Psalms 109
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David makes complaint about his enemies | ||
| «To the chief music-maker. Of David. A Psalm.» God of my praise, let my prayer be answered; | To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David. Hold not thy peace, O God of my praise; | |
Verse 1 WEB For the Chief Musician. A Psalm by David. God of my praise, don’t remain silent, KJV To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David. Hold not thy peace, O God of my praise; TSK Hold: ps 28:1, ps 35:22,23, ps 83:1, isa 42:14; O God: ps 118:28, ex 15:2, de 10:21, jer 17:14 |
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| For the mouth of the sinner is open against me in deceit: his tongue has said false things against me. | For the mouth of the wicked and the mouth of the deceitful are opened against me: they have spoken against me with a lying tongue. | |
Verse 2 WEB for they have opened the mouth of the wicked and the mouth of deceit against me. They have spoken to me with a lying tongue. KJV For the mouth of the wicked and the mouth of the deceitful are opened against me: they have spoken against me with a lying tongue. TSK the mouth: ps 31:13,18, ps 64:3,4, ps 140:3, 2sa 15:3-8, 2sa 17:1, pr 15:28, mt 26:59-62; of the deceitful: ps 120:3, pr 6:17, pr 12:19, jer 9:3,5, ac 6:13 |
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| Words of hate are round about me; they have made war against me without cause. | They compassed me about also with words of hatred; and fought against me without a cause. | |
Verse 3 WEB They have also surrounded me with words of hatred, and fought against me without a cause. KJV They compassed me about also with words of hatred; and fought against me without a cause. TSK compassed: ps 17:11, ps 22:12, ps 88:17, 2sa 16:7,8, ho 11:12; fought: ps 35:7,20, ps 59:3,4, ps 69:4, 1sa 19:4,5, 1sa 26:18, 2sa 15:12, joh 15:24,25 |
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| For my love they give me back hate; but I have given myself to prayer. | For my love they are my adversaries: but I give myself unto prayer. | |
Verse 4 WEB In return for my love, they are my adversaries; but I am in prayer. KJV For my love they are my adversaries: but I give myself unto prayer. TSK For my: ps 35:7,12, ps 38:20, 2sa 13:39, joh 10:32, 2co 12:15; but I: ps 55:16,17, ps 69:12,13, 2sa 15:31,32, da 6:10, lu 6:11,12, lu 23:34 |
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| They have put on me evil for good; hate in exchange for my love. | And they have rewarded me evil for good, and hatred for my love. | |
Verse 5 WEB They have rewarded me evil for good, and hatred for my love. KJV And they have rewarded me evil for good, and hatred for my love. TSK they: ps 35:7-12, ge 44:4, pr 17:13; hatred: ps 55:12-15, 2sa 15:12,31, mr 14:44,45, lu 6:16, lu 22:47,48, joh 13:18 |
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He speaks as a prophet their destruction | ||
| Put an evil man over him; and let one be placed at his right hand to say evil of him. | Set thou a wicked man over him: and let Satan stand at his right hand. | |
Verse 6 WEB Set a wicked man over him. Let an adversary stand at his right hand. KJV Set thou a wicked man over him: and let Satan stand at his right hand. TSK Set thou: mt 27:4; and let: zec 3:1, joh 13:2,27; Satan: mt 5:25 |
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| When he is judged, let the decision go against him; and may his prayer become sin. | When he shall be judged, let him be condemned: and let his prayer become sin. | |
Verse 7 WEB When he is judged, let him come forth guilty. Let his prayer be turned into sin. KJV When he shall be judged, let him be condemned: and let his prayer become sin. TSK be condemned: ro 3:19, ga 3:10; and let: 2sa 15:7,8, pr 15:8, pr 21:27, pr 28:9, isa 1:15, isa 66:3, mt 23:14 |
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| Let his life be short; let another take his position of authority. | Let his days be few; and let another take his office. | |
Verse 8 WEB Let his days be few. Let another take his office. KJV Let his days be few; and let another take his office. TSK his days: ps 55:23, mt 27:5; another: ac 1:16-26 |
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| Let his children have no father, and his wife be made a widow. | Let his children be fatherless, and his wife a widow. | |
