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109:1 For the music director <05329>, a psalm <04210> of David <01732>. O God <0430> whom I praise <08416>, do not <0408> ignore <02790> me! 109:2 For <03588> they say <06310> cruel <07563> and deceptive <04820> things to me; they lie <08267> <01696> to <0854> me. 109:3 They surround <05437> me and say hateful <08135> things <01697>; they attack <03898> me for no reason <02600>. 109:4 They repay <08478> my love <0160> with accusations <07853>, but I <0589> continue to pray <08605>. 109:5 They repay <07760> me evil <07451> for <08478> good <02896>, and hate <08135> for <08478> love <0160>. 109:6 Appoint <06485> an evil <07563> man to testify against him! May an accuser <07854> stand <05975> at his right side <03225>! 109:7 When he is judged <08199>, he will be found <03318> guilty <07563>! Then his prayer <08605> will be regarded <01961> as sinful <02401>. 109:8 May his days <03117> be <01961> few <04592>! May another <0312> take <03947> his job <06486>! 109:9 May his children <01121> be <01961> fatherless <03490>, and his wife <0802> a widow <0490>! 109:10 May his children <01121> roam around <05128> <05128> begging <07592>, asking <01875> for handouts as they leave their ruined home <02723>! 109:11 May the creditor <05383> seize <05367> all <03605> he owns! May strangers <02114> loot <0962> his property <03018>! 109:12 May no one <0408> show <04900> him kindness <02617>! May no one <0408> have <01961> compassion <02603> on his fatherless children <03490>! 109:13 May his descendants <0319> be <01961> cut off <03772>! May the memory of them <08034> be wiped out <04229> by the time the next <0312> generation <01755> arrives! 109:14 May his ancestors <01>’ sins <05771> be remembered <02142> by <0413> the Lord <03068>! May his mother’s <0517> sin <02403> not <0408> be forgotten <04229>! 109:15 May the Lord <03068> be <01961> constantly <08548> aware <05048> of them, and cut off <03772> the memory <02143> of his children from the earth <0776>! 109:16 For <03282> he never <03808> bothered <02142> to show <06213> kindness <02617>; he harassed <07291> the oppressed <06041> and needy <034>, and killed <04191> the disheartened <05218>. 109:17 He loved <0157> to curse <07045> others, so those curses <07045> have come <0935> upon him. He had no <03808> desire <02654> to bless anyone, so he has experienced no blessings <01293>. 109:18 He made <03847> cursing <07045> a way of life <04055>, so curses poured <0935> into his stomach like water <04325> and seeped into <07130> his bones <06106> like oil <08081>. 109:19 May <01961> a curse attach itself to him, like a garment <0899> one puts <05844> on, or a belt <04206> one wears <02296> continually <08548>! 109:20 May the Lord <03068> repay <06468> my accusers <07853> in this <02063> way, those who say <01696> evil <07451> things about <05921> me <05315>! 109:21 O sovereign <03069> Lord <0136>, intervene <06213> on my behalf <0854> for the sake <04616> of your reputation <08034>! Because <03588> your loyal love <02617> is good <02896>, deliver <05337> me! 109:22 For <03588> I am <0595> oppressed <06041> and needy <034>, and my heart <03820> beats <02490> violently within <07130> me. 109:23 I am fading away <05186> like a shadow <06738> at the end of the day; I am shaken off <05287> like a locust <0697>. 109:24 I am so starved <06685> my knees <01290> shake <03782>; I <01320> have turned into skin and bones <08081> <03584>. 109:25 I <0589> am <01961> disdained <02781> by them <01992>. When they see <07200> me, they shake <05128> their heads <07218>. 109:26 Help <05826> me, O Lord <03068> my God <0430>! Because you are faithful <02617> to me, deliver <03467> me! 109:27 Then they will realize <03045> this <02063> is your work <03027>, and that you <0859>, Lord <03068>, have accomplished <06213> it. 109:28 They <01992> curse <07043>, but you <0859> will bless <01288>. When they attack <06965>, they will be humiliated <0954>, but your servant <05650> will rejoice <08055>. 109:29 My accusers <07853> will be covered <03847> with shame <03639>, and draped in <05844> humiliation <01322> as if it were a robe <04598>. 109:30 I will thank <03034> the Lord <03068> profusely <06310> <03966>, in the middle <08432> of a crowd <07227> I will praise <01984> him, 109:31 because <03588> he stands <05975> at the right hand <03225> of the needy <034>, to deliver <03467> him from those who threaten <08199> his life <05315>.

• Psa 109:1-31 -- Psalm 109

• GOD, 2

  [isbe] GOD, 2 - II. The Idea of God in the Old Testament. 1. Course of Its Development: Any attempt to write the whole history of the idea of God in the Old Testament would require a preliminary study of the literary and historical...
  

