be fatherlesse, and his wife a widowe. 10Let his children be vagabonds and beg and seeke bread, comming out of their places destroyed. 11Let the extortioner catch al that he hath, and let the strangers spoile his labour. 12Let there be none to extend mercie vnto him: neither let there be any to shewe mercie vpon his fatherlesse children. 13Let his posteritie be destroied, and in the generation following let their name be put out. 14Let the iniquitie of his fathers bee had in remembrance with the Lord: and let not the sinne of his mother be done away. 15But let them alway be before the Lord, that he may cut off their memorial from ye earth. 16Because he remembred not to shew mercie, but persecuted the afflicted and poore man, and the sorowfull hearted to slay him. 17As he loued cursing, so shall it come vnto him, and as he loued not blessing, so shall it be farre from him. 18As he clothed himselfe with cursing like a rayment, so shall it come into his bowels like water, and like oyle into his bones. 19Let it be vnto him as a garment to couer him, and for a girdle, wherewith he shalbe alway girded. 20Let this be the rewarde of mine aduersarie from the Lord, and of them, that speake euill against my soule. 21But thou, O Lord my God, deale with me according vnto thy Name: deliuer me, (for thy mercie is good) 22Because I am poore and needie, and mine heart is wounded within me. 23I depart like the shadowe that declineth, and am shaken off as the grashopper. 24My knees are weake through fasting, and my flesh hath lost all fatnes. 25I became also a rebuke vnto them: they that looked vpon me, shaked their heads. 26Helpe me, O Lord my God: saue me according to thy mercie. 27And they shall know, that this is thine hand, and that thou, Lord, hast done it. 28Though they curse, yet thou wilt blesse: they shall arise and be confounded, but thy seruant shall reioyce. 29Let mine aduersaries be clothed with shame, and let them couer themselues with their confusion, as with a cloke. 30I will giue thankes vnto the Lord greatly with my mouth and praise him among ye multitude. 31For he will stand at the right hand of the poore, to saue him from them that woulde condemne his soule.
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