Psa Psalms, psalm Book of Psalms, psalm 109
The Song of the Slandered
For the choirmaster. A Psalm of David.
O God of my praise,
be not silent.
For wicked and deceitful mouths open against me;
they speak against me with lying tongues.Mrk 14:56
They surround me with hateful words
and attack me without cause.
In return for my love they accuse me,
but I am a man of prayer.Psa 120:7; Jhn 8:40
They repay me evil for good,
and hatred for my love.Psa 35:12; Jer 18:20
Set over him a wicked man;
let an accuser stand at his right hand.Job 17:8
When he is tried, let him be found guilty,
and may his prayer be regarded as sin.
May his days be few;
may another take his position.109:8 Cited in Acts 1:20Jhn 17:12; Act 1:20
May his children be fatherless
and his wife a widow.Deu 28:32
May his children wander as beggars,
seeking sustenance 109:10 Hebrew; LXX may they be driven far from their ruined homes.Job 20:10
May the creditor seize all he owns,
and strangers plunder the fruits of his labor.Deu 28:43
May there be no one to extend kindness to him,
and no one to favor his fatherless children.
May his descendants be cut off;
may their name be blotted out from the next generation.Exo 20:5; Job 18:19; Isa 14:22
May the iniquity of his fathers be remembered before the LORD,
and the sin of his mother never be blotted out.Exo 20:5; Jer 18:23
May their sins always remain before the LORD,
that He may cut off their memory from the earth.Pro 10:7; Mat 27:25
For he never thought to show kindness,
but pursued the poor and needy and brokenhearted,
even to their death.Job 24:20; Jas 2:13
The cursing that he loved,
may it fall on him;
the blessing in which he refused to delight,
may it be far from him.Pro 11:27
The cursing that he wore like a coat,
may it soak into his body like water,
and into his bones like oil.
May it be like a robe wrapped about him,
like a belt tied forever around him.
May this be the LORD’s reward to my accusers,
to those who speak evil against me.
But You, O GOD, the Lord,
deal kindly with me for the sake of Your name;
deliver me by the goodness of Your loving devotion.
For I am poor and needy;
my heart is wounded within me.
I am fading away like a lengthening shadow;
I am shaken off like a locust.Job 14:2; Psa 144:4
My knees are weak from fasting,
and my body grows lean and gaunt.
I am an object of scorn to my accusers;
when they see me, they shake their heads.Psa 22:7; Mat 27:29
Help me, O LORD my God;
save me according to Your loving devotion.
Let them know that this is Your hand,
that You, O LORD, have done it.Psa 64:9
Though they curse, You will bless.
When they rise up, they will be put to shame,
but Your servant will rejoice.Mat 5:44; 1Co 4:12
May my accusers be clothed with disgrace;
may they wear their shame like a robe.
With my mouth I will thank the LORD profusely;
I will praise Him in the presence of many.Psa 22:22
For He stands at the right hand of the needy one,
to save him from the condemners of his soul.Act 2:25