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Psalms 109:1
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{To the chief Musician. Of David. A Psalm.} O God of my praise, be not silent:
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Psalms 109:2
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For the mouth of the wicked [man] and the mouth of deceit are opened against me: they have spoken against me with a lying tongue,
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Psalms 109:3
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And with words of hatred have they encompassed me; and they fight against me without a cause.
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Psalms 109:4
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For my love they are mine adversaries; but I [give myself unto] prayer.
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Psalms 109:5
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And they have rewarded me evil for good, and hatred for my love.
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Psalms 109:6
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Set a wicked [man] over him, and let [the] adversary stand at his right hand;
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Psalms 109:7
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When he shall be judged, let him go out guilty, and let his prayer become sin;
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Psalms 109:8
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Let his days be few, let another take his office;
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Psalms 109:9
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Let his sons be fatherless, and his wife a widow;
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Psalms 109:10
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Let his sons be vagabonds and beg, and let them seek [their bread] far from their desolate places;
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Psalms 109:11
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Let the usurer cast the net over all that he hath, and let strangers despoil his labour;
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Psalms 109:12
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Let there be none to extend kindness unto him, neither let there be any to favour his fatherless children;
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Psalms 109:13
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Let his posterity be cut off; in the generation following let their name be blotted out:
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Psalms 109:14
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Let the iniquity of his fathers be remembered with Jehovah, and let not the sin of his mother be blotted out;
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Psalms 109:15
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Let them be before Jehovah continually, that he may cut off the memory of them from the earth:
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Psalms 109:16
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Because he remembered not to shew kindness, but persecuted the afflicted and needy man, and the broken in heart, to slay him.
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Psalms 109:17
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And he loved cursing; so let it come unto him. And he delighted not in blessing; and let it be far from him.
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Psalms 109:18
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And he clothed himself with cursing like his vestment; so let it come into his bowels like water, and like oil into his bones;
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Psalms 109:19
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Let it be unto him as a garment with which he covereth himself, and for a girdle wherewith he is constantly girded.
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Psalms 109:20
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Let this be the reward of mine adversaries from Jehovah, and of them that speak evil against my soul.
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Psalms 109:21
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But do *thou* for me, Jehovah, Lord, for thy name's sake; because thy loving-kindness is good, deliver me:
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Psalms 109:22
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For I am afflicted and needy, and my heart is wounded within me.
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Psalms 109:23
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I am gone like a shadow when it lengtheneth; I am tossed about like the locust;
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Psalms 109:24
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My knees are failing through fasting, and my flesh hath lost its fatness;
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Psalms 109:25
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And I am become a reproach unto them; [when] they look upon me they shake their heads.
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Psalms 109:26
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Help me, Jehovah my God; save me according to thy loving-kindness:
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Psalms 109:27
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That they may know that this is thy hand; that *thou*, Jehovah, hast done it.
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Psalms 109:28
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Let *them* curse, but bless *thou*; when they rise up, let them be ashamed, and let thy servant rejoice.
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Psalms 109:29
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Let mine adversaries be clothed with confusion, and let them cover themselves with their shame as with a mantle.
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Psalms 109:30
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I will greatly celebrate Jehovah with my mouth; yea, I will praise him among the multitude.
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Psalms 109:31
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For he standeth at the right hand of the needy, to save him from those that judge his soul.
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