Psalm 109- Friday

Psalm 109

For the director of music. Of David. A psalm.

1 O God, whom I praise,
do not remain silent,

2 for wicked and deceitful men
have opened their mouths against me;
they have spoken against me with lying tongues.

3 With words of hatred they surround me;
they attack me without cause.

4 In return for my friendship they accuse me,
but I am a man of prayer.

5 They repay me evil for good,
and hatred for my friendship.

6 Appoint ^[a] an evil man ^[b] to oppose him;
let an accuser ^[c] stand at his right hand.

7 When he is tried, let him be found guilty,
and may his prayers condemn him.

8 May his days be few;
may another take his place of leadership.

9 May his children be fatherless
and his wife a widow.

10 May his children be wandering beggars;
may they be driven ^[d] from their ruined homes.

11 May a creditor seize all he has;
may strangers plunder the fruits of his labor.

12 May no one extend kindness to him
or take pity on his fatherless children.

13 May his descendants be cut off,
their names blotted out from the next generation.

14 May the iniquity of his fathers be remembered before the LORD;
may the sin of his mother never be blotted out.

15 May their sins always remain before the LORD,
that he may cut off the memory of them from the earth.

16 For he never thought of doing a kindness,
but hounded to death the poor
and the needy and the brokenhearted.

17 He loved to pronounce a curse—
may it ^[e] come on him;
he found no pleasure in blessing—
may it be ^[f] far from him.

18 He wore cursing as his garment;
it entered into his body like water,
into his bones like oil.

19 May it be like a cloak wrapped about him,
like a belt tied forever around him.

20 May this be the LORD's payment to my accusers,
to those who speak evil of me.

21 But you, O Sovereign LORD,
deal well with me for your name's sake;
out of the goodness of your love, deliver me.

22 For I am poor and needy,
and my heart is wounded within me.

23 I fade away like an evening shadow;
I am shaken off like a locust.

24 My knees give way from fasting;
my body is thin and gaunt.

25 I am an object of scorn to my accusers;
when they see me, they shake their heads.

26 Help me, O LORD my God;
save me in accordance with your love.

27 Let them know that it is your hand,
that you, O LORD, have done it.

28 They may curse, but you will bless;
when they attack they will be put to shame,
but your servant will rejoice.

29 My accusers will be clothed with disgrace
and wrapped in shame as in a cloak.

30 With my mouth I will greatly extol the LORD;
in the great throng I will praise him.

31 For he stands at the right hand of the needy one,
to save his life from those who condemn him.

Dellia: Woah...as I read this psalm...well, can't really explain how I feel, but I think it's rather scary! I mean the Lord delivers those whom are with Him and He will protect, but on the other hand...haaa....weird feeling I have..but I wonder wah....the one that is being "cursed" rather poor thing leh.! Haa..funny right? Well, will there ever be "World peace"??? ahaaaaa!!

Chin Ling: This psalm talks about David who is hurt, i think by a friend... and he has only one hope - in the promises of the Lord. I thank God that my hope in him is sure and steady. BTW, please pray for the current HFMD situration, its really NOT GOOD! THANK you!

Crow: v4, "But i am a man of prayer".. HAha, i pray that yes, i will be a woman of prayer! to stand in the gap between man and God.. I didnt like reading this psalm at all... haha.. hmmm... seems so terrible.... like.... ya! like what del said, the one who is cursed is quite poor thing! haa... oh well!

Huijuan: Wow.. cursing.....i pray i dun curse.. not very God's like pattern leh...But i pray God will continue to bless me.

Sara: Haa... yah, this really sounds scary, and I hope that I dont become a person who wants to repay evil for evil. I like vs 28, because it says that while people may curse, the Lord will bless. I pray that I will be like that too, that out of my mouth will not be discouraging words or curses , but of encouraging words and blessings.

Eunice: Lord, I cry out exactly the same way verse 1 speaks.. Lord, do not be silent.. I feel very sucked up.. as in.. cant really exactly describe how I feel, and what's wrong.. Just feel that everything is like hanging around in space.. like w/o gravity. God I pray that you be the gravity of my life again, and put things grounded on you and you alone.