For the Chief Musician. A Psalm by David.
God of my praise, don’t remain silent, Psa 28:1Psa 83:1Deu 10:21Exo 15:2Isa 42:14Psa 35:22-23Jer 17:14Psa 118:28
for they have opened the mouth of the wicked and the mouth of deceit against me. Psa 52:4Pro 6:17Psa 120:2-32Sa 17:1Act 6:13Jer 9:5Pro 12:19Psa 31:13
They have spoken to me with a lying tongue.
They have also surrounded me with words of hatred, Psa 69:4Psa 35:7Jhn 15:24-25Psa 35:20Psa 88:171Sa 19:4-51Sa 26:182Sa 15:12
and fought against me without a cause.
In return for my love, they are my adversaries; Psa 38:20Luk 23:34Psa 35:7Psa 69:12-13Psa 55:16-17Luk 6:11-12Psa 35:122Co 12:15
but I am in prayer.
They have rewarded me evil for good, Pro 17:13Psa 38:202Sa 15:31Gen 44:4Psa 35:7-12Psa 55:12-152Sa 15:12Jhn 13:18
and hatred for my love.
Set a wicked man over him. Zec 3:1Mat 5:25Mat 27:4Jhn 13:2Jhn 13:27
Let an adversary stand at his right hand.
When he is judged, let him come out guilty. Pro 28:9Pro 21:27Gal 3:10Pro 15:82Sa 15:7-8Isa 1:15Isa 66:3Mat 23:13
Let his prayer be turned into sin.
Let his days be few. Act 1:16-26Psa 55:23Mat 27:5
Let another take his office.
Let his children be fatherless, Exo 22:24Jer 18:21Lam 5:3
and his wife a widow.
Let his children be wandering beggars. Gen 4:12-14Psa 37:252Ki 5:27Isa 16:2Psa 59:152Sa 3:29Job 24:8-12Job 30:3-9
Let them be sought from their ruins.
Let the creditor seize all that he has. Job 5:5Deu 28:29Deu 28:33-34Deu 28:50-51Job 18:9-19Job 20:18Jdg 6:3-6
Let strangers plunder the fruit of his labor.
Let there be no one to extend kindness to him, Jas 2:13Luk 6:38Mat 27:25Psa 137:8-9Isa 13:18Isa 27:11Isa 9:17Job 5:4
neither let there be anyone to have pity on his fatherless children.
Let his posterity be cut off. Pro 10:7Job 18:19Psa 37:281Sa 2:31-331Sa 3:132Ki 10:10-11Deu 25:19Deu 29:20
In the generation following let their name be blotted out.
Let the iniquity of his fathers be remembered by the LORD. Exo 20:5Neh 4:5Jer 18:232Ch 22:3-42Ki 10:13-142Ki 11:12Ki 8:272Ki 9:27
Don’t let the sin of his mother be blotted out.
Let them be before the LORD continually, Psa 34:16Job 18:17Psa 90:8Psa 51:9Amo 8:7Deu 32:34Isa 65:15Jer 2:22
that he may cut off their memory from the earth;
because he didn’t remember to show kindness, Psa 34:18Jas 2:13Mat 18:33-35Psa 37:142Sa 16:11-122Sa 17:1-2Gen 42:21Job 19:2-3
but persecuted the poor and needy man,
the broken in heart, to kill them.
Yes, he loved cursing, and it came to him. Mat 7:2Pro 14:14Ezk 35:6Psa 52:4-5Psa 59:12-132Th 2:10-11Rev 16:6
He didn’t delight in blessing, and it was far from him.
He clothed himself also with cursing as with his garment. Psa 73:6Num 5:22Col 3:12Mat 27:3-51Pe 5:5Act 1:18Act 1:25Col 3:8
It came into his inward parts like water,
like oil into his bones.
Let it be to him as the clothing with which he covers himself, Psa 109:29Psa 132:18Psa 109:18Psa 35:26
for the belt that is always around him.
This is the reward of my adversaries from the LORD, 2Ti 4:141Ki 2:44Psa 94:231Co 12:31Th 2:15-162Sa 17:232Sa 18:32Luk 19:27
of those who speak evil against my soul.
But deal with me, GOD the Lord, 1 for your name’s sake, Psa 31:3Psa 69:16Psa 25:11Psa 63:3Psa 79:9-10Php 2:8-11Psa 143:11-12Psa 86:15
because your loving kindness is good, deliver me;
for I am poor and needy. Psa 86:1Psa 102:4Psa 40:172Co 8:92Ki 4:27Jhn 12:27Psa 22:6Isa 53:3
My heart is wounded within me.
I fade away like an evening shadow. Exo 10:191Ch 29:15Job 14:2Psa 102:10-11Ecc 6:12Ecc 8:13Exo 10:13Jas 4:14
I am shaken off like a locust.
My knees are weak through fasting. Heb 12:12Mat 4:2Psa 22:14Psa 32:3-42Co 11:27Job 19:20Psa 102:4-5Psa 35:13-14
My body is thin and lacks fat.
I have also become a reproach to them. Psa 22:6-7Psa 69:19-20Rom 15:3Psa 69:9-12Heb 12:2Heb 13:13Isa 37:22Job 16:4
When they see me, they shake their head.
Help me, LORD, my God. Psa 119:86Psa 57:1Heb 5:7Psa 69:13Psa 40:12Psa 69:16
Save me according to your loving kindness;
that they may know that this is your hand; Job 37:71Ki 18:36-37Exo 8:191Sa 17:46-47Act 2:32-36Act 4:16Psa 126:2Psa 17:13-14
that you, LORD, have done it.
They may curse, but you bless. Num 23:20Jhn 16:22Heb 12:2Num 22:12Psa 109:172Sa 16:10-13Isa 65:13-16Num 23:23
When they arise, they will be shamed,
but your servant shall rejoice.
Let my adversaries be clothed with dishonor. Psa 132:18Psa 35:26Job 8:22Jer 20:11Dan 12:2Mic 7:10Psa 109:17-19Psa 140:9
Let them cover themselves with their own shame as with a robe.
I will give great thanks to the LORD with my mouth. Psa 111:1Psa 35:18Psa 138:1Psa 22:22-25Heb 2:12Psa 107:32Psa 108:1-3Psa 116:12-18
Yes, I will praise him among the multitude.
For he will stand at the right hand of the needy, Psa 121:5Psa 16:8Isa 54:17Psa 110:5Psa 140:12Psa 73:23Pro 22:22-23Ecc 5:8
to save him from those who judge his soul.