Verse-Reference
Reference-Verse
Abbreviate Books
Quotes around Verses      |
 Psa 109:1 |
For the choir director. A Psalm of David. O God of my praise, Do not be silent! |
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Psa 109:2 |
For they have opened the [fn]wicked and deceitful mouth against me; They have spoken [fn]against me with a lying tongue. |
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Psa 109:3 |
They have also surrounded me with words of hatred, And fought against me without cause. |
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Psa 109:4 |
In return for my love they act as my accusers; But I am in prayer. |
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Psa 109:5 |
Thus they have [fn]repaid me evil for good And hatred for my love. |
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Psa 109:6 |
Appoint a wicked man over him, And let an [fn]accuser stand at his right hand. |
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Psa 109:7 |
When he is judged, let him come forth guilty, And let his prayer become sin. |
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Psa 109:8 |
Let his days be few; Let another take his office. |
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Psa 109:9 |
Let his children be fatherless And his wife a widow. |
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Psa 109:10 |
Let his children wander about and beg; And let them seek sustenance [fn]far from their ruined homes. |
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Psa 109:11 |
Let the creditor [fn]seize all that he has, And let strangers plunder the product of his labor. |
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Psa 109:12 |
Let there be none to [fn]extend lovingkindness to him, Nor any to be gracious to his fatherless children. |
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Psa 109:13 |
Let his posterity be [fn]cut off; In a following generation let their name be blotted out. |
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Psa 109:14 |
Let the iniquity of his fathers be remembered [fn]before the LORD, And do not let the sin of his mother be blotted out. |
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Psa 109:15 |
Let them be before the LORD continually, That He may cut off their memory from the earth; |
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Psa 109:16 |
Because he did not remember to show lovingkindness, But persecuted the afflicted and needy man, And the despondent in heart, to put them to death. |
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Psa 109:17 |
He also loved cursing, so it came to him; And he did not delight in blessing, so it was far from him. |
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Psa 109:18 |
But he clothed himself with cursing as with his garment, And it entered into [fn]his body like water And like oil into his bones. |
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Psa 109:19 |
Let it be to him as a garment with which he covers himself, And for a belt with which he constantly girds himself. |
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Psa 109:20 |
[fn]Let this be the reward of my accusers from the LORD, And of those who speak evil against my soul. |
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Psa 109:21 |
But You, O [fn]GOD, the Lord, deal kindly with me for Your name's sake; Because Your lovingkindness is good, deliver me; |
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Psa 109:22 |
For I am afflicted and needy, And [fn]my heart is wounded within me. |
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Psa 109:23 |
I am passing like a shadow when it lengthens; I am shaken off like the locust. |
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Psa 109:24 |
My knees [fn]are weak from fasting, And my flesh has grown lean, without fatness. |
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Psa 109:25 |
I also have become a reproach to them; When they see me, they wag their head. |
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Psa 109:26 |
Help me, O LORD my God; Save me according to Your lovingkindness. |
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Psa 109:27 |
[fn]And let them know that this is Your hand; You, LORD, have done it. |
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Psa 109:28 |
Let them curse, but You bless; When they arise, they shall be ashamed, But Your servant shall be glad. |
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Psa 109:29 |
[fn]Let my accusers be clothed with dishonor, And [fn]let them cover themselves with their own shame as with a robe. |
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Psa 109:30 |
With my mouth I will give thanks abundantly to the LORD; And in the midst of many I will praise Him. |
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Psa 109:31 |
For He stands at the right hand of the needy, To save him from those who judge his soul. |
NASB Footnotes:
- (109:2) Literally: wicked mouth and the deceitful
- (109:2) Literally: with
- (109:5) Literally: laid upon me
- (109:6) Or, adversary, Satan
- (109:10) Or, out of their desolate places
- (109:11) Literally: ensnare, strike at
- (109:12) Literally: continue
- (109:13) Literally: for cutting off
- (109:14) Literally: to
- (109:18) Literally: his inward parts
- (109:20) Literally: This is
- (109:21) Hebrew: YHWH, usually rendered LORD
- (109:22) Literally: one has pierced my heart within me
- (109:24) Or, totter
- (109:27) Or, That they may know
- (109:29) Or, My accusers will be
- (109:29) Or, they will cover
