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Vengeance invoked upon Adversaries.
For the Chief Musician. A Psalm of David. |
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1 Hold not thy peace, O God of my praise;
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2 For the mouth of the wicked and the mouth of deceit have they opened against me:
They have spoken unto me with a lying tongue.
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Opened against me – Prophetic of the painful circumstances of Jesus' death. R1205:2
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3 They have compassed me about also with words of hatred,
And fought against me without a cause.
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4 For my love they are my adversaries:
But I give myself unto prayer.
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5 And they have rewarded me evil for good,
And hatred for my love.
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6 Set thou a wicked man over him;
And let an adversary stand at his right hand.
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7 When he is judged, let him come forth guilty;
And let his prayer be turned into sin.
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Be condemned – Upon Judas alone, of all who had to do with his death, our Lord placed the full responsibility. R1962:5, R4909:3
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8 Let his days be few;
And let another take his office.
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Let another – The Apostle Paul. Q521:2; R5002:3, R5408:6, R5940:4
Take his office – Judas' office. Q521:2; R5002:3, R5408:6, R5940:4
Prophetic announcement of a successor to Judas, to teach that the appointment of his successor was exceptional and not the rule. R5002:3
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9 Let his children be fatherless,
And his wife a widow.
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10 Let his children be vagabonds, and beg,
And let them seek their bread out of their desolate places.
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11 Let the extortioner catch all that he hath;
And let strangers make spoil of his labor.
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12 Let there be none to extend kindness unto him;
Neither let there be any to have pity on his fatherless children.
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13 Let his posterity be cut off;
In the generation following let their name be blotted out.
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14 Let the iniquity of his fathers be remembered with Jehovah;
And let not the sin of his mother be blotted out.
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15 Let them be before Jehovah continually,
That he may cut off the memory of them from the earth;
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16 Because he remembered not to show kindness,
But persecuted the poor and needy man,
And the broken in heart, to slay them.
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17 Yes, he loved cursing, and it came unto him;
And he delighted not in blessing, and it was far from him.
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18 He clothed himself also with cursing as with his garment,
And it came into his inward parts like water,
And like oil into his bones.
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19 Let it be unto him as the raiment wherewith he covereth himself,
And for the girdle wherewith he is girded continually.
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20 This is the reward of mine adversaries from Jehovah,
And of them that speak evil against my soul.
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21 But deal thou with me, O Jehovah the Lord, for thy name's sake:
Because thy lovingkindness is good, deliver thou me;
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22 For I am poor and needy,
And my heart is wounded within me.
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23 I am gone like the shadow when it declineth:
I am tossed up and down as the locust.
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24 My knees are weak through fasting;
And my flesh faileth of fatness.
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25 I am become also a reproach unto them:
When they see me, they shake their head.
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26 Help me, O Jehovah my God;
Oh save me according to thy lovingkindness:
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27 That they may know that this is thy hand;
That thou, Jehovah, hast done it.
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28 Let them curse, but bless thou:
When they arise, they shall be put to shame,
But thy servant shall rejoice.
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29 Let mine adversaries be clothed with dishonor,
And let them cover themselves with their own shame as with a robe.
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30 I will give great thanks unto Jehovah with my mouth;
Yes, I will praise him among the multitude.
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31 For he hath stood at the right hand of the needy,
To save him from them that judge his soul. |
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