Psalms 108

1For the End; a psalm by David. O God, do not pass over my praise in silence,

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2For the mouth of the sinner and the mouth of the deceitful man opened against me; They spoke against me with a deceitful tongue;

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3And they surrounded me with words of hatred, And warred against me without cause.

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4Instead of loving me, they falsely accused me, But I continued to pray;

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5So they repaid me evil for good, And hatred for my love.

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6Set a sinner over him, And let the devil stand at his right hand.

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7And when he is judged, may he go forth condemned, And let his prayer become sin.

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8Let his days be very few, And may a different man receive his office;

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9Let his children be fatherless And his wife a widow;

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10Let his children wander about and be beggars; Let them be cast out of their houses.

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11Let the creditor search out whatever possessions he has; Let strangers plunder his labors;

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12Let there be no helper for him, Nor a compassionate one for his fatherless children;

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13Let his children be utterly destroyed; In a single generation, let his name be blotted out.

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14May the lawlessness of his fathers be remembered before the Lord, And may the sin of his mother not be blotted out;

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15Let them be continually before the Lord, And may the remembrance of them be utterly destroyed from the earth,

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16Because he did not remember to show mercy, But persecuted a poor and needy man, And one pierced to the heart, that he might kill him.

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17And he loved cursing, and it came to him, And he did not desire blessing, so it shall be far from him.

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18So he clothed himself with cursing like a garment, And it entered like water into his bowels And like oil into his bones;

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19Let it be for him like a garment that clothes him, And like a belt that girds him continually.

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20This is the work of those who falsely accuse me before the Lord, And of those who speak evil things against my soul.

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21But You, O Lord, O Lord, deal mercifully with me for Your name's sake, For Your mercy is good.

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22Save me, for I am poor and needy, And my heart is troubled within me.

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23I was removed like a shadow when it declines; I was shaken off like the locusts.

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24My knees were weak from fasting, And my flesh was changed because of the oil.

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25And I became an object of reproach to them; They saw me; they shook their heads.

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26Help me, O Lord my God; Save me according to Your mercy;

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27Then let them know this is Your hand, And You, O Lord, did this.

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28They themselves shall curse, but You shall bless; Let those who rise up against me be put to shame, But let Your servant be glad.

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29Let those who falsely accuse me be clothed with shame, And let them be covered with their dishonor like a double cloak.

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30I will give thanks to the Lord abundantly with my mouth, And in the midst of many I will praise Him,

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31Because He stood at the right hand of a poor man, To save me from those who persecute my soul.

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