The Message

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        <div class="chapter ch109" data-usfm="PSA.109">
            <div class="label">109</div><div class="q1"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1 v2 v3 v4 v5" data-usfm="PSA.109.1+PSA.109.2+PSA.109.3+PSA.109.4+PSA.109.5"><span class="label">1-5</span><span class="content">My God, don&#8217;t turn a deaf ear to my hallelujah prayer.</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1 v2 v3 v4 v5" data-usfm="PSA.109.1+PSA.109.2+PSA.109.3+PSA.109.4+PSA.109.5"><span class="content">Liars are pouring out invective on me;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1 v2 v3 v4 v5" data-usfm="PSA.109.1+PSA.109.2+PSA.109.3+PSA.109.4+PSA.109.5"><span class="content">Their lying tongues are like a pack of dogs out to get me,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1 v2 v3 v4 v5" data-usfm="PSA.109.1+PSA.109.2+PSA.109.3+PSA.109.4+PSA.109.5"><span class="content">barking their hate, nipping my heels&#8212;and for no reason!</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1 v2 v3 v4 v5" data-usfm="PSA.109.1+PSA.109.2+PSA.109.3+PSA.109.4+PSA.109.5"><span class="content">I loved them and now they slander me&#8212;yes, me!&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1 v2 v3 v4 v5" data-usfm="PSA.109.1+PSA.109.2+PSA.109.3+PSA.109.4+PSA.109.5"><span class="content">and treat my prayer like a crime;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1 v2 v3 v4 v5" data-usfm="PSA.109.1+PSA.109.2+PSA.109.3+PSA.109.4+PSA.109.5"><span class="content">They return my good with evil,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1 v2 v3 v4 v5" data-usfm="PSA.109.1+PSA.109.2+PSA.109.3+PSA.109.4+PSA.109.5"><span class="content">they return my love with hate.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1 v2 v3 v4 v5" data-usfm="PSA.109.1+PSA.109.2+PSA.109.3+PSA.109.4+PSA.109.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6 v7 v8 v9 v10 v11 v12 v13 v14 v15 v16 v17 v18 v19 v20" data-usfm="PSA.109.6+PSA.109.7+PSA.109.8+PSA.109.9+PSA.109.10+PSA.109.11+PSA.109.12+PSA.109.13+PSA.109.14+PSA.109.15+PSA.109.16+PSA.109.17+PSA.109.18+PSA.109.19+PSA.109.20"><span class="label">6-20</span><span class="content">Send the Evil One to accuse my accusing judge;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6 v7 v8 v9 v10 v11 v12 v13 v14 v15 v16 v17 v18 v19 v20" data-usfm="PSA.109.6+PSA.109.7+PSA.109.8+PSA.109.9+PSA.109.10+PSA.109.11+PSA.109.12+PSA.109.13+PSA.109.14+PSA.109.15+PSA.109.16+PSA.109.17+PSA.109.18+PSA.109.19+PSA.109.20"><span class="content">dispatch Satan to prosecute him.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6 v7 v8 v9 v10 v11 v12 v13 v14 v15 v16 v17 v18 v19 v20" data-usfm="PSA.109.6+PSA.109.7+PSA.109.8+PSA.109.9+PSA.109.10+PSA.109.11+PSA.109.12+PSA.109.13+PSA.109.14+PSA.109.15+PSA.109.16+PSA.109.17+PSA.109.18+PSA.109.19+PSA.109.20"><span class="content">When he&#8217;s judged, let the verdict be &#8220;Guilty,&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6 v7 v8 v9 v10 v11 v12 v13 v14 v15 v16 v17 v18 v19 v20" data-usfm="PSA.109.6+PSA.109.7+PSA.109.8+PSA.109.9+PSA.109.10+PSA.109.11+PSA.109.12+PSA.109.13+PSA.109.14+PSA.109.15+PSA.109.16+PSA.109.17+PSA.109.18+PSA.109.19+PSA.109.20"><span class="content">and when he prays, let his prayer turn to sin.