Verse 9 WEB Let his children be fatherless, and his wife a widow. KJV Let his children be fatherless, and his wife a widow. |
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| Let his children be wanderers, looking to others for their food; let them be sent away from the company of their friends. | Let his children be continually vagabonds, and beg: let them seek their bread also out of their desolate places. | |
Verse 10 WEB Let his children be wandering beggars. Let them be sought from their ruins. KJV Let his children be continually vagabonds, and beg: let them seek their bread also out of their desolate places. TSK Let his children be continually vagabonds, and beg: let them seek their bread also out of their desolate places.: ps 37:25, ge 4:12-14, 2sa 3:29, 2ki 5:27, job 24:8-12, job 30:3-9, isa 16:2 |
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| Let his creditor take all his goods; and let others have the profit of his work. | Let the extortioner catch all that he hath; and let the strangers spoil his labour. | |
Verse 11 WEB Let the creditor seize all that he has. Let strangers plunder the fruit of his labor. KJV Let the extortioner catch all that he hath; and let the strangers spoil his labour. TSK extortioner: job 5:5, job 18:9-19, job 20:18; strangers: de 28:29,33,34,50,51, jud 6:3-6 |
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| Let no man have pity on him, or give help to his children when he is dead. | Let there be none to extend mercy unto him: neither let there be any to favour his fatherless children. | |
Verse 12 WEB Let there be no one to extend kindness to him, neither let there be anyone to have pity on his fatherless children. KJV Let there be none to extend mercy unto him: neither let there be any to favour his fatherless children. TSK none: isa 27:11, lu 6:38, jas 2:13; favour: ps 137:8,9, isa 13:18, mt 27:25, lu 11:50,51 |
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| Let his seed be cut off; in the coming generation let their name go out of memory. | Let his posterity be cut off; and in the generation following let their name be blotted out. | |
Verse 13 WEB Let his posterity be cut off. In the generation following let their name be blotted out. KJV Let his posterity be cut off; and in the generation following let their name be blotted out. TSK Let his: ps 37:28, 1sa 2:31-33, 1sa 3:13, 2ki 10:10,11, job 18:19, isa 14:20-22, jer 22:30; their name: de 9:14, de 25:19, de 29:20, pr 10:7 |
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| Let the Lord keep in mind the wrongdoing of his fathers; and may the sin of his mother have no forgiveness. | Let the iniquity of his fathers be remembered with the LORD; and let not the sin of his mother be blotted out. | |
Verse 14 WEB Let the iniquity of his fathers be remembered by Yahweh. Don’t let the sin of his mother be blotted out. KJV Let the iniquity of his fathers be remembered with the LORD; and let not the sin of his mother be blotted out. TSK Let the: ex 20:5, le 26:39, 2sa 3:29, 2sa 21:1,8,9, mt 23:31-36; let not: 2ki 8:27, 2ki 9:27, 2ki 10:13,14, 2ki 11:1, 2ch 22:3,4; blotted: ne 4:5, isa 43:25, jer 18:23 |
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| Let them be ever before the eyes of the Lord, so that the memory of them may be cut off from the earth. | Let them be before the LORD continually, that he may cut off the memory of them from the earth. | |
Verse 15 WEB Let them be before Yahweh continually, that he may cut off their memory from the earth; KJV Let them be before the LORD continually, that he may cut off the memory of them from the earth. TSK before: ps 51:9, ps 90:8, de 32:34, jer 2:22, ho 7:2, am 8:7; cut off: ps 109:13, ps 34:16, job 18:17, isa 65:15 |
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| Because he had no mercy, but was cruel to the low and the poor, designing the death of the broken-hearted. | Because that he remembered not to show mercy, but persecuted the poor and needy man, that he might even slay the broken in heart. | |
Verse 16 WEB because he didn’t remember to show kindness, but persecuted the poor and needy man, the broken in heart, to kill them. KJV Because that he remembered not to show mercy, but persecuted the poor and needy man, that he might even slay the broken in heart. TSK he remembered: 2sa 17:1,2, mt 5:7, mt 18:33-35, jas 2:13; persecuted: ps 10:2,14, ge 42:21, job 19:2,3,21,22, mt 27:35-46; slay: ps 34:18, ps 69:20-29, 2sa 16:11,12, mr 14:34-36 |
