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		Ps 109:1 O God of my praise! Do not keep silent,
		Ps 109:2 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.
		Ps 109:3 They have also surrounded me with words of hatred, And have fought against me without a cause.
		Ps 109:4 In return for my love, they attack me, But I am in prayer.
		Ps 109:5 They have repaid me evil for good, And hatred for my love.
		Ps 109:6 ¶ Appoint a wicked man against him, And let an attacker stand at his right hand [to kill him].
		Ps 109:7 When he enters into dispute, let wickedness come about. Let his prayer [for help] result [only] in sin.
		Ps 109:8 Let his days be few; And let another take his office. [Acts 1:20]
		Ps 109:9 Let his children be fatherless And his wife a widow.
		Ps 109:10 Let his children wander and beg; Let them seek their food and be driven far from their ruined homes. [Gen 4:12]
		Ps 109:11 Let the creditor seize all that he has, And let strangers plunder the product of his labor.
		Ps 109:12 Let there be no one to extend kindness to him, Nor let anyone be gracious to his fatherless children.
		Ps 109:13 Let his descendants be cut off, And in the following generation let their name be blotted out.
		Ps 109:14 ¶ Let the wickedness of his fathers be remembered by the LORD; And do not let the sin of his mother be blotted out.
		Ps 109:15 Let them be before the LORD continually, That He may cut off their memory from the earth;
		Ps 109:16 Because the man did not remember to show kindness, But persecuted the suffering and needy man, And the brokenhearted, to put them to death.
		Ps 109:17 He also loved cursing, and it came [back] to him; He did not delight in blessing, so it was far from him.
		Ps 109:18 He clothed himself with cursing as with his garment, And it seeped into his inner self like water And like [anointing] oil into his bones.
		Ps 109:19 Let it be to him as a robe with which he covers himself, And as a sash with which he is constantly bound.
		Ps 109:20 Let this be the reward of my attackers from the LORD, And of those who speak evil against my life.
		Ps 109:21 ¶ But You, O GOD, the Lord, show kindness to me, for Your name's sake; Because Your lovingkindness (faithfulness, compassion) is good, O rescue me;
		Ps 109:22 For I am suffering and needy, And my heart is wounded within me.
		Ps 109:23 I am vanishing like a shadow when it lengthens and fades; I am shaken off like the locust.
		Ps 109:24 My knees are unsteady from fasting; And my flesh is gaunt and without fatness.
		Ps 109:25 I also have become a reproach and an object of taunting to others; When they see me, they shake their heads [in derision]. [Matt 26:39]
		Ps 109:26 ¶ Help me, O LORD my God; Save me according to Your lovingkindness--
		Ps 109:27 And let them know that this is Your hand; You, LORD, have done it.
		Ps 109:28 Let them curse, but You bless. When adversaries arise, let them be ashamed, But let Your servant rejoice.
		Ps 109:29 Let my attackers be clothed with dishonor, And let them cover themselves with their own shame as with a robe.
		Ps 109:30 ¶ I will give great praise and thanks to the LORD with my mouth; And in the midst of many I will praise Him.
		Ps 109:31 For He will stand at the right hand of the needy, To save him from those who judge his soul. A Psalm of David.<SS>

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