Psalms 109 — GNV
109Verse 1To him that excelleth. A Psalme of David. Holde not thy tongue, O God of my praise.Verse 2For the mouth of the wicked, and the mouth full of deceite are opened vpon me: they haue spoken to me with a lying tongue.Verse 3They compassed me about also with words of hatred, and fought against me without a cause.Verse 4For my friendship they were mine aduersaries, but I gaue my selfe to praier.Verse 5And they haue rewarded me euil for good, and hatred for my friendship.Verse 6Set thou the wicked ouer him, and let the aduersarie stand at his right hand.Verse 7Whe he shalbe iudged, let him be condemned, and let his praier be turned into sinne.Verse 8Let his daies be fewe, and let another take his charge.Verse 9Let his children be fatherlesse, and his wife a widowe.Verse 10Let his children be vagabonds and beg and seeke bread, comming out of their places destroyed.Verse 11Let the extortioner catch al that he hath, and let the strangers spoile his labour.Verse 12Let there be none to extend mercie vnto him: neither let there be any to shewe mercie vpon his fatherlesse children.Verse 13Let his posteritie be destroied, and in the generation following let their name be put out.Verse 14Let the iniquitie of his fathers bee had in remembrance with the Lord: and let not the sinne of his mother be done away.Verse 15But let them alway be before the Lord, that he may cut off their memorial from ye earth.Verse 16Because he remembred not to shew mercie, but persecuted the afflicted and poore man, and the sorowfull hearted to slay him.Verse 17As he loued cursing, so shall it come vnto him, and as he loued not blessing, so shall it be farre from him.Verse 18As he clothed himselfe with cursing like a rayment, so shall it come into his bowels like water, and like oyle into his bones.Verse 19Let it be vnto him as a garment to couer him, and for a girdle, wherewith he shalbe alway girded.Verse 20Let this be the rewarde of mine aduersarie from the Lord, and of them, that speake euill against my soule.Verse 21But thou, O Lord my God, deale with me according vnto thy Name: deliuer me, (for thy mercie is good)Verse 22Because I am poore and needie, and mine heart is wounded within me.Verse 23I depart like the shadowe that declineth, and am shaken off as the grashopper.Verse 24My knees are weake through fasting, and my flesh hath lost all fatnes.Verse 25I became also a rebuke vnto them: they that looked vpon me, shaked their heads.Verse 26Helpe me, O Lord my God: saue me according to thy mercie.Verse 27And they shall know, that this is thine hand, and that thou, Lord, hast done it.Verse 28Though they curse, yet thou wilt blesse: they shall arise and be confounded, but thy seruant shall reioyce.Verse 29Let mine aduersaries be clothed with shame, and let them couer themselues with their confusion, as with a cloke.Verse 30I will giue thankes vnto the Lord greatly with my mouth and praise him among ye multitude.Verse 31For he will stand at the right hand of the poore, to saue him from them that woulde condemne his soule.