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Psalm 109 Plea for Judgment of False Accusers

Psalm 109:1-31 Plea for Judgment of False Accusers
To the Chief Musician. A Psalm of David.

Psalm 109:1-5
1 Do not keep silent,
O God of my praise!
2
For the mouth of the wicked and the mouth of the deceitful
Have opened against me;
They have spoken against me with a lying tongue.
3
They have also surrounded me with words of hatred,
And fought against me without a cause.
4
In return for my love they are my accusers,
But I give myself to prayer.
5
Thus they have rewarded me evil for good,
And hatred for my love.

Psalm 109:21-25
21
But You, O God the Lord,
Deal with me for Your name’s sake;
Because Your mercy is good, deliver me.
22
For I am poor and needy,
And my heart is wounded within me.
23
I am gone like a shadow when it lengthens;
I am shaken off like a locust.
24
My knees are weak through fasting,
And my flesh is feeble from lack of fatness.
25
I also have become a reproach to them;
When they look at me, they shake their heads.

Psalm 109:26-29
26
Help me, O Lord my God!
Oh, save me according to Your mercy,
27
That they may know that this is Your hand—
That You, Lord, have done it!
28
Let them curse, but You bless;
When they arise, let them be ashamed,
But let Your servant rejoice.
29
Let my accusers be clothed with shame,
And let them cover themselves with their own disgrace as with a mantle.

Psalm 109:30-31
30
I will greatly praise the Lord with my mouth;
Yes, I will praise Him among the multitude.
31
For He shall stand at the right hand of the poor,
To save him from those who condemn him.