Through My Bible Yr 02 – September 24

Through My Bible – September 24

Psalms 109 (EHV)

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¹ O God whom I praise, do not be silent,
² because they have opened wicked, deceitful mouths against me.
They have spoken against me with lying tongues.
³ They surround me with hateful words.
They attack me without cause.
⁴ In return for my love they accuse me,
but I am a man of prayer. ^[1]
5 They repay me with evil for good,
with hatred for my love.

⁶ Appoint an evil one to testify against him,
and let an accuser ^[2] stand at his right hand.
⁷ When he is tried, let him be found guilty,
and let his prayer be sin.
⁸ Let his days be few.
Let another take his office.
⁹ Let his children be fatherless
and his wife a widow.
¹⁰ Let his children always wander and beg.
Let them seek food far from their ruined homes. ^[3]
11 Let a creditor confiscate all he has.
Let strangers plunder everything he worked for.
¹² Let there be no one to extend mercy to him.
Let there be no one to show favor to his fatherless children.
¹³ Let his descendants be cut off.
In the next generation let their name be blotted out.
¹⁴ Let the guilt of his fathers be remembered before the Lord.
Let the sin of his mother never be blotted out.
¹⁵ Let their sins remain before the Lord continually,
and let the memory of these people be cut off from the earth.

¹⁶ Because he did not remember to show mercy,
but he pursued the poor man and the needy
    and the brokenhearted to put them to death.
¹⁷ Since he loved cursing, so let it fall on him.
He found no pleasure in blessing, so let it be far from him.
¹⁸ Since he wore cursing as his clothing,
let it enter into his stomach like water
and into his bones like oil.
¹⁹ Let it be like a garment wrapped around him,
like a belt tied around him forever.
²⁰ May the Lord do all this to my accusers
and to those who speak evil against my life.

²¹ But you, Lord God, deal with me for the sake of your name.
Because of the goodness of your mercy, deliver me.
²² For I am poor and needy,
and my heart is wounded ^[4] within me.
²³ Like a shadow after it lengthens, I go away.
I am shaken off like a locust.
²⁴ My knees give way from fasting,
and my flesh has become lean, without fat.
²⁵ But I—I am scorned by them.
They see me. They shake their heads.
²⁶ Help me, O Lord my God.
Save me according to your mercy.
²⁷ Let them know that this is your hand.
You, O Lord, have done it.
²⁸ They may curse, but you will bless.
They rose up, but they will be put to shame.
Then your servant will rejoice.
²⁹ My accusers will be dressed with disgrace.
Their shame will wrap around them like a robe.

³⁰ With my mouth I will keep on thanking the Lord.
In the midst of many people I will praise him.
³¹ For the Lord stands at the right hand of the needy,
    to save his life from those who condemn him.

Footnotes

1. Psalm 109:4 Literally I am prayer
2. Psalm 109:6 The Hebrew noun is satan, which becomes the name of Satan.
3. Psalm 109:10 The Greek reads may they be driven from their ruined homes.
4. Psalm 109:22 The meaning of this verb is uncertain. It may mean flutter or beat wildly.