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Psalms 109 (CEV)

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¹ (A psalm by David for the music leader.) I praise you, God! Don't keep silent. ² Destructive and deceitful lies are told about me, ³ and hateful things are said for no reason. ⁴ I had pity and prayed for my enemies, but their words to me were harsh and cruel. ⁵ For being friendly and kind, they paid me back with meanness and hatred. ⁶ My enemies said, "Find some worthless fools to accuse him of a crime. ⁷ Try him and find him guilty! Consider his prayers a lie. ⁸ Cut his life short and let someone else have his job. ⁹ Make orphans of his children and a widow of his wife; ¹⁰ make his children beg for food and live in the slums. ¹¹ "Let the people he owes take everything he owns. Give it all to strangers. ¹² Don't let anyone be kind to him or have pity on the children he leaves behind. ¹³ Bring an end to his family, and from now on let him be a forgotten man. ¹⁴ "Don't let the LORD forgive the sins of his parents and his ancestors. ¹⁵ Don't let the LORD forget the sins of his family, or let anyone remember his family ever lived. ¹⁶ He was so cruel to the poor, homeless, and discouraged that they died young. ¹⁷ "He cursed others. Now place a curse on him! He never wished others well. Wish only trouble for him! ¹⁸ He cursed others more often than he dressed himself. Let his curses strike him deep, just as water and olive oil soak through to our bones. ¹⁹ Let his curses surround him, just like the clothes he wears each day." ²⁰ Those are the cruel things my enemies wish for me. Let it all happen to them! ²¹ Be true to your name, LORD God! Show your great kindness and rescue me. ²² I am poor and helpless, and I have lost all hope. ²³ I am fading away like an evening shadow; I am tossed aside like a crawling insect. ²⁴ I have gone without eating, until my knees are weak, and my body is bony. ²⁵ When my enemies see me, they say cruel things and shake their heads. ²⁶ Please help me, LORD God! Come and save me because of your love. ²⁷ Let others know that you alone have saved me. ²⁸ I don't care if they curse me, as long as you bless me. You will make my enemies fail when they attack, and you will make me glad to be your servant. ²⁹ You will cover them with shame, just as their bodies are covered with clothes. ³⁰ I will sing your praises and thank you, LORD, when your people meet. ³¹ You help everyone in need, and you defend them when they are on trial.