Psalm 109-111

New King James Version

Plea for Judgment of False Accusers

To the Chief Musician. A Psalm of David.

109 Do^(A) not keep silent,
O God of my praise!
²For the mouth of the wicked and the mouth of the deceitful
Have opened against me;
They have spoken against me with a ^(B)lying tongue.
³They have also surrounded me with words of hatred,
And fought against me ^(C)without a cause.
⁴In return for my love they are my accusers,
But I give myself to prayer.
⁵Thus ^(D)they have rewarded me evil for good,
And hatred for my love.

⁶Set a wicked man over him,
And let ^(E)an ^[a]accuser stand at his right hand.
⁷When he is judged, let him be found guilty,
And ^(F)let his prayer become sin.
⁸Let his days be ^(G)few,
And ^(H)let another take his office.
⁹^(I)Let his children be fatherless,
And his wife a widow.
¹⁰Let his children ^[b]continually be vagabonds, and beg;
Let them ^[c]seek their bread also from their desolate places.
¹¹^(J)Let the creditor seize all that he has,
And let strangers plunder his labor.
¹²Let there be none to extend mercy to him,
Nor let there be any to favor his fatherless children.
¹³^(K)Let his ^[d]posterity be cut off,
And in the generation following let their ^(L)name be blotted out.

¹⁴^(M)Let the iniquity of his fathers be remembered before the Lord,
And let not the sin of his mother ^(N)be blotted out.
¹⁵Let them be continually before the Lord,
That He may ^(O)cut off the memory of them from the earth;
¹⁶Because he did not remember to show mercy,
But persecuted the poor and needy man,
That he might even slay the ^(P)broken in heart.
¹⁷^(Q)As he loved cursing, so let it come to him;
As he did not delight in blessing, so let it be far from him.
¹⁸As he clothed himself with cursing as with his garment,
So let it ^(R)enter his body like water,
And like oil into his bones.
¹⁹Let it be to him like the garment which covers him,
And for a belt with which he girds himself continually.
²⁰Let this be the Lord’s reward to my accusers,
And to those who speak evil against my person.

²¹But You, O God the Lord,
Deal with me for Your name’s sake;
Because Your mercy is good, deliver me.
²²For I am poor and needy,
And my heart is wounded within me.
²³I am gone ^(S)like a shadow when it lengthens;
I am shaken off like a locust.
²⁴My ^(T)knees are weak through fasting,
And my flesh is feeble from lack of fatness.
²⁵I also have become ^(U)a reproach to them;
When they look at me, ^(V)they shake their heads.

²⁶Help me, O Lord my God!
Oh, save me according to Your mercy,
²⁷^(W)That they may know that this is Your hand—
That You, Lord, have done it!
²⁸^(X)Let them curse, but You bless;
When they arise, let them be ashamed,
But let ^(Y)Your servant rejoice.
²⁹^(Z)Let my accusers be clothed with shame,
And let them cover themselves with their own disgrace as with a mantle.

³⁰I will greatly praise the Lord with my mouth;
Yes, ^(AA)I will praise Him among the multitude.
³¹For ^(AB)He shall stand at the right hand of the poor,
To save him from those ^[e]who condemn him.

Announcement of the Messiah’s Reign^(AC)

A Psalm of David.

110 The ^(AD)Lord said to my Lord,
“Sit at My right hand,
Till I make Your enemies Your ^(AE)footstool.”
²The Lord shall send the rod of Your strength ^(AF)out of Zion.
^(AG)Rule in the midst of Your enemies!

³^(AH)Your people shall be volunteers
In the day of Your power;
^(AI)In the beauties of holiness, from the womb of the morning,
You have the dew of Your youth.
⁴The Lord has sworn
And ^(AJ)will not relent,
“You are a ^(AK)priest forever
According to the order of ^(AL)Melchizedek.”

⁵The Lord is ^(AM)at Your right hand;
He shall ^[f]execute kings ^(AN)in the day of His wrath.
⁶He shall judge among the nations,
He shall fill the places with dead bodies,
^(AO)He shall ^[g]execute the heads of many countries.
⁷He shall drink of the brook by the wayside;
^(AP)Therefore He shall lift up the head.

Praise to God for His Faithfulness and Justice

111 Praise^[h] the Lord!

^(AQ)I will praise the Lord with my whole heart,
In the assembly of the upright and in the congregation.

