New American Standard Bible 1995

Psalms 109:6-20

6Appoint a wicked man over him, And let an 1 2accuser stand at his right hand.7When he is judged, let him 3come forth guilty, And let his 4prayer become sin.8Let 5his days be few; Let 6another take his office.9Let his 7children be fatherless And his 8wife a widow.10Let his 9children wander about and beg; And let them 10seek sustenance 11far from their ruined homes.11Let 12the creditor 13seize all that he has, And let 14strangers plunder the product of his labor.12Let there be none to 15 16extend lovingkindness to him, Nor 17any to be gracious to his fatherless children.13Let his 18posterity be 19cut off; In a following generation let their 20name be blotted out.

14Let 21the iniquity of his fathers be remembered 22before the Lord, And do not let the sin of his mother be 23blotted out.15Let 24them be before the Lord continually, That He may 25cut off their memory from the earth;16Because he did not remember to show lovingkindness, But persecuted the 26afflicted and needy man, And the 27despondent in heart, to 28put them to death.17He also loved cursing, so 29it came to him; And he did not delight in blessing, so it was far from him.18But he 30clothed himself with cursing as with his garment, And it 31entered into 32his body like water And like oil into his bones.19Let it be to him as 33a garment with which he covers himself, And for a belt with which he constantly 34girds himself.20 35Let this be the 36reward of my accusers from the Lord, And of those who 37speak evil against my soul.

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Notes

1. Psalms 109:6 Or adversary, Satan ↩
2. Psalms 109:6 Zech 3:1 ↩
3. Psalms 109:7 Ps 1:5 ↩
4. Psalms 109:7 Prov 28:9 ↩
5. Psalms 109:8 Ps 55:23 ↩
6. Psalms 109:8 Acts 1:20 ↩
7. Psalms 109:9 Ex 22:24 ↩
8. Psalms 109:9 Jer 18:21 ↩
9. Psalms 109:10 Gen 4:12; Job 30:5-8; Ps 59:15 ↩
10. Psalms 109:10 Ps 37:25 ↩
11. Psalms 109:10 Or out of their desolate places ↩
12. Psalms 109:11 Neh 5:7; Job 5:5; 20:15 ↩
13. Psalms 109:11 Lit ensnare, strike at ↩
14. Psalms 109:11 Is 1:7; Lam 5:2; Ezek 7:21 ↩
15. Psalms 109:12 Lit continue ↩
16. Psalms 109:12 Ezra 7:28; 9:9 ↩
17. Psalms 109:12 Job 5:4; Is 9:17 ↩
18. Psalms 109:13 Job 18:19; Ps 21:10; 37:28 ↩
19. Psalms 109:13 Lit for cutting off ↩
20. Psalms 109:13 Ps 9:5; Prov 10:7 ↩
21. Psalms 109:14 Ex 20:5; Num 14:18; Is 65:6, 7; Jer 32:18 ↩
22. Psalms 109:14 Lit to ↩
23. Psalms 109:14 Neh 4:5; Jer 18:23 ↩
24. Psalms 109:15 Ps 90:8; Jer 16:17 ↩
25. Psalms 109:15 Job 18:17; Ps 34:16 ↩
26. Psalms 109:16 Ps 37:14 ↩
27. Psalms 109:16 Ps 34:18 ↩
28. Psalms 109:16 Ps 37:32; 94:6 ↩
29. Psalms 109:17 Prov 14:14; Ezek 35:9; Matt 7:2 ↩
30. Psalms 109:18 Ps 73:6; 109:29; Ezek 7:27 ↩
31. Psalms 109:18 Num 5:22 ↩
32. Psalms 109:18 Lit his inward parts ↩
33. Psalms 109:19 Ps 73:6; 109:29; Ezek 7:27 ↩
34. Psalms 109:19 2 Sam 22:40; Ps 30:11; Is 11:5 ↩
35. Psalms 109:20 Lit This is ↩
36. Psalms 109:20 Ps 54:5; 94:23; Is 3:11; 2 Tim 4:14 ↩
37. Psalms 109:20 Ps 41:5; 71:10 ↩

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