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6 v7 v8 v9 v10 v11 v12 v13 v14 v15 v16 v17 v18 v19 v20" data-usfm="PSA.109.6+PSA.109.7+PSA.109.8+PSA.109.9+PSA.109.10+PSA.109.11+PSA.109.12+PSA.109.13+PSA.109.14+PSA.109.15+PSA.109.16+PSA.109.17+PSA.109.18+PSA.109.19+PSA.109.20"><span class="content">Give him a short life,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6 v7 v8 v9 v10 v11 v12 v13 v14 v15 v16 v17 v18 v19 v20" data-usfm="PSA.109.6+PSA.109.7+PSA.109.8+PSA.109.9+PSA.109.10+PSA.109.11+PSA.109.12+PSA.109.13+PSA.109.14+PSA.109.15+PSA.109.16+PSA.109.17+PSA.109.18+PSA.109.19+PSA.109.20"><span class="content">and give his job to somebody else.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6 v7 v8 v9 v10 v11 v12 v13 v14 v15 v16 v17 v18 v19 v20" data-usfm="PSA.109.6+PSA.109.7+PSA.109.8+PSA.109.9+PSA.109.10+PSA.109.11+PSA.109.12+PSA.109.13+PSA.109.14+PSA.109.15+PSA.109.16+PSA.109.17+PSA.109.18+PSA.109.19+PSA.109.20"><span class="content">Make orphans of his children,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6 v7 v8 v9 v10 v11 v12 v13 v14 v15 v16 v17 v18 v19 v20" data-usfm="PSA.109.6+PSA.109.7+PSA.109.8+PSA.109.9+PSA.109.10+PSA.109.11+PSA.109.12+PSA.109.13+PSA.109.14+PSA.109.15+PSA.109.16+PSA.109.17+PSA.109.18+PSA.109.19+PSA.109.20"><span class="content">dress his wife in widow&#8217;s black;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6 v7 v8 v9 v10 v11 v12 v13 v14 v15 v16 v17 v18 v19 v20" data-usfm="PSA.109.6+PSA.109.7+PSA.109.8+PSA.109.9+PSA.109.10+PSA.109.11+PSA.109.12+PSA.109.13+PSA.109.14+PSA.109.15+PSA.109.16+PSA.109.17+PSA.109.18+PSA.109.19+PSA.109.20"><span class="content">Turn his children into begging street urchins,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6 v7 v8 v9 v10 v11 v12 v13 v14 v15 v16 v17 v18 v19 v20" data-usfm="PSA.109.6+PSA.109.7+PSA.109.8+PSA.109.9+PSA.109.10+PSA.109.11+PSA.109.12+PSA.109.13+PSA.109.14+PSA.109.15+PSA.109.16+PSA.109.17+PSA.109.18+PSA.109.19+PSA.109.20"><span class="content">evicted from their homes&#8212;homeless.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6 v7 v8 v9 v10 v11 v12 v13 v14 v15 v16 v17 v18 v19 v20" data-usfm="PSA.109.6+PSA.109.7+PSA.109.8+PSA.109.9+PSA.109.10+PSA.109.11+PSA.109.12+PSA.109.13+PSA.109.14+PSA.109.15+PSA.109.16+PSA.109.17+PSA.109.18+PSA.109.19+PSA.109.20"><span class="content">May the bank foreclose and wipe him out,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6 v7 v8 v9 v10 v11 v12 v13 v14 v15 v16 v17 v18 v19 v20" data-usfm="PSA.109.6+PSA.109.7+PSA.109.8+PSA.109.9+PSA.109.10+PSA.109.11+PSA.109.12+PSA.109.13+PSA.109.14+PSA.109.15+PSA.109.16+PSA.109.17+PSA.109.18+PSA.109.19+PSA.109.20"><span class="content">and strangers, like vultures, pick him clean.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6 v7 v8 v9 v10 v11 v12 v13 v14 v15 v16 v17 v18 v19 v20" data-usfm="PSA.109.6+PSA.109.7+PSA.109.8+PSA.109.9+PSA.109.10+PSA.109.11+PSA.109.12+PSA.109.13+PSA.109.14+PSA.109.15+PSA.109.16+PSA.109.17+PSA.109.18+PSA.109.19+PSA.109.20"><span class="content">May there be no one around to help him out,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6 v7 v8 v9 v10 v11 v12 v13 v14 v15 v16 v17 v18 v19 v20" data-usfm="PSA.109.6+PSA.109.7+PSA.109.8+PSA.109.9+PSA.109.10+PSA.109.11+PSA.109.12+PSA.109.13+PSA.109.14+PSA.109.15+PSA.109.16+PSA.109.17+PSA.109.18+PSA.109.19+PSA.109.20"><span class="content">no one willing to give his orphans a break.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6 v7 v8 v9 v10 v11 v12 v13 v14 v15 v16 v17 v18 v19 v20" data-usfm="PSA.109.6+PSA.109.7+PSA.109.8+PSA.109.9+PSA.109.10+PSA.109.11+PSA.109.12+PSA.109.13+PSA.109.14+PSA.109.15+PSA.109.16+PSA.109.17+PSA.109.18+PSA.109.19+PSA.109.20"><span class="content">Chop down his family tree</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6 v7 v8 v9 v10 v11 v12 v13 v14 v15 v16 v17 v18 v19 v20" data-usfm="PSA.109.6+PSA.109.7+PSA.109.8+PSA.109.9+PSA.109.10+PSA.109.11+PSA.109.12+PSA.109.13+PSA.109.14+PSA.109.15+PSA.109.16+PSA.109.17+PSA.109.18+PSA.109.19+PSA.109.20"><span class="content">so that nobody even remembers his name.