Psalms - Chapter 109 | Good News Translation

  • 1. I praise you, God; don't remain silent!
  • 2. Wicked people and liars have attacked me. They tell lies about me,
  • 3. and they say evil things about me, attacking me for no reason.
  • 4. They oppose me, even though I love them and have prayed for them.
  • 5. They pay me back evil for good and hatred for love.
  • 6. Choose some corrupt judge to try my enemy, and let one of his own enemies accuse him.
  • 7. May he be tried and found guilty; may even his prayer be considered a crime!
  • 8. May his life soon be ended; may someone else take his job!
  • 9. May his children become orphans, and his wife a widow!
  • 10. May his children be homeless beggars; may they be driven from the ruins they live in!
  • 11. May his creditors take away all his property, and may strangers get everything he worked for.
  • 12. May no one ever be kind to him or care for the orphans he leaves behind.
  • 13. May all his descendants die, and may his name be forgotten in the next generation.
  • 14. May the LORD remember the evil of his ancestors and never forgive his mother's sins.
  • 15. May the LORD always remember their sins, but may they themselves be completely forgotten!
  • 16. That man never thought of being kind; he persecuted and killed the poor, the needy, and the helpless.
  • 17. He loved to curse---may he be cursed! He hated to give blessings---may no one bless him!
  • 18. He cursed as naturally as he dressed himself; may his own curses soak into his body like water and into his bones like oil!
  • 19. May they cover him like clothes and always be around him like a belt!
  • 20. LORD, punish my enemies in that way--- those who say such evil things against me!
  • 21. But my Sovereign LORD, help me as you have promised, and rescue me because of the goodness of your love.
  • 22. I am poor and needy; I am hurt to the depths of my heart.
  • 23. Like an evening shadow I am about to vanish; I am blown away like an insect.
  • 24. My knees are weak from lack of food; I am nothing but skin and bones.
  • 25. When people see me, they laugh at me; they shake their heads in scorn.
  • 26. Help me, O LORD my God; because of your constant love, save me!
  • 27. Make my enemies know that you are the one who saves me.
  • 28. They may curse me, but you will bless me. May my persecutors be defeated, and may I, your servant, be glad.
  • 29. May my enemies be covered with disgrace; may they wear their shame like a robe.
  • 30. I will give loud thanks to the LORD; I will praise him in the assembly of the people,
  • 31. because he defends the poor and saves them from those who condemn them to death.
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