Psalms 109:3-13

3 With words of hatred they surround me; they attack me without cause.
4 In return for my friendship they accuse me, but I am a man of prayer.
5 They repay me evil for good, and hatred for my friendship.
6 Appoint someone evil to oppose my enemy; let an accuser stand at his right hand.
7 When he is tried, let him be found guilty, and may his prayers condemn him.
8 May his days be few; may another take his place of leadership.
9 May his children be fatherless and his wife a widow.
10 May his children be wandering beggars; may they be driven[a] from their ruined homes.
11 May a creditor seize all he has; may strangers plunder the fruits of his labor.
12 May no one extend kindness to him or take pity on his fatherless children.
13 May his descendants be cut off, their names blotted out from the next generation.

Cross References 17

  • 1. Psalms 69:4
  • 2. Psalms 35:7; John 15:25
  • 3. Psalms 69:13; Psalms 141:5
  • 4. S Genesis 44:4; Psalms 35:12; Psalms 38:20
  • 5. 1 Chronicles 21:1; Job 1:6; Zechariah 3:1
  • 6. Psalms 1:5
  • 7. Proverbs 28:9; Isaiah 41:24
  • 8. S Job 15:32
  • 9. Acts 1:20*
  • 10. Exodus 22:24; Jeremiah 18:21
  • 11. S Genesis 4:12
  • 12. Nehemiah 5:3
  • 13. S Numbers 14:3; Isaiah 1:7; Isaiah 6:11; Isaiah 36:1; Lamentations 5:2
  • 14. Job 20:18; Job 5:5
  • 15. S Job 5:4; Isaiah 9:17
  • 16. Job 18:19; Psalms 21:10; Psalms 37:28
  • 17. S Numbers 14:12; Psalms 9:5; Proverbs 10:7

Footnotes 1

  • [a]. Septuagint; Hebrew "sought"
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