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6 v7 v8 v9 v10 v11 v12 v13 v14 v15 v16 v17 v18 v19 v20" data-usfm="PSA.109.6+PSA.109.7+PSA.109.8+PSA.109.9+PSA.109.10+PSA.109.11+PSA.109.12+PSA.109.13+PSA.109.14+PSA.109.15+PSA.109.16+PSA.109.17+PSA.109.18+PSA.109.19+PSA.109.20"><span class="content">But erect a memorial to the sin of his father,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6 v7 v8 v9 v10 v11 v12 v13 v14 v15 v16 v17 v18 v19 v20" data-usfm="PSA.109.6+PSA.109.7+PSA.109.8+PSA.109.9+PSA.109.10+PSA.109.11+PSA.109.12+PSA.109.13+PSA.109.14+PSA.109.15+PSA.109.16+PSA.109.17+PSA.109.18+PSA.109.19+PSA.109.20"><span class="content">and make sure his mother&#8217;s name is there, too&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6 v7 v8 v9 v10 v11 v12 v13 v14 v15 v16 v17 v18 v19 v20" data-usfm="PSA.109.6+PSA.109.7+PSA.109.8+PSA.109.9+PSA.109.10+PSA.109.11+PSA.109.12+PSA.109.13+PSA.109.14+PSA.109.15+PSA.109.16+PSA.109.17+PSA.109.18+PSA.109.19+PSA.109.20"><span class="content">Their sins recorded forever before </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">God</span></span><span class="content">,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6 v7 v8 v9 v10 v11 v12 v13 v14 v15 v16 v17 v18 v19 v20" data-usfm="PSA.109.6+PSA.109.7+PSA.109.8+PSA.109.9+PSA.109.10+PSA.109.11+PSA.109.12+PSA.109.13+PSA.109.14+PSA.109.15+PSA.109.16+PSA.109.17+PSA.109.18+PSA.109.19+PSA.109.20"><span class="content">but they themselves sunk in oblivion.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6 v7 v8 v9 v10 v11 v12 v13 v14 v15 v16 v17 v18 v19 v20" data-usfm="PSA.109.6+PSA.109.7+PSA.109.8+PSA.109.9+PSA.109.10+PSA.109.11+PSA.109.12+PSA.109.13+PSA.109.14+PSA.109.15+PSA.109.16+PSA.109.17+PSA.109.18+PSA.109.19+PSA.109.20"><span class="content">That&#8217;s all he deserves since he was never once kind,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6 v7 v8 v9 v10 v11 v12 v13 v14 v15 v16 v17 v18 v19 v20" data-usfm="PSA.109.6+PSA.109.7+PSA.109.8+PSA.109.9+PSA.109.10+PSA.109.11+PSA.109.12+PSA.109.13+PSA.109.14+PSA.109.15+PSA.109.16+PSA.109.17+PSA.109.18+PSA.109.19+PSA.109.20"><span class="content">hounded the afflicted and heartbroken to their graves.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6 v7 v8 v9 v10 v11 v12 v13 v14 v15 v16 v17 v18 v19 v20" data-usfm="PSA.109.6+PSA.109.7+PSA.109.8+PSA.109.9+PSA.109.10+PSA.109.11+PSA.109.12+PSA.109.13+PSA.109.14+PSA.109.15+PSA.109.16+PSA.109.17+PSA.109.18+PSA.109.19+PSA.109.20"><span class="content">Since he loved cursing so much,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6 v7 v8 v9 v10 v11 v12 v13 v14 v15 v16 v17 v18 v19 v20" data-usfm="PSA.109.6+PSA.109.7+PSA.109.8+PSA.109.9+PSA.109.10+PSA.109.11+PSA.109.12+PSA.109.13+PSA.109.14+PSA.109.15+PSA.109.16+PSA.109.17+PSA.109.18+PSA.109.19+PSA.109.20"><span class="content">let curses rain down;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6 v7 v8 v9 v10 v11 v12 v13 v14 v15 v16 v17 v18 v19 v20" data-usfm="PSA.109.6+PSA.109.7+PSA.109.8+PSA.109.9+PSA.109.10+PSA.109.11+PSA.109.12+PSA.109.13+PSA.109.14+PSA.109.15+PSA.109.16+PSA.109.17+PSA.109.18+PSA.109.19+PSA.109.20"><span class="content">Since he had no taste for blessing,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6 v7 v8 v9 v10 v11 v12 v13 v14 v15 v16 v17 v18 v19 v20" data-usfm="PSA.109.6+PSA.109.7+PSA.109.8+PSA.109.9+PSA.109.10+PSA.109.11+PSA.109.12+PSA.109.13+PSA.109.14+PSA.109.15+PSA.109.16+PSA.109.17+PSA.109.18+PSA.109.19+PSA.109.20"><span class="content">let blessings flee far from him.