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| 1 To the chief Musician. Of David. A Psalm. O God of my praise, be not silent: |
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| 2 For the mouth of the wicked man and the mouth of deceit are opened against me: they have spoken against me with a lying tongue, |
Opened against me – Prophetic of the painful circumstances of Jesus' death. R1205:2
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| 3 And with words of hatred have they encompassed me; and they fight against me without a cause. |
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| 4 For my love they are mine 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 a wicked man over him, and let the adversary stand at his right hand; |
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| 7 When he shall be judged, let him go out guilty, and let his prayer become sin; |
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, let another take his office; |
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 sons be fatherless, and his wife a widow; |
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| 10 Let his sons be vagabonds and beg, and let them seek their bread far from their desolate places; |
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| 11 Let the usurer cast the net over all that he hath, and let strangers despoil his labour; |
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| 12 Let there be none to extend kindness unto him, neither let there be any to favour 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 shew kindness, but persecuted the afflicted and needy man, and the broken in heart, to slay him. |
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| 17 And he loved cursing; so let it come unto him. And he delighted not in blessing; and let it be far from him. |
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| 18 And he clothed himself with cursing like his vestment; so let it come into his bowels like water, and like oil into his bones; |
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| 19 Let it be unto him as a garment with which he covereth himself, and for a girdle wherewith he is constantly girded. |
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| 20 Let this be the reward of mine adversaries from Jehovah, and of them that speak evil against my soul. |
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| 21 But do *thou* for me, Jehovah, Lord, for thy name's sake; because thy loving-kindness is good, deliver me: |
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| 22 For I am afflicted and needy, and my heart is wounded within me. |
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| 23 I am gone like a shadow when it lengtheneth; I am tossed about like the locust; |
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| 24 My knees are failing through fasting, and my flesh hath lost its fatness; |
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| 25 And I am become a reproach unto them; when they look upon me they shake their heads. |
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| 26 Help me, Jehovah my God; save me according to thy loving-kindness: |
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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 rise up, let them be ashamed, and let thy servant rejoice. |
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| 29 Let mine adversaries be clothed with confusion, and let them cover themselves with their shame as with a mantle. |
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| 30 I will greatly celebrate Jehovah with my mouth; yea, I will praise him among the multitude. |
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| 31 For he standeth at the right hand of the needy, to save him from those that judge his soul. |
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