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Psalms 109

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1To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David. Hold not thy peace, O God of my praise;

2For the mouth of the wicked and the mouth of the deceitful are opened against me: they have spoken against me with a lying tongue.

3They compassed me about also with words of hatred; and fought against me without a cause.

4For my love they are my adversaries: but I give myself unto prayer.

5And they have rewarded me evil for good, and hatred for my love.

6Set thou a wicked man over him: and let Satan stand at his right hand.

7When he shall be judged, let him be condemned: and let his prayer become sin.

8Let his days be few; and let another take his office.

9Let his children be fatherless, and his wife a widow.

10Let his children be continually vagabonds, and beg: let them seek their bread also out of their desolate places.

11Let the extortioner catch all that he hath; and let the strangers spoil his labour.

12Let there be none to extend mercy unto him: neither let there be any to favour his fatherless children.

13Let his posterity be cut off; and in the generation following let their name be blotted out.

14Let the iniquity of his fathers be remembered with the LORD; and let not the sin of his mother be blotted out.

15Let them be before the LORD continually, that he may cut off the memory of them from the earth.

16Because that he remembered not to shew mercy, but persecuted the poor and needy man, that he might even slay the broken in heart.

17As he loved cursing, so let it come unto him: as he delighted not in blessing, so let it be far from him.

18As he clothed himself with cursing like as with his garment, so let it come into his bowels like water, and like oil into his bones.

19Let it be unto him as the garment which covereth him, and for a girdle wherewith he is girded continually.

20Let this be the reward of mine adversaries from the LORD, and of them that speak evil against my soul.

21But do thou for me, O GOD the Lord, for thy name's sake: because thy mercy is good, deliver thou me.

22For I am poor and needy, and my heart is wounded within me.

23I am gone like the shadow when it declineth: I am tossed up and down as the locust.

24My knees are weak through fasting; and my flesh faileth of fatness.

25I became also a reproach unto them: when they looked upon me they shaked their heads.

26Help me, O LORD my God: O save me according to thy mercy:

27That they may know that this is thy hand; that thou, LORD, hast done it.

28Let them curse, but bless thou: when they arise, let them be ashamed; but let thy servant rejoice.

29Let mine adversaries be clothed with shame, and let them cover themselves with their own confusion, as with a mantle.

30I will greatly praise the LORD with my mouth; yea, I will praise him among the multitude.

31For he shall stand at the right hand of the poor, to save him from those that condemn his soul.

Words in this chapter

Definitions are Strong's own wording from his Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Counts are how often each word appears in this chapter, from the tagged text.

  • הָיָהhâyâhH19619× in this chapter

    to exist, i.e. be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)

  • יְהֹוָהYᵉhôvâhH30686× in this chapter

    Jehovah, Jewish national name of God

  • כִּיkîyH35885× in this chapter

    (by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed

  • עַלʻalH59215× in this chapter

    above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications

  • חֵסֵדchêçêdH26174× in this chapter

    kindness; by implication (towards God) piety; rarely (by opposition) reproof, or (subject.) beauty

  • אַלʼalH4084× in this chapter

    not (the qualified negation, used as a deprecative); once (Job 24:25) as a noun, nothing

  • אֶבְיוֹןʼebyôwnH343× in this chapter

    destitute

  • נוּעַnûwaʻH51283× in this chapter

    to waver, in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively (as subjoined)

  • עָשָׂהʻâsâhH62133× in this chapter

    to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application

  • פֶּהpehH63103× in this chapter

    the mouth (as the means of blowing), whether literal or figurative (particularly speech); specifically edge, portion or side; adverbially (with preposition) according to

  • רָשָׁעrâshâʻH75633× in this chapter

    morally wrong; concretely, an (actively) bad person

  • שָׂטַןsâṭanH78533× in this chapter

    to attack, (figuratively) accuse

  • תַּחַתtachathH84783× in this chapter

    the bottom (as depressed); only adverbially, below (often with prepositional prefix underneath), in lieu of, etc.

  • אֵתʼêthH8543× in this chapter

    properly, nearness (used only as a preposition or an adverb), near; hence, generally, with, by, at, among, etc.

  • אַתָּהʼattâhH8593× in this chapter

    thou and thee, or (plural) ye and you

  • בֵּןbênH11212× in this chapter

    a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or condition, etc., (like father or brother), etc.)

  • אַהֲבָהʼahăbâhH1602× in this chapter

    {affection (in a good or a bad sense)}

  • דָבַרdâbarH16962× in this chapter

    perhaps properly, to arrange; but used figuratively (of words), to speak; rarely (in a destructive sense) to subdue

  • זֹאתzôʼthH20632× in this chapter

    this (often used adverb)

  • זָכַרzâkarH21422× in this chapter

    properly, to mark (so as to be recognized), i.e. to remember; by implication, to mention; to be male

  • טוֹבṭôwbH28962× in this chapter

    good (as an adjective) in the widest sense; used likewise as a noun, both in the masculine and the feminine, the singular and the plural (good, a good or good thing, a good man or woman; the good, goods or good things, good men or women), also as an adverb (well)

  • אַחֵרʼachêrH3122× in this chapter

    properly, hinder; generally, next, other, etc.

  • יָמִיןyâmîynH32252× in this chapter

    the right hand or side (leg, eye) of a person or other object (as the stronger and more dexterous); locally, the south

  • יָשַׁעyâshaʻH34672× in this chapter

    properly, to be open, wide or free, i.e. (by implication) to be safe; causatively, to free or succor

  • יָתוֹםyâthôwmH34902× in this chapter

    a bereaved person

  • כָּרַתkârathH37722× in this chapter

    to cut (off, down or asunder); by implication, to destroy or consume; specifically, to covenant (i.e. make an alliance or bargain, originally by cutting flesh and passing between the pieces)

  • לֹאlôʼH38082× in this chapter

    not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles

  • לָבַשׁlâbashH38472× in this chapter

    properly, wrap around, i.e. (by implication) to put on agarment or clothe (oneself, or another), literally or figuratively

  • מָחָהmâchâhH42292× in this chapter

    properly, to stroke or rub; by implication, to erase; also to smooth (as if with oil), i.e. grease or make fat; also to touch, i.e. reach to

  • אֱלֹהִיםʼĕlôhîymH4302× in this chapter

    gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme God; occasionally applied by way of deference to magistrates; and sometimes as a superlative

  • נֶפֶשׁnepheshH53152× in this chapter

    properly, a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or mental)

  • עָטָהʻâṭâhH58442× in this chapter

    to wrap, i.e. cover, veil, cloth, or roll

  • אֲנִיʼănîyH5892× in this chapter

    I

  • עָמַדʻâmadH59752× in this chapter

    to stand, in various relations (literal and figurative, intransitive and transitive)

  • עָנִיʻânîyH60412× in this chapter

    depressed, in mind or circumstances

  • קְלָלָהqᵉlâlâhH70452× in this chapter

    vilification

  • קֶרֶבqerebH71302× in this chapter

    properly, the nearest part, i.e. the center, whether literal, figurative or adverbial (especially with preposition)

  • רַעraʻH74512× in this chapter

    bad or (as noun) evil (natural or moral)

  • שֵׁםshêmH80342× in this chapter

    an appellation, as amark or memorial of individuality; by implication honor, authority, character

  • שֶׁמֶןshemenH80812× in this chapter

    grease, especially liquid (as from the olive, often perfumed); figuratively, richness

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