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6 v7 v8 v9 v10 v11 v12 v13 v14 v15 v16 v17 v18 v19 v20" data-usfm="PSA.109.6+PSA.109.7+PSA.109.8+PSA.109.9+PSA.109.10+PSA.109.11+PSA.109.12+PSA.109.13+PSA.109.14+PSA.109.15+PSA.109.16+PSA.109.17+PSA.109.18+PSA.109.19+PSA.109.20"><span class="content">He dressed up in curses like a fine suit of clothes;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6 v7 v8 v9 v10 v11 v12 v13 v14 v15 v16 v17 v18 v19 v20" data-usfm="PSA.109.6+PSA.109.7+PSA.109.8+PSA.109.9+PSA.109.10+PSA.109.11+PSA.109.12+PSA.109.13+PSA.109.14+PSA.109.15+PSA.109.16+PSA.109.17+PSA.109.18+PSA.109.19+PSA.109.20"><span class="content">he drank curses, took his baths in curses.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6 v7 v8 v9 v10 v11 v12 v13 v14 v15 v16 v17 v18 v19 v20" data-usfm="PSA.109.6+PSA.109.7+PSA.109.8+PSA.109.9+PSA.109.10+PSA.109.11+PSA.109.12+PSA.109.13+PSA.109.14+PSA.109.15+PSA.109.16+PSA.109.17+PSA.109.18+PSA.109.19+PSA.109.20"><span class="content">So give him a gift&#8212;a costume of curses;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6 v7 v8 v9 v10 v11 v12 v13 v14 v15 v16 v17 v18 v19 v20" data-usfm="PSA.109.6+PSA.109.7+PSA.109.8+PSA.109.9+PSA.109.10+PSA.109.11+PSA.109.12+PSA.109.13+PSA.109.14+PSA.109.15+PSA.109.16+PSA.109.17+PSA.109.18+PSA.109.19+PSA.109.20"><span class="content">he can wear curses every day of the week!</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6 v7 v8 v9 v10 v11 v12 v13 v14 v15 v16 v17 v18 v19 v20" data-usfm="PSA.109.6+PSA.109.7+PSA.109.8+PSA.109.9+PSA.109.10+PSA.109.11+PSA.109.12+PSA.109.13+PSA.109.14+PSA.109.15+PSA.109.16+PSA.109.17+PSA.109.18+PSA.109.19+PSA.109.20"><span class="content">That&#8217;s what they&#8217;ll get, those out to get me&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6 v7 v8 v9 v10 v11 v12 v13 v14 v15 v16 v17 v18 v19 v20" data-usfm="PSA.109.6+PSA.109.7+PSA.109.8+PSA.109.9+PSA.109.10+PSA.109.11+PSA.109.12+PSA.109.13+PSA.109.14+PSA.109.15+PSA.109.16+PSA.109.17+PSA.109.18+PSA.109.19+PSA.109.20"><span class="content">an avalanche of just deserts from </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">God.</span></span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6 v7 v8 v9 v10 v11 v12 v13 v14 v15 v16 v17 v18 v19 v20" data-usfm="PSA.109.6+PSA.109.7+PSA.109.8+PSA.109.9+PSA.109.10+PSA.109.11+PSA.109.12+PSA.109.13+PSA.109.14+PSA.109.15+PSA.109.16+PSA.109.17+PSA.109.18+PSA.109.19+PSA.109.20"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v21 v22 v23 v24 v25" data-usfm="PSA.109.21+PSA.109.22+PSA.109.23+PSA.109.24+PSA.109.25"><span class="label">21-25</span><span class="content">Oh, </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">God</span></span><span class="content">, my Lord, step in;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v21 v22 v23 v24 v25" data-usfm="PSA.109.21+PSA.109.22+PSA.109.23+PSA.109.24+PSA.109.25"><span class="content">work a miracle for me&#8212;you can do it!</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v21 v22 v23 v24 v25" data-usfm="PSA.109.21+PSA.109.22+PSA.109.23+PSA.109.24+PSA.109.25"><span class="content">Get me out of here&#8212;your love is so great!&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v21 v22 v23 v24 v25" data-usfm="PSA.109.21+PSA.109.22+PSA.109.23+PSA.109.24+PSA.109.25"><span class="content">I&#8217;m at the end of my rope, my life in ruins.