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Home Book of Tehilim Psalm 109

Psalm 109

תהילים 109

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For the leader. Of David. A psalm. O God of my praise, do not keep aloof,
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for the wicked and the deceitful open their mouth against me; they speak to me with lying tongue.
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They encircle me with words of hate; they attack me without cause.
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They answer my love with accusation and I must stand judgment
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They repay me with evil for good, with hatred for my love.
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Appoint someone wicked over him; may an accuser stand at his right side;
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may he be tried and convicted; may he be judged and found guilty.
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May his days be few; may another take over his position.
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May his children be orphans, his wife a widow.
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May his children wander from their hovels, begging in search of [bread].
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May his creditor seize all his possessions; may strangers plunder his wealth.
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May no one show him mercy; may none pity his orphans;
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may his posterity be cut off; may their names be blotted out in the next generation.
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May God be ever mindful of his fatheru2019s iniquity, and may the sin of his mother not be blotted out.
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May GOD be aware of them always and cause their names to be cut off from the earth,
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because he was not minded to act kindly, and hounded to death the poor and needy man, one crushed in spirit.
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He loved to curseu2014may a curse come upon him! He would not blessu2014may blessing be far from him!
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May he be clothed in a curse like a garment, may it enter his body like water, his bones like oil.
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Let it be like the cloak he wraps around him, like the belt he always wears.
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May GOD thus repay my accusers, all those who speak evil against me.
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Now You, O GOD, my Sovereign, act in my behalf as befits Your name. Good and faithful as You are, save me.
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For I am poor and needy, and my heart is pierced within me.
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I fade away like a lengthening shadow; I am shaken off like locusts.
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My knees give way from fasting; my flesh is lean, has lost its fat.
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I am the object of their scorn; when they see me, they shake their head.
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Help me, O my ETERNAL God; save me in accord with Your faithfulnessu2014
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that all may know that it is Your hand, that You, O ETERNAL One, have done it.
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Let them curse, but You bless; let them rise up, but come to grief, while Your servant rejoices.
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My accusers shall be clothed in shame, wrapped in their disgrace as in a robe.
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My mouth shall sing much praise to GOD; I will acclaim in the midst of a throng,
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because [God] stands at the right hand of the needy, to save them from those who would condemn them.