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| As he took pleasure in cursing, so let it come on him; and as he had no delight in blessing, let it be far from him. | As he loved cursing, so let it come unto him: as he delighted not in blessing, so let it be far from him. | |
Verse 17 WEB Yes, he loved cursing, and it came to him. He didn’t delight in blessing, and it was far from him. KJV As he loved cursing, so let it come unto him: as he delighted not in blessing, so let it be far from him. TSK As he loved cursing, so let it come unto him: as he delighted not in blessing, so let it be far from him.: ps 52:4,5, ps 59:12,13, pr 14:14, eze 35:6, mt 7:2, 2th 2:10,11, re 16:6 |
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| He put on cursing like a robe, and it has come into his body like water, and into his bones like oil. | As 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. | |
Verse 18 WEB He clothed himself also with cursing as with his garment. It came into his inward parts like water, like oil into his bones. KJV As 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. TSK As he: ps 73:6, job 29:14, col 3:8,12, 1pe 5:5; so let: nu 5:22,27, job 20:12-16,20-23, mt 26:24, mt 27:3-5, ac 1:18,25 |
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| Let it be to him as a robe which he puts on, let it be like a band which is round him at all times. | Let it be unto him as the garment which covereth him, and for a girdle wherewith he is girded continually. | |
Verse 19 WEB Let it be to him as the clothing with which he covers himself, for the belt that is always around him. KJV Let it be unto him as the garment which covereth him, and for a girdle wherewith he is girded continually. TSK as the garment: ps 109:18,29, ps 35:26, ps 132:18 |
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| Let this be the reward given to my haters from the Lord, and to those who say evil of my soul. | Let this be the reward of mine adversaries from the LORD, and of them that speak evil against my soul. | |
Verse 20 WEB This is the reward of my adversaries from Yahweh, of those who speak evil against my soul. KJV Let this be the reward of mine adversaries from the LORD, and of them that speak evil against my soul. TSK Let this: ps 2:5,6,12, ps 21:8-12, ps 40:14,15, ps 110:1,5,6, 2sa 17:23, 2sa 18:32, 1ki 2:44, lu 19:27, 1th 2:15,16; them: mt 11:19, mt 12:24, mt 26:66,67, mr 9:39, 1co 12:3 |
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Prayers and praises | ||
| But, O Lord God, give me your help, because of your name; take me out of danger, because your mercy is good. | But do thou for me, O GOD the Lord, for thy name's sake: because thy mercy is good, deliver thou me. | |
Verse 21 WEB But deal with me, Yahweh the Lord, for your name’s sake, because your loving kindness is good, deliver me; KJV But do thou for me, O GOD the Lord, for thy name's sake: because thy mercy is good, deliver thou me. TSK But do: ps 25:11, ps 31:3, ps 69:29, ps 79:9,10, ps 143:11,12, joh 17:1, php 2:8-11; thy mercy: ps 36:7-9, ps 63:3, ps 86:5,15 |
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| For I am poor and in need, and my heart is wounded in me. | For I am poor and needy, and my heart is wounded within me. | |
Verse 22 WEB for I am poor and needy. My heart is wounded within me. KJV For I am poor and needy, and my heart is wounded within me. TSK For I: ps 22:6, ps 40:17, ps 86:1, ps 102:17-20, mt 8:20, 2co 8:9; and my: ps 109:16, ps 88:15,16, ps 102:4, 2ki 4:27, job 6:4, isa 53:3, lu 22:44, joh 12:27 |
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| I am gone like the shade when it is stretched out: I am forced out of my place like a locust. | I am gone like the shadow when it declineth: I am tossed up and down as the locust. | |
Verse 23 WEB I fade away like an evening shadow. I am shaken off like a locust. KJV I am gone like the shadow when it declineth: I am tossed up and down as the locust. TSK gone: ps 102:11, ps 144:4, 1ch 29:15, job 14:2, ec 6:12, ec 8:13, jas 4:14; I am tossed: ps 102:10, ex 10:13,19 |
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| My knees are feeble for need of food; there is no fat on my bones. | My knees are weak through fasting; and my flesh faileth of fatness. | |