• Afflictions and Adversities

  [nave] AFFLICTIONS AND ADVERSITIES. List of Sub-Topics Miscellany of Minor Sub-Topics; Unclassified Scriptures Relating to; Benefits of; Benefits of, Illustrated; Consolation in; Deliverance from; Design of; Despondency in; Dispe...
  

• David

  [nave] DAVID 1. King of Israel. Genealogy of, Ruth 4:18-22; 1 Sam. 16:11; 17:12; 1 Chr. 2:3-15; Matt. 1:1-6; Luke 3:31-38. A shepherd, 1 Sam. 16:11. Kills a lion and a bear, 1 Sam. 17:34-36. Anointed king, while a youth, by the ...
  

• PSALMS, BOOK OF

  [isbe] PSALMS, BOOK OF - samz, (tehillim, "praises," cepher tehillim, "book of praises"; Psalmoi, Psalterion): I. INTRODUCTORY TOPICS 1. Title 2. Place in the Canon 3. Number of Psalms 4. Titles in the Hebrew Text II. AUTHORSHIP AN...
  

• Prayer

  [nave] PRAYER. Index of Sub-topics Miscellany of Minor Sub-Topics; Unclassified Scriptures Relating to; Answer to, Promised; Answered, Instances of Answered; Confession in; Importunity in, Instances of Importunity in; Intercessor...
  

• Wicked

  [nave] WICKED Compared with: Abominable branches, Isa. 14:19; ashes under the feet, Mal. 4:3; bad fishes, Matt. 13:48; beasts, Psa. 49:12; 2 Pet. 2:12; the blind, Zeph. 1:17; Matt. 15:14; bronze and iron, Jer. 6:28; Ezek. 22:18; br...
  

• Malice

  [nave] MALICE. Gen. 3:15; Lev. 19:14, 17, 18; Deut. 27:17, 18; Deut. 32:32, 33; 2 Kin. 6:21, 22; Job 31:29, 30; Psa. 4:2; Psa. 7:14-16 Job 15:35. Psa. 10:7-10, 14; Psa. 21:11; Psa. 22:7, 8; Psa. 35:15, 16, 19-21; Psa. 38:16, 19; P...
  

• Enemy

  [nave] ENEMY. Ex. 23:5; Job 31:29, 30; Psa. 35:1-7 vs. 8-28.; Prov. 24:17, 18; Prov. 25:21, 22; Matt. 5:43-48; Luke 6:27-36; Rom. 12:14, 20 The wickedness of David's, Psa. 56:5; 57:4, 6; 62:4; 69:4, 9; 71:10; 102:8; 109:2-5; 129:1...
  

• Satan

  [isbe] SATAN - sa'-tan (saTan), "adversary," from the verb saTan, "to lie in wait" (as adversary); Satan, Satanas, "adversary," diabolos, "Devil," "adversary" or "accuser," kategor (altogether unclassical and unGreek) (used once in...
  [smith] The word itself, the Hebrew satan , is simply an "adversary," and is so used in (1 Samuel 29:4; 2 Samuel 19:22; 1 Kings 6:4; 11:14,23,25; Numbers 22:22,33; Psalms 109:6) This original sense is still found in our Lord...
  [nave] SATAN Called Abaddon, Rev. 9:11; accuser of our brethren, Rev. 12:10; adversary, 1 Pet. 5:8; angel of the bottomless pit, Rev. 9:11; Apollyon, Rev. 9:11; Beelzebub, Matt. 12:24; Mark 3:22; Luke 11:15; Belial, 2 Cor. 6:15; th...
  

• Ingratitude

  [nave] INGRATITUDE. Of Mankind to God Num. 16:9, 10; Deut. 8:12-14 Deut. 6:11, 12. Deut. 28:47, 48; Deut. 31:16; Deut. 32:6, 15, 18 v. 13.; Judg. 2:10-12; Judg. 8:34, 35; Judg. 10:11, 13, 14 Neh. 9:25, 35; Psa. 106:7, 21; Jer. 2:...
  

• Naboth

  [ebd] fruits, "the Jezreelite," was the owner of a portion of ground on the eastern slope of the hill of Jezreel (2 Kings 9:25, 26). This small "plat of ground" seems to have been all he possessed. It was a vineyard, and lay "hard...
  

• Fasting

  [nave] FASTING Observed on occasions of public calamities, 2 Sam. 1:12; afflictions, Psa. 35:13; Dan. 6:18; private afflictions, 2 Sam. 12:16; approaching danger, Esth. 4:16; ordination of ministers, Acts 13:3; 14:23. Accompanied ...
  

• Repentance

  [ebd] There are three Greek words used in the New Testament to denote repentance. (1.) The verb metamelomai is used of a change of mind, such as to produce regret or even remorse on account of sin, but not necessarily a change of ...
  

• VAGABOND

  [ebd] from Lat. vagabundus, "a wanderer," "a fugitive;" not used opprobriously (Gen. 4:12, R.V., "wanderer;" Ps. 109:10; Acts 19:13, R.V., "strolling").
  [isbe] VAGABOND - vag'-a-bond (nudh, "to wander"): The word is used in the curse pronounced on Cain (Gen 4:12,14). the Revised Version (British and American) substitutes in each case "wanderer," but in Ps 109:10 it retains "vagabon...
  