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v21 v22 v23 v24 v25" data-usfm="PSA.109.21+PSA.109.22+PSA.109.23+PSA.109.24+PSA.109.25"><span class="content">I&#8217;m fading away to nothing, passing away,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v21 v22 v23 v24 v25" data-usfm="PSA.109.21+PSA.109.22+PSA.109.23+PSA.109.24+PSA.109.25"><span class="content">my youth gone, old before my time.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v21 v22 v23 v24 v25" data-usfm="PSA.109.21+PSA.109.22+PSA.109.23+PSA.109.24+PSA.109.25"><span class="content">I&#8217;m weak from hunger and can hardly stand up,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v21 v22 v23 v24 v25" data-usfm="PSA.109.21+PSA.109.22+PSA.109.23+PSA.109.24+PSA.109.25"><span class="content">my body a rack of skin and bones.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v21 v22 v23 v24 v25" data-usfm="PSA.109.21+PSA.109.22+PSA.109.23+PSA.109.24+PSA.109.25"><span class="content">I&#8217;m a joke in poor taste to those who see me;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v21 v22 v23 v24 v25" data-usfm="PSA.109.21+PSA.109.22+PSA.109.23+PSA.109.24+PSA.109.25"><span class="content">they take one look and shake their heads.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v21 v22 v23 v24 v25" data-usfm="PSA.109.21+PSA.109.22+PSA.109.23+PSA.109.24+PSA.109.25"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v26 v27 v28 v29" data-usfm="PSA.109.26+PSA.109.27+PSA.109.28+PSA.109.29"><span class="label">26-29</span><span class="content">Help me, oh help me, </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">God</span></span><span class="content">, my God,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v26 v27 v28 v29" data-usfm="PSA.109.26+PSA.109.27+PSA.109.28+PSA.109.29"><span class="content">save me through your wonderful love;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v26 v27 v28 v29" data-usfm="PSA.109.26+PSA.109.27+PSA.109.28+PSA.109.29"><span class="content">Then they&#8217;ll know that your hand is in this,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v26 v27 v28 v29" data-usfm="PSA.109.26+PSA.109.27+PSA.109.28+PSA.109.29"><span class="content">that you, </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">God</span></span><span class="content">, have been at work.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v26 v27 v28 v29" data-usfm="PSA.109.26+PSA.109.27+PSA.109.28+PSA.109.29"><span class="content">Let them curse all they want;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v26 v27 v28 v29" data-usfm="PSA.109.26+PSA.109.27+PSA.109.28+PSA.109.29"><span class="content">  </span><span class="it"><span class="content">you</span></span><span class="content"> do the blessing.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v26 v27 v28 v29" data-usfm="PSA.109.26+PSA.109.27+PSA.109.28+PSA.109.29"><span class="content">Let them be jeered by the crowd when they stand up,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v26 v27 v28 v29" data-usfm="PSA.109.26+PSA.109.27+PSA.109.28+PSA.109.29"><span class="content">followed by cheers for me, your servant.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v26 v27 v28 v29" data-usfm="PSA.109.26+PSA.109.27+PSA.109.28+PSA.109.29"><span class="content">Dress my accusers in clothes dirty with shame,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v26 v27 v28 v29" data-usfm="PSA.109.26+PSA.109.27+PSA.109.28+PSA.109.29"><span class="content">discarded and humiliating old ragbag clothes.