Vengeance Invoked upon Adversaries.

For the music director. A Psalm of David.

109 (A)God of my praise,
(B)Do not be silent!
For they have opened a [a]wicked and (C)deceitful mouth against me;
They have spoken [b]against me with a (D)lying tongue.
They have also surrounded me with words of hatred,
And have fought against me (E)without cause.

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 109:2 Lit wicked mouth and the deceitful
  2. Psalm 109:2 Lit with

Appoint a wicked person over him,
And may an [a](A)accuser stand at his right hand.
When he is judged, may he (B)come out guilty,
And may his (C)prayer become sin.
May (D)his days be few;
May (E)another take his office.
May his (F)children be fatherless,
And his (G)wife a widow.
10 May his (H)children wander about and beg;
And may they (I)seek sustenance [b]far from their ruined homes.
11 May (J)the creditor [c]seize everything that he has,
And may (K)strangers plunder the product of his labor.
12 May there be none to [d](L)extend kindness to him,
Nor (M)any to be gracious to his fatherless children.
13 May his (N)descendants be [e]eliminated;
May their (O)name be wiped out in a following generation.

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 109:6 Or adversary, Satan
  2. Psalm 109:10 Or out of their desolate places
  3. Psalm 109:11 Lit ensnare, strike at
  4. Psalm 109:12 Lit continue
  5. Psalm 109:13 Lit for cutting off

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