²^(AR)The works of the Lord are great,
^(AS)Studied by all who have pleasure in them.
³His work is ^(AT)honorable and glorious,
And His righteousness endures forever.
⁴He has made His wonderful works to be remembered;
^(AU)The Lord is gracious and full of compassion.
⁵He has given food to those who fear Him;
He will ever be mindful of His covenant.
⁶He has declared to His people the power of His works,
In giving them the ^[i]heritage of the nations.

⁷The works of His hands are ^(AV)verity^[j] and justice;
All His precepts are sure.
⁸^(AW)They stand fast forever and ever,
And are ^(AX)done in truth and uprightness.
⁹^(AY)He has sent redemption to His people;
He has commanded His covenant forever:
^(AZ)Holy and awesome is His name.

¹⁰^(BA)The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom;
A good understanding have all those who do His commandments.
His praise endures forever.

Footnotes

Psalm 109:6 Heb. satan
Psalm 109:10 wander continuously
Psalm 109:10 So with MT, Tg.; LXX, Vg. be cast out
Psalm 109:13 descendants be destroyed
Psalm 109:31 Lit. judging his soul
Psalm 110:5 Lit. break kings in pieces
Psalm 110:6 Lit. break in pieces
Psalm 111:1 Heb. Hallelujah
Psalm 111:6 inheritance
Psalm 111:7 truth

Romans 16

New King James Version

Sister Phoebe Commended

16 I commend to you Phoebe our sister, who is a servant of the church in ^(A)Cenchrea, ²^(B)that you may receive her in the Lord ^(C)in a manner worthy of the saints, and assist her in whatever business she has need of you; for indeed she has been a helper of many and of myself also.

Greeting Roman Saints

³Greet ^(D)Priscilla and Aquila, my fellow workers in Christ Jesus, ⁴who risked their own necks for my life, to whom not only I give thanks, but also all the churches of the Gentiles. ⁵Likewise greet ^(E)the church that is in their house.

Greet my beloved Epaenetus, who is ^(F)the firstfruits of ^[a]Achaia to Christ. ⁶Greet Mary, who labored much for us. ⁷Greet Andronicus and Junia, my countrymen and my fellow prisoners, who are of note among the ^(G)apostles, who also ^(H)were in Christ before me.

⁸Greet Amplias, my beloved in the Lord. ⁹Greet Urbanus, our fellow worker in Christ, and Stachys, my beloved. ¹⁰Greet Apelles, approved in Christ. Greet those who are of the household of Aristobulus. ¹¹Greet Herodion, my ^[b]countryman. Greet those who are of the household of Narcissus who are in the Lord.

¹²Greet Tryphena and Tryphosa, who have labored in the Lord. Greet the beloved Persis, who labored much in the Lord. ¹³Greet Rufus, ^(I)chosen in the Lord, and his mother and mine. ¹⁴Greet Asyncritus, Phlegon, Hermas, Patrobas, Hermes, and the brethren who are with them. ¹⁵Greet Philologus and Julia, Nereus and his sister, and Olympas, and all the saints who are with them.

¹⁶^(J)Greet one another with a holy kiss. ^[c]The churches of Christ greet you.

Avoid Divisive Persons

¹⁷Now I urge you, brethren, note those ^(K)who cause divisions and offenses, contrary to the doctrine which you learned, and ^(L)avoid them. ¹⁸For those who are such do not serve our Lord ^[d]Jesus Christ, but ^(M)their own belly, and ^(N)by smooth words and flattering speech deceive the hearts of the simple. ¹⁹For ^(O)your obedience has become known to all. Therefore I am glad on your behalf; but I want you to be ^(P)wise in what is good, and ^[e]simple concerning evil. ²⁰And ^(Q)the God of peace ^(R)will crush Satan under your feet shortly.

^(S)The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you. Amen.

Greetings from Paul’s Friends

²¹^(T)Timothy, my fellow worker, and ^(U)Lucius, ^(V)Jason, and ^(W)Sosipater, my countrymen, greet you.

²²I, Tertius, who wrote this epistle, greet you in the Lord.

²³^(X)Gaius, my host and the host of the whole church, greets you. ^(Y)Erastus, the treasurer of the city, greets you, and Quartus, a brother. ²⁴^(Z)The^[f] grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you all. Amen.

Benediction

²⁵^[g]Now ^(AA)to Him who is able to establish you ^(AB)according to my gospel and the preaching of Jesus Christ, ^(AC)according to the revelation of the mystery ^(AD)kept secret since the world began ²⁶but ^(AE)now made manifest, and by the prophetic Scriptures made known to all nations, according to the commandment of the everlasting God, for ^(AF)obedience to the faith— ²⁷to ^(AG)God, alone wise, be glory through Jesus Christ forever. Amen.