| Chapter 109 |
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To the Overseer. -- A Psalm of David. O God of my praise, be not silent, -
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For the mouth of wickedness, and the mouth of deceit, Against me they have opened, They have spoken with me -- A tongue of falsehood, and words of hatred! -
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They have compassed me about, And they fight me without cause. -
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For my love they oppose me, and I -- prayer! -
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And they set against me evil for good, And hatred for my love. -
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Appoint Thou over him the wicked, And an adversary standeth at his right hand. -
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In his being judged, he goeth forth wicked, And his prayer is for sin. -
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His days are few, his oversight another taketh, -
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His sons are fatherless, and his wife a widow. -
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And wander continually do his sons, Yea, they have begged, And have sought out of their dry places. -
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An exactor layeth a snare for all that he hath, And strangers spoil his labour. -
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He hath none to extend kindness, Nor is there one showing favour to his orphans. -
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His posterity is for cutting off, In another generation is their name blotted out. -
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The iniquity of his fathers Is remembered unto Jehovah, And the sin of his mother is not blotted out. -
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They are before Jehovah continually, And He cutteth off from earth their memorial. -
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Because that he hath not remembered to do kindness, And pursueth the poor man and needy, And the smitten of heart -- to slay, -
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And he loveth reviling, and it meeteth him, And he hath not delighted in blessing, And it is far from him. -
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And he putteth on reviling as his robe, And it cometh in as water into his midst, And as oil into his bones. -
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It is to him as apparel -- he covereth himself, And for a continual girdle he girdeth it on. -
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This [is] the wage of mine accusers from Jehovah, And of those speaking evil against my soul. -
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And Thou, O Jehovah Lord, Deal with me for Thy name's sake, Because Thy kindness [is] good, deliver me. -
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For I [am] poor and needy, And my heart hath been pierced in my midst. -
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As a shadow when it is stretched out I have gone, I have been driven away as a locust. -
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My knees have been feeble from fasting, And my flesh hath failed of fatness. -
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And I -- I have been a reproach to them, They see me, they shake their head. -
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Help me, O Jehovah my God, Save me, according to Thy kindness. -
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And they know that this [is] Thy hand, Thou, O Jehovah, Thou hast done it. -
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They revile, and Thou dost bless, They have risen, and are ashamed, And Thy servant doth rejoice. -
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Mine accusers put on blushing, and are covered, As an upper robe [is] their shame. -
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I thank Jehovah greatly with my mouth, And in the midst of many I praise Him, -
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For He standeth at the right hand of the needy, To save from those judging his soul. -
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