Verse 1
Psalms 109:1
Geneva Bible
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To him that excelleth. A Psalme of David. Holde not thy tongue, O God (Elohim) of my praise.
Original Language Text
hebrew
לַ֭/מְנַצֵּחַ לְ/דָוִ֣ד מִזְמ֑וֹר אֱלֹהֵ֥י תְ֝הִלָּתִ֗/י אַֽל תֶּחֱרַֽשׁ
English Translation
For the conductor; a psalm of David. My God, do not be silent.
AI translation from hebrew via gpt-4o-mini
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Chapter 109 Context
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To him that excelleth. A Psalme of David. Holde not thy tongue, O God (Elohim) of my praise.
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For the mouth of the wicked, and the mouth full of deceite are opened vpon me: they haue spoken to m...
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They compassed me about also with words of hatred, and fought against me without a cause.
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For my friendship they were mine aduersaries, but I gaue my selfe to praier.
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And they haue rewarded me euil for good, and hatred for my friendship.
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Set thou the wicked ouer him, and let the aduersarie stand at his right hand.
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Whe he shalbe iudged, let him be condemned, and let his praier be turned into sinne.
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Let his daies be fewe, and let another take his charge.
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Let his children be fatherlesse, and his wife a widowe.
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Let his children be vagabonds and beg and seeke bread, comming out of their places destroyed.
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Let the extortioner catch al that he hath, and let the strangers spoile his labour.
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Let there be none to extend mercie vnto him: neither let there be any to shewe mercie vpon his fathe...
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Let his posteritie be destroied, and in the generation following let their name be put out.
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Let the iniquitie of his fathers bee had in remembrance with the Lord: and let not the sinne of his...
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But let them alway be before the Lord, that he may cut off their memorial from ye earth.
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Because he remembred not to shew mercie, but persecuted the afflicted and poore man, and the sorowfu...
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As he loued cursing, so shall it come vnto him, and as he loued not blessing, so shall it be farre f...
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As he clothed himselfe with cursing like a rayment, so shall it come into his bowels like water, and...
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Let it be vnto him as a garment to couer him, and for a girdle, wherewith he shalbe alway girded.
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Let this be the rewarde of mine aduersarie from the Lord, and of them, that speake euill against my...
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But thou, O Lord my God (Elohim), deale with me according vnto thy Name: deliuer me, (for thy mercie...
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Because I am poore and needie, and mine heart is wounded within me.
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I depart like the shadowe that declineth, and am shaken off as the grashopper.
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My knees are weake through fasting, and my flesh hath lost all fatnes.
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I became also a rebuke vnto them: they that looked vpon me, shaked their heads.
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Helpe me, O Lord my God (Elohim): saue me according to thy mercie.
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And they shall know, that this is thine hand, and that thou, Lord, hast done it.
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Though they curse, yet thou wilt blesse: they shall arise and be confounded, but thy seruant shall r...
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Let mine aduersaries be clothed with shame, and let them couer themselues with their confusion, as w...
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I will giue thankes vnto the Lord greatly with my mouth and praise him among ye multitude.
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For he will stand at the right hand of the poore, to saue him from them that woulde condemne his sou...
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