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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!

• Psa 109:1-31 -- Psalm 109

• 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...
  

• 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 ...
  

• 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...
  

• OIL

  [isbe] OIL - oil (shemen; elaion): 1. Terms 2. Production and Storage 3. Uses (1) As a Commodity of Exchange (2) As a Cosmetic (3) As a Medicine (4) As a Food (5) As an Illuminant (6) In Religious Rites (a) Consecration (b) Offerin...
  

• OFFICE

  [isbe] OFFICE - of'-is: In the Old Testament the word is often used in periphrastic renderings, e.g. "minister .... in the priest's office," literally, act as priest (Ex 28:1, etc.); "do the office of a midwife," literally, cause o...
  

• 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...
  

• MERCY; MERCIFUL

  [isbe] MERCY; MERCIFUL - mur'-si, mur'-si-fool (checedh, racham, chanan; eleos, eleeo, oiktirmos): "Mercy" is a distinctive Bible word characterizing God as revealed to men. In the Old Testament it is most often the translation of ...
  

• MEMORIAL; MEMORY

  [isbe] MEMORIAL; MEMORY - me-mo'-ri-al, mem'-o-ri ('azkarah, zekher, zekher, zikkaron; mnemosunon): "Memorial" as the translation of 'azkdrah is a sacrificial term, that which brings the offerer into remembrance before God, or brin...
  

• JUDGE

  [isbe] JUDGE - juj (shopheT; New Testament dikastes, krites): In the early patriarchal times the heads of families and the elders of the tribes were the judges (compare Gen 38:24), and their authority was based on custom. In the wi...
  

• HATE; HATRED

  [isbe] HATE; HATRED - hat, ha'-tred (verb, sane', "oftenest," saTam, Gen 27:41, etc.; noun, sin'ah; miseo): A feeling of strong antagonism and dislike, generally malevolent and prompting to injury (the opposite of love); sometimes ...
  

• 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...
  

• Girdle

  [ebd] (1.) Heb. hagor, a girdle of any kind worn by soldiers (1 Sam. 18:4; 2 Sam. 20:8; 1 Kings 2:5; 2 Kings 3:21) or women (Isa. 3:24). (2.) Heb. 'ezor, something "bound," worn by prophets (2 Kings 1:8; Jer. 13:1), soldiers (Isa....
  

• 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...
  

• FAVOR

  [isbe] FAVOR - fa'-ver (chen, ratson, with other Hebrew words; charis): Means generally good will, acceptance, and the benefits flowing from these; in older usage it meant also the countenance, hence, appearance. Alternating in Eng...
  

• CRIME; CRIMES

  [isbe] CRIME; CRIMES - krim, krimz: This. term is used in English as the equivalent of the Hebrew mishpaT, "judgment," "verdict" (Ezek 7:23); zimmah, "a heinous crime" (Job 31:11); 'asham = "a fault," "sin" (Gen 26:10, English Vers...
  

• CREDITOR

  [isbe] CREDITOR - kred'-i-ter ((a) nosheh, participle of nashah: Ex 22:24 (English translation: 25); 2 Ki 4:1; Isa 50:1; translated "extortioner," Ps 109:11; "taker of usury," Isa 24:2 the King James Version; (b) malweh, participle...
  

• Beg

  [ebd] That the poor existed among the Hebrews we have abundant evidence (Ex. 23:11; Deut. 15:11), but there is no mention of beggars properly so called in the Old Testament. The poor were provided for by the law of Moses (Lev. 19:...
  

• BISHOPRICK

  [isbe] BISHOPRICK - bish'-up-rik (episkope; Acts 1:20 the King James Version, quoted from Ps 109:8): the Revised Version (British and American) "office," margin, "overseership." See BISHOP.
  

• Anoint

  [ebd] The practice of anointing with perfumed oil was common among the Hebrews. (1.) The act of anointing was significant of consecration to a holy or sacred use; hence the anointing of the high priest (Ex. 29:29; Lev. 4:3) and of...
  

• ADVERSARY

  [isbe] ADVERSARY - ad'-ver-sa-ri, ad'-ver-sa-ri: This word (in the singular or plural) is used in the Old Testament to render different Hebrew words. In thirty-two cases the word corresponds to the noun tsar, or the verb tsarar. Th...
  

• 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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