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Psalms 109:1-31 — A Prayer Against Enemies

Ps.109.1-31

¹For the Choirmaster. Of David. A Psalm. O God of my praise , do not keep silent. ²For the mouth of the wicked and the mouth of deceit have opened against me; they have spoken against me with a lying tongue. ³They have surrounded me with words of hatred and fought against me without cause. ⁴In return for my love they oppose me, but I give myself to prayer . ⁵They repay me evil for good, and hatred for my love. ⁶Appoint a wicked man against him, and let an accuser stand at his right hand. ⁷When he is judged, let him come out guilty, and let his prayer become sin. ⁸Let his days be few; let another take his office. ⁹Let his children be fatherless and his wife a widow. ¹⁰Let his children wander about and beg, seeking food away from their ruins. ¹¹Let the creditor seize all that he has, and let strangers plunder the fruit of his labor. ¹²Let there be no one to extend steadfast love to him, and no one to show favor to his fatherless children. ¹³Let his posterity be cut off; in the next generation let their name be blotted out. ¹⁴Let the iniquity of his fathers be remembered before Yahweh, and let not the sin of his mother be blotted out. ¹⁵Let them be before Yahweh continually, that he may cut off their memory from the earth. ¹⁶Because he did not remember to show steadfast love, but pursued the poor and needy and the brokenhearted, to put them to death. ¹⁷He loved cursing, so let it come upon him; he did not delight in blessing, so let it be far from him. ¹⁸He clothed himself with cursing as his garment; let it enter into his inner parts like water, and like oil into his bones. ¹⁹Let it be for him like a garment he wraps around himself, and like a belt he always wears. ²⁰This is the reward from Yahweh of my accusers, of those who speak evil against my life. ²¹But you, O Yahweh my Lord, deal with me for your name’s sake; because your steadfast love is good, deliver me. ²²For I am poor and needy, and my heart is wounded within me. ²³I pass away like a shadow when it lengthens; I am shaken off like a locust. ²⁴My knees are weak from fasting, and my flesh has grown lean, without fat. ²⁵I have become a reproach to them; when they see me, they shake their heads. ²⁶Help me, Yahweh my God; save me according to your steadfast love. ²⁷Let them know that this is your hand; you, Yahweh, have done it. ²⁸Let them curse, but you bless. They rise and are put to shame, but your servant rejoices. ²⁹Let my accusers be clothed with dishonor; let them wrap themselves in their shame as in a robe. ³⁰I will give great thanks to Yahweh with my mouth; in the midst of many I will praise him. ³¹For he stands at the right hand of the needy, to save him from those who judge his life.

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4/11/2026

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