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Psalms 109:1
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Hold not thy peace, O God of my praise;
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Psalms 109:2
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For the mouth of the wicked and the mouth of deceit have they opened against me: They have spoken unto me with a lying tongue.
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Psalms 109:3
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They have compassed me about also with words of hatred, And fought against me without a cause.
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Psalms 109:4
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For my love they are my adversaries: But I [give myself unto] prayer.
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Psalms 109:5
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And they have rewarded me evil for good, And hatred for my love.
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Psalms 109:6
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Set thou a wicked man over him; And let an adversary stand at his right hand.
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Psalms 109:7
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When he is judged, let him come forth guilty; And let his prayer be turned into sin.
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Psalms 109:8
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Let his days be few; [And] let another take his office.
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Psalms 109:9
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Let his children be fatherless, And his wife a widow.
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Psalms 109:10
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Let his children be vagabonds, and beg; And let them seek [their bread] out of their desolate places.
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Psalms 109:11
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Let the extortioner catch all that he hath; And let strangers make spoil of his labor.
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Psalms 109:12
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Let there be none to extend kindness unto him; Neither let there be any to have pity on his fatherless children.
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Psalms 109:13
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Let his posterity be cut off; In the generation following let their name be blotted out.
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Psalms 109:14
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Let the iniquity of his fathers be remembered with Jehovah; And let not the sin of his mother be blotted out.
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Psalms 109:15
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Let them be before Jehovah continually, That he may cut off the memory of them from the earth;
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Psalms 109:16
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Because he remembered not to show kindness, But persecuted the poor and needy man, And the broken in heart, to slay [them].
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Psalms 109:17
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Yea, he loved cursing, and it came unto him; And he delighted not in blessing, and it was far from him.
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Psalms 109:18
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He clothed himself also with cursing as with his garment, And it came into his inward parts like water, And like oil into his bones.
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Psalms 109:19
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Let it be unto him as the raiment wherewith he covereth himself, And for the girdle wherewith he is girded continually.
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Psalms 109:20
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This is the reward of mine adversaries from Jehovah, And of them that speak evil against my soul.
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Psalms 109:21
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But deal thou with me, O Jehovah the Lord, for thy name's sake: Because thy lovingkindness is good, deliver thou me;
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Psalms 109:22
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For I am poor and needy, And my heart is wounded within me.
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Psalms 109:23
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I am gone like the shadow when it declineth: I am tossed up and down as the locust.
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Psalms 109:24
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My knees are weak through fasting; And my flesh faileth of fatness.
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Psalms 109:25
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I am become also a reproach unto them: When they see me, they shake their head.
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Psalms 109:26
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Help me, O Jehovah my God; Oh save me according to thy lovingkindness:
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Psalms 109:27
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That they may know that this is thy hand; [That] thou, Jehovah, hast done it.
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Psalms 109:28
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Let them curse, but bless thou: When they arise, they shall be put to shame, But thy servant shall rejoice.
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Psalms 109:29
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Let mine adversaries be clothed with dishonor, And let them cover themselves with their own shame as with a robe.
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Psalms 109:30
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I will give great thanks unto Jehovah with my mouth; Yea, I will praise him among the multitude.
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Psalms 109:31
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For he will stand at the right hand of the needy, To save him from them that judge his soul. Psalm 110 A Psalm of David.
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