Verse 24 WEB My knees are weak through fasting. My body is thin and lacks fat. KJV My knees are weak through fasting; and my flesh faileth of fatness. TSK knees: ps 22:14, ps 35:13,14, ps 69:10, mt 4:2, 2co 11:27, heb 12:12; my flesh: ps 32:3,4, ps 38:5-8, ps 102:4,5, job 19:20 |
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| As for me, they make sport of me; shaking their heads when they see me. | I became also a reproach unto them: when they looked upon me they shaked their heads. | |
Verse 25 WEB I have also become a reproach to them. When they see me, they shake their head. KJV I became also a reproach unto them: when they looked upon me they shaked their heads. TSK a reproach: ps 31:11-13, ps 35:15,16, ps 69:9-12,19,20, ro 15:3, heb 12:2, heb 13:13; when they: ps 22:6,7, job 16:4, isa 37:22, mt 27:39,40 |
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| Give me help, O Lord my God; in your mercy be my saviour; | Help me, O LORD my God: O save me according to thy mercy: | |
Verse 26 WEB Help me, Yahweh, my God. Save me according to your loving kindness; KJV Help me, O LORD my God: O save me according to thy mercy: TSK Help: ps 40:12, ps 119:86, heb 5:7; save me: ps 57:1, ps 69:13,16 |
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| So that they may see that it is the work of your hand; that you, Lord, have done it. | That they may know that this is thy hand; that thou, LORD, hast done it. | |
Verse 27 WEB that they may know that this is your hand; that you, Yahweh, have done it. KJV That they may know that this is thy hand; that thou, LORD, hast done it. TSK That they may know that this is thy hand; that thou, LORD, hast done it.: ps 17:13,14, ps 64:8,9, ps 126:2, ex 8:19, nu 16:28-30, 1sa 17:46,47, 1ki 18:36,37, job 37:7, ac 2:32-36, ac 4:16 |
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| They may give curses but you give blessing; when they come up against me, put them to shame; but let your servant be glad. | Let them curse, but bless thou: when they arise, let them be ashamed; but let thy servant rejoice. | |
Verse 28 WEB They may curse, but you bless. When they arise, they will be shamed, but your servant shall rejoice. KJV Let them curse, but bless thou: when they arise, let them be ashamed; but let thy servant rejoice. TSK Let them: ps 109:17, nu 22:12, nu 23:20,23, 2sa 16:10-13; but let: isa 65:13-16, joh 16:22, heb 12:2 |
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| Let my haters be clothed with shame, covering themselves with shame as with a robe. | Let mine adversaries be clothed with shame, and let them cover themselves with their own confusion, as with a mantle. | |
Verse 29 WEB Let my adversaries be clothed with dishonor. Let them cover themselves with their own shame as with a robe. KJV Let mine adversaries be clothed with shame, and let them cover themselves with their own confusion, as with a mantle. TSK be clothed: ps 109:17-19, ps 6:10, ps 35:26, ps 132:18, ps 140:9, jer 20:11, da 12:2, mic 7:10 |
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| I will give the Lord great praise with my mouth; yes, I will give praise to him among all the people. | I will greatly praise the LORD with my mouth; yea, I will praise him among the multitude. | |
Verse 30 WEB I will give great thanks to Yahweh with my mouth. Yes, I will praise him among the multitude. KJV I will greatly praise the LORD with my mouth; yea, I will praise him among the multitude. TSK greatly: ps 7:17, ps 9:1, ps 22:22,25, ps 71:22,23, ps 108:1-3; I will praise: ps 22:22-25, ps 35:18, ps 107:32, ps 111:1, ps 116:12-18, ps 138:1,4, heb 2:12 |
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| For he is ever at the right hand of the poor, to take him out of the hands of those who go after his soul. | For he shall stand at the right hand of the poor, to save him from those that condemn his soul. | |
Verse 31 WEB For he will stand at the right hand of the needy, to save him from those who judge his soul. KJV For he shall stand at the right hand of the poor, to save him from those that condemn his soul. TSK For he: ps 16:8, ps 73:23, ps 110:5, ps 121:5; poor: ps 109:16, ps 68:5, ps 72:4,12,13, ps 140:12; to save: ps 10:14, ex 22:22-24, pr 22:22,23, ec 5:8, isa 54:17, ac 4:10-12, ac 5:30,31 |
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