Psalm 109:1-5

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Psalm 109

For the director of music. Of David. A psalm.

¹My God, whom I praise,^(A)
    do not remain silent,^(B)
²for people who are wicked and deceitful^(C)
    have opened their mouths against me;
    they have spoken against me with lying tongues.^(D)
³With words of hatred^(E) they surround me;
    they attack me without cause.^(F)
⁴In return for my friendship they accuse me,
    but I am a man of prayer.^(G)
⁵They repay me evil for good,^(H)
    and hatred for my friendship.

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Psalm 109:21-31

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²¹But you, Sovereign Lord,
    help me for your name’s sake;^(A)
    out of the goodness of your love,^(B) deliver me.^(C)
²²For I am poor and needy,
    and my heart is wounded within me.
²³I fade away like an evening shadow;^(D)
    I am shaken off like a locust.
²⁴My knees give^(E) way from fasting;^(F)
    my body is thin and gaunt.^(G)
²⁵I am an object of scorn^(H) to my accusers;
    when they see me, they shake their heads.^(I)

²⁶Help me,^(J) Lord my God;
    save me according to your unfailing love.
²⁷Let them know^(K) that it is your hand,
    that you, Lord, have done it.
²⁸While they curse,^(L) may you bless;
    may those who attack me be put to shame,
    but may your servant rejoice.^(M)
²⁹May my accusers be clothed with disgrace
    and wrapped in shame^(N) as in a cloak.

³⁰With my mouth I will greatly extol the Lord;
in the great throng^(O) of worshipers I will praise him.
³¹For he stands at the right hand^(P) of the needy,
to save their lives from those who would condemn them.