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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Psalm 109
109
A Cry for Vengeance
To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David.
1Hold not thy peace, O God of my praise;
2for the mouth of the wicked and the mouth of the deceitful are opened against me:
they have spoken against me with a lying tongue.
3They compassed me about also with words of hatred;
and fought against me without a cause.
4For my love they are my adversaries:
but I give myself unto prayer.
5And they have rewarded me evil for good,
and hatred for my love.
6Set thou a wicked man over him:
and let Satan#109.6 Satan or an adversary. stand at his right hand.
7When he shall be judged, let him be condemned:
and let his prayer become sin.
8 #
Acts 1.20. Let his days be few;
and let another take his office.
9Let his children be fatherless,
and his wife a widow.
10Let his children be continually vagabonds, and beg:
let them seek their bread also out of their desolate places.
11Let the extortioner catch all that he hath;
and let the strangers spoil his labor.
12Let there be none to extend mercy unto him:
neither let there be any to favor his fatherless children.
13Let his posterity be cut off;
and in the generation following let their name be blotted out.
14Let the iniquity of his fathers be remembered with the Lord;
and let not the sin of his mother be blotted out.
15Let them be before the Lord continually,
that he may cut off the memory of them from the earth.
16Because that he remembered not to show mercy,
but persecuted the poor and needy man,
that he might even slay the broken in heart.
17As he loved cursing,
so let it come unto him:
as he delighted not in blessing,
so let it be far from him.
18As he clothed himself with cursing like as with his garment,
so let it come into his bowels like water,
and like oil into his bones.
19Let it be unto him as the garment which covereth him,
and for a girdle wherewith he is girded continually.
20 Let this be the reward of mine adversaries from the Lord,
and of them that speak evil against my soul.
21But do thou for me, O God the Lord, for thy name's sake:
because thy mercy is good, deliver thou me.
22For I am poor and needy,
and my heart is wounded within me.
23I am gone like the shadow when it declineth:
I am tossed up and down as the locust.
24My knees are weak through fasting;
and my flesh faileth of fatness.
25 #
Matt 27.39; Mark 15.29. I became also a reproach unto them:
when they looked upon me they shook their heads.
26Help me, O Lord my God:
O save me according to thy mercy:
27that they may know that this is thy hand;
that thou, Lord, hast done it.
28Let them curse, but bless thou:
when they arise, let them be ashamed;
but let thy servant rejoice.
29Let mine adversaries be clothed with shame;
and let them cover themselves with their own confusion, as with a mantle.
30I will greatly praise the Lord with my mouth;
yea, I will praise him among the multitude.
31For he shall stand at the right hand of the poor,
to save him from those that condemn his soul.
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