Psalm 109

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1 (108-1) ^^ To the chief of the choir. A psalm of David. ^^ My God of praise! Do not hold back,
2 For the mouth of the wicked is opened, and the mouth of the deceitful. They speak with me a lying tongue;
3 (108-3) surround me with words of hatred everywhere, arm themselves against me for no reason;
4 (108-4) They are envious of me for my love, but I pray;
5 (108-5) They give me evil for good, and hatred for my love.

6th (108-6) Set the wicked over him, and the devil be at his right hand.
7th (108-7) When he is judged, let him be guilty, and let his prayer be in sin;
8 (108-8) Let his days be short, and let his dignity take another;
9 His children shall be orphans, and his wife a widow;
10 (108-10) Let his children be wandering and begging, and ask [for bread] from their ruins;
eleven (108-11) Let the lender seize all that he has, and let others spoil his labor;
12 (108-12) Let no one who has compassion on him, let there be no merciful orphans;
13 (108-13) Let his seed be destroyed, and let their name be blotted out in the next generation;
14 (108-14) Let the iniquity of his fathers be remembered before the Lord, and let his mother's sin be not blotted out;
15 (108-15) Let them always be in the sight of the Lord, and let them destroy his memory on the earth,
16 (108-16) because he did not think to show mercy, but pursued the man of the poor and needy and contrite in heart to slay him;
17th He loved the curse, - and it will come on him; He did not want blessings, but it will depart from him;
18 (108-18) Let him be clothed with a curse like a garment, and let it come in like water into his bowels, and, like oil, into his bones;
19 (108-19) Let it be to him, as the garment in which he is dressed, and as a belt, which is always girded.
20 (108-20) This is the recompense from the Lord to my enemies and who speak evil against my soul!

21 [108-21] With me, O LORD, Lord, do for Thy name, for Thy mercy is good; save me,
22 (108-22) For I am poor and needy, and my heart is hurt in me.
23 (108-23) I disappear, like an evading shadow; They drive me like locusts.
24 My knees were weak from fasting, and my body was cut off from fatness.
25 (108-25) I became to them a mockery: they saw me and nodded their heads.
26th Help me, O Lord my God, save me through thy mercy,
27th (108-27) Let them know that this is Your hand, and that You, Lord, have done this.
28 (108-28) They curse, but You bless; They rise up, but be ashamed; Thy servant rejoice.
29 (108-29) Let my enemies be clothed with disgrace, and be covered with shame as a garment.
thirty (108-30) And I will loudly praise the Lord with my mouth, and among the multitude to glorify Him,
31 (108-31) For he stands at the right hand of the poor, to save him from those who judge his soul.

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