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v26 v27 v28 v29" data-usfm="PSA.109.26+PSA.109.27+PSA.109.28+PSA.109.29"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v30 v31" data-usfm="PSA.109.30+PSA.109.31"><span class="label">30-31</span><span class="content">My mouth&#8217;s full of great praise for </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">God</span></span><span class="content">,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v30 v31" data-usfm="PSA.109.30+PSA.109.31"><span class="content">I&#8217;m singing his hallelujahs surrounded by crowds,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v30 v31" data-usfm="PSA.109.30+PSA.109.31"><span class="content">For he&#8217;s always at hand to take the side of the needy,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v30 v31" data-usfm="PSA.109.30+PSA.109.31"><span class="content">to rescue a life from the unjust judge.</span></span></div>
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My God, don’t turn a deaf ear to my hallelujah prayer.
Liars are pouring out invective on me;
Their lying tongues are like a pack of dogs out to get me,
barking their hate, nipping my heels—and for no reason!
I loved them and now they slander me—yes, me!—
and treat my prayer like a crime;
They return my good with evil,
they return my love with hate.

Send the Evil One to accuse my accusing judge;
dispatch Satan to prosecute him.
When he’s judged, let the verdict be “Guilty,”
and when he prays, let his prayer turn to sin.
Give him a short life,
and give his job to somebody else.
Make orphans of his children,
dress his wife in widow’s black;
Turn his children into begging street urchins,
evicted from their homes—homeless.
May the bank foreclose and wipe him out,
and strangers, like vultures, pick him clean.
May there be no one around to help him out,
no one willing to give his orphans a break.
Chop down his family tree
so that nobody even remembers his name.
But erect a memorial to the sin of his father,
and make sure his mother’s name is there, too—
Their sins recorded forever before GOD,
but they themselves sunk in oblivion.
That’s all he deserves since he was never once kind,
hounded the afflicted and heartbroken to their graves.
Since he loved cursing so much,
let curses rain down;
Since he had no taste for blessing,
let blessings flee far from him.
He dressed up in curses like a fine suit of clothes;
he drank curses, took his baths in curses.
So give him a gift—a costume of curses;
he can wear curses every day of the week!
That’s what they’ll get, those out to get me—
an avalanche of just deserts from GOD.

Oh, GOD, my Lord, step in;
work a miracle for me—you can do it!
Get me out of here—your love is so great!—
I’m at the end of my rope, my life in ruins.
I’m fading away to nothing, passing away,
my youth gone, old before my time.
I’m weak from hunger and can hardly stand up,
my body a rack of skin and bones.
I’m a joke in poor taste to those who see me;
they take one look and shake their heads.

Help me, oh help me, GOD, my God,
save me through your wonderful love;
Then they’ll know that your hand is in this,
that you, GOD, have been at work.
Let them curse all they want;
you do the blessing.
Let them be jeered by the crowd when they stand up,
followed by cheers for me, your servant.
Dress my accusers in clothes dirty with shame,
discarded and humiliating old ragbag clothes.

My mouth’s full of great praise for GOD,
I’m singing his hallelujahs surrounded by crowds,
For he’s always at hand to take the side of the needy,
to rescue a life from the unjust judge.

Listen to Psalms 109