• HAND

  [isbe] HAND - (yadh, "hand"; kaph, "the hollow hand," "palm"; yamin, "the right hand"; semo'l, "the left hand"; cheir, "hand"; dexia, "the right hand"; aristera, "the left hand" (only Lk 23:33; 2 Cor 6:7), or euphemistically (for e...
  

• Poor

  [nave] POOR Atonement money of, uniform with that of the rich, Ex. 30:15. Inexpensive offerings of the poor, Lev. 5:7; 12:8; 14:21, 22. See: Beneficence; Giving; Liberality; Orphans; Poverty; Widow. Also See: Rich; Riches. Uncl...
  

• Quotations and Allusions

  [nave] QUOTATIONS AND ALLUSIONS. In the New Testament from, and to, the Old Testament Matt. 1:23 Isa. 7:14. Matt. 2:6 Mic. 5:2. Matt. 2:15 Hos. 11:1. Matt. 2:18 Jer. 31:15. Matt. 3:3 Isa. 40:3. Matt. 4:4 Deut. 8:3; Luke 4:4. Matt...
  

• Sin

  [nave] SIN. Index of Sub-Topics Miscellany of Minor Sub-Topics; Unclassified Scriptures Relating to, Defining, and Illustrating; Confession of; Consequences of, Entailed Upon Children; Conviction of; Forgiveness of; Fruits of; Kn...
  

• Slander

  [nave] SLANDER Comes from the evil heart, Luke 6:45. Often arises from hatred, Psa. 109:3. Idleness leads to, 1 Tim. 5:13. The wicked addicted to, Psa. 50:20. Hypocrites addicted to, Prov. 11:9. A characteristic of the devil, ...
  

• Character

  [nave] CHARACTER. of Saints Attentive to Christ's voice, John 10:3, 4; blameless and harmless, Phil. 2:15; bold, Prov. 28:1; contrite, Isa. 57:15; 66:2; devout, Acts 8:2; 22:12; faithful, Rev. 17:14; fearing God, Mal. 3:16; Acts ...
  

• Psalms 109: They May Curse, but You Will Bless

  

• [Psa 109:1] O God, Whom I Delight To Praise

  O God, whom I delight to praise, To Thee my cry for help I raise; Be Thou my Friend and Advocate When foes assail with bitter hate. Against me slanderous words are flung From many a false and lying tongue; Without a cause men hurl at me The shafts of deadly enmity. My good with evil they repay, My love turns not their hate away; The part of vengeance, Lord, is Thine; To pray, and only pray, is mine. Since love appeals to him in vain, The slave of sin let him remain; Against him let his foe be turned, His sin be judged, his prayer be spurned. Let sudden death upon him break, His office let another take, His children and his widowed wife Pursue the homeless beggar’s life. Let creditors consume his toil And strangers make his wealth their spoil; Let none in pity heed his claim; Cut off his race, blot out his name. His parents’ sins be not forgot Till Thou from earth his memory blot, Since he remembered not to show Compassion to the sons of woe. He cursing loved and blessing loathed: Unblest, with cursing he is clothed; For thus the justice of the Lord My adversaries will reward. O God, the Lord, for Thy Name’s sake Let me of Thy good grace partake; My need is great, and great Thou art To heal my wounded, stricken heart. With failing strength I fast and pine, Like shadows swift my days decline, And when my foes my weakness see They shake their head in scorn at me. O Lord, my God, Thy help I crave, In Thy great lovingkindness save; Before my foes Thy mercy show; That Thou dost help me, make them know. What though they curse, if Thou wilt bless? Then joy shall banish my distress, And shame shall overwhelm the foes Who would Thy servant’s way oppose. Thanksgiving to the Lord I raise, The multitude shall hear my praise, For by the needy God will stand To save them from oppression’s hand.

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  source: Cyberhymnal

• [Psa 109:30] I Will Praise Him

  When I saw the cleansing fountain Open wide for all my sin, I obeyed the Spirit’s wooing, When He said, “Wilt thou be clean?” Refrain I will praise Him! I will praise Him! Praise the Lamb for sinners slain; Give Him glory, all ye people, For His blood can wash away each stain. Though the way seems straight and narrow, All I claimed was swept away; My ambitions, plans and wishes, At my feet in ashes lay. Refrain Then God’s fire upon the altar Of my heart was set aflame; I shall never cease to praise Him Glory, glory to His Name! Refrain Blessèd be the Name of Jesus! I’m so glad He took me in; He’s forgiven my transgressions, He has cleansed my heart from sin. Refrain Glory, glory to the Father! Glory, glory to the Son! Glory, glory to the Spirit! Glory to the Three in One!

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  source: Cyberhymnal

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