Psalm 109:6-19
English Standard Version
6 (A)Appoint a wicked man (B)against him;
let an accuser stand (C)at his right hand.
7 When he is tried, let him come forth guilty;
let his (D)prayer be counted as sin!
8 May his (E)days be few;
may (F)another take his (G)office!
9 May his (H)children be fatherless
and his wife a widow!
10 May his children (I)wander about and beg,
(J)seeking food far from the ruins they inhabit!
11 May (K)the creditor seize all that he has;
may (L)strangers plunder the fruits of his toil!
12 Let there be none to (M)extend kindness to him,
nor any to (N)pity his fatherless children!
13 May his (O)posterity be cut off;
may his (P)name be blotted out in the second generation!
14 May (Q)the iniquity of his fathers be remembered before the Lord,
and let not the sin of his mother be (R)blotted out!
15 (S)Let them be before the Lord continually,
that he may (T)cut off the memory of them from the earth!
16 For he did not remember to show kindness,
but pursued (U)the poor and needy
and (V)the brokenhearted, to put them to death.
17 (W)He loved to curse; let curses come[a] upon him!
He did not delight in blessing; may it be far[b] from him!
18 He (X)clothed himself with cursing as his coat;
may it (Y)soak[c] into his body like water,
like oil into his bones!
19 May it be like a garment that he wraps around him,
like a belt that he puts on every day!
Footnotes
- Psalm 109:17 Revocalization; Masoretic Text curses have come
- Psalm 109:17 Revocalization; Masoretic Text it is far
- Psalm 109:18 Revocalization; Masoretic Text it has soaked
Psalm 109:6-19
King James Version
6 Set thou a wicked man over him: and let Satan stand at his right hand.
7 When he shall be judged, let him be condemned: and let his prayer become sin.
8 Let his days be few; and let another take his office.
9 Let his children be fatherless, and his wife a widow.
10 Let his children be continually vagabonds, and beg: let them seek their bread also out of their desolate places.
11 Let the extortioner catch all that he hath; and let the strangers spoil his labour.
12 Let there be none to extend mercy unto him: neither let there be any to favour his fatherless children.
13 Let his posterity be cut off; and in the generation following let their name be blotted out.
14 Let the iniquity of his fathers be remembered with the Lord; and let not the sin of his mother be blotted out.
15 Let them be before the Lord continually, that he may cut off the memory of them from the earth.
16 Because that he remembered not to shew mercy, but persecuted the poor and needy man, that he might even slay the broken in heart.
17 As he loved cursing, so let it come unto him: as he delighted not in blessing, so let it be far from him.
18 As 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.
19 Let it be unto him as the garment which covereth him, and for a girdle wherewith he is girded continually.
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