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Psalm 109

Common English Bible CEB

1 God of my praise, don't keep quiet,

2 because the mouths of wicked liars have opened up against me, talking about me with lying tongues.

3 Hateful words surround me; they attack me for no reason.

4 Instead of returning my love, they accuse me— but I am at prayer.

5 They repay me evil for good, hatred in return for my love.

6 "Appoint a wicked person to be against this person," they say, "an accuser to stand right next to him.

7 When the sentence is passed, let him be found guilty— let his prayer be found sinful!

8 Let his days be few; let someone else assume his position.

9 Let his children become orphans; let his wife turn into a widow.

10 Let his children wander aimlessly, begging, driven out of their ruined homes.

11 Let a creditor seize everything he owns; let strangers plunder his wealth.

12 Let no one extend faithful love to him; let no one have mercy on his orphans.

13 Let his descendants be eliminated; let their names be wiped out in just one generation!

14 Let his father's wrongdoing be remembered before the LORD; let his mother's sin never be wiped out.

15 Let them be before the LORD always, and let God eliminate the very memory of them from the land.

16 All because this person didn't remember to demonstrate faithful love, but chased after the poor and needy— even the brokenhearted—with deadly intent!

17 Since he loved to curse, let it come back on him! Since he didn't care much for blessing, let it be far away from him!

18 Since he wore curses like a coat, let them seep inside him like water, seep into his bones like oil!

19 Let them be like the clothes he wears, like a belt that is always around him."

20 But let all that be the reward my accusers get from the LORD, the reward for those who speak evil against me!

21 But you, LORD, my Lord!— act on my behalf for the sake of your name; deliver me because your faithful love is so good;

22 because I am poor and needy, and my heart is broken.

23 Like a lengthening shadow, I'm passing away; I'm shaken off, like some locust.

24 My legs are weak from fasting; my body is skin and bones.

25 I've become a joke to my accusers; when they see me, they just shake their heads.

26 Help me, LORD my God! Save me according to your faithful love!

27 And let them know that this is by your hand— that you have done it, LORD!

28 Let them curse—but you, bless me! If they rise up, let them be disgraced, but let your servant celebrate!

29 Let my accusers be dressed in shame; let them wear their disgrace like a coat.

30 But I will give great thanks to the LORD with my mouth; among a great crowd I will praise God!

31 Because God stands right next to the needy, to save them from any who would condemn them.

The Message Bible MSG

1 My God, don't turn a deaf ear to my hallelujah prayer.

2 Liars are pouring out invective on me; Their lying tongues are like a pack of dogs out to get me,

3 barking their hate, nipping my heels - and for no reason!

4 I loved them and now they slander me - yes, me! - and treat my prayer like a crime;

5 They return my good with evil, they return my love with hate.

6 Send the Evil One to accuse my accusing judge; dispatch Satan to prosecute him.

7 When he's judged, let the verdict be, "Guilty," and when he prays, let his prayer turn to sin.

8 Give him a short life, and give his job to somebody else.

9 Make orphans of his children, dress his wife in widow's weeds;

10 Turn his children into begging street urchins, evicted from their homes - homeless.

11 May the bank foreclose and wipe him out, and strangers, like vultures, pick him clean.

12 May there be no one around to help him out, no one willing to give his orphans a break.

13 Chop down his family tree so that nobody even remembers his name.

14 But erect a memorial to the sin of his father, and make sure his mother's name is there, too -

15 Their sins recorded forever before God, but they themselves sunk in oblivion.

16 That's all he deserves since he was never once kind, hounded the afflicted and heartbroken to their graves.

17 Since he loved cursing so much, let curses rain down; Since he had no taste for blessing, let blessings flee far from him.

18 He dressed up in curses like a fine suit of clothes; he drank curses, took his baths in curses.

19 So give him a gift - a costume of curses; he can wear curses every day of the week!

20 That's what they'll get, those out to get me - an avalanche of just deserts from God.

21 Oh, God, my Lord, step in; work a miracle for me - you can do it! Get me out of here - your love is so great! -

22 I'm at the end of my rope, my life in ruins.

23 I'm fading away to nothing, passing away, my youth gone, old before my time.

24 I'm weak from hunger and can hardly stand up, my body a rack of skin and bones.

25 I'm a joke in poor taste to those who see me; they take one look and shake their heads.

26 Help me, oh help me, God, my God, save me through your wonderful love;

27 Then they'll know that your hand is in this, that you, God, have been at work.

28 Let them curse all they want; you do the blessing.

29 Let them be jeered by the crowd when they stand up, followed by cheers for me, your servant. Dress my accusers in clothes dirty with shame, discarded and humiliating old ragbag clothes.

30 My mouth's full of great praise for God, I'm singing his hallelujahs surrounded by crowds,

31 For he's always at hand to take the side of the needy, to rescue a life from the unjust judge.