Psalms 109 ~ Listen and Read Along

Dramatized KJV
JV McGee
In Psalm 109, Christ as the suffering Servant of the LORD prays for salvation. Christ's suffering here, is suffering because of the rejection by His own (John 1:11), just as Joseph was rejected by Judah and his brothers. Prophetically, the same will happen to the faithful remnant which is rejected by the antichrist and his followers. We recognize the rejection in the false accusation by the wicked of the believers. When we think about the suffering of Christ, we will always have to distinguish between the suffering (singular) of Christ to reconcile us to God, and the sufferings (plural) of Christ on the side of men. In the first suffering (singular) He is unique. No one shares in it with Him. In the second, the sufferings (plural), He is a perfect example for believers of all ages who have to suffer in this depraved world.

The Psalmist calls upon God not to be silent with regard to his complaint (v. 1~5) against his enemies, who are deceitful and filled with enmity. Who persecute him causelessly and unrelentingly, for he is innocent and pious, and who reward both his good deeds and his love towards them with ingratitude and hatred. The retributive justice of God, with all its terrible consequences, is then invoked upon an enemy, who is thereafter designated in the singular number, and upon his family (v. 6~20). The Psalmist then implores from God's mercy his own deliverance, describing his personal weakness and dishonor (v. 21-25), and, with faith in Divine help, entreats a victorious issue of this suffering (v. 26-29), and unites with this a vow of public thanksgiving (v. 30~31).

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Help Me, O Lord My God    

Psalms 109:1 To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David. Hold not thy peace, O God of my praise;
Psalms 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.
Psalms 109:3 They compassed me about also with words of hatred; and fought against me without a cause.
Psalms 109:4 For my love they are my adversaries: but I give myself unto prayer.
Psalms 109:5 And they have rewarded me evil for good, and hatred for my love.
Psalms 109:6 Set thou a wicked man over him: and let Satan stand at his right hand.
Psalms 109:7 When he shall be judged, let him be condemned: and let his prayer become sin.
Psalms 109:8 Let his days be few; and let another take his office.
Psalms 109:9 Let his children be fatherless, and his wife a widow.
Psalms 109:10 Let his children be continually vagabonds, and beg: let them seek their bread also out of their desolate places.
Psalms 109:11 Let the extortioner catch all that he hath; and let the strangers spoil his labour.
Psalms 109:12 Let there be none to extend mercy unto him: neither let there be any to favour his fatherless children.
Psalms 109:13 Let his posterity be cut off; and in the generation following let their name be blotted out.
Psalms 109:14 Let the iniquity of his fathers be remembered with the LORD; and let not the sin of his mother be blotted out.
Psalms 109:15 Let them be before the LORD continually, that he may cut off the memory of them from the earth.
Psalms 109:16 Because that he remembered not to shew mercy, but persecuted the poor and needy man, that he might even slay the broken in heart.
Psalms 109:17 As he loved cursing, so let it come unto him: as he delighted not in blessing, so let it be far from him.
Psalms 109:18 As he clothed himself with cursing like as with his garment, so let it come into his bowels like water, and like oil into his bones.
Psalms 109:19 Let it be unto him as the garment which covereth him, and for a girdle wherewith he is girded continually.
Psalms 109:20 Let this be the reward of mine adversaries from the LORD, and of them that speak evil against my soul.
Psalms 109:21 But do thou for me, O GOD the Lord, for thy name's sake: because thy mercy is good, deliver thou me.
Psalms 109:22 For I am poor and needy, and my heart is wounded within me.
Psalms 109:23 I am gone like the shadow when it declineth: I am tossed up and down as the locust.
Psalms 109:24 My knees are weak through fasting; and my flesh faileth of fatness.
Psalms 109:25 I became also a reproach unto them: when they looked upon me they shaked their heads.
Psalms 109:26 Help me, O LORD my God: O save me according to thy mercy:
Psalms 109:27 That they may know that this is thy hand; that thou, LORD, hast done it.
Psalms 109:28 Let them curse, but bless thou: when they arise, let them be ashamed; but let thy servant rejoice.
Psalms 109:29 Let mine adversaries be clothed with shame, and let them cover themselves with their own confusion, as with a mantle.
Psalms 109:30 I will greatly praise the LORD with my mouth; yea, I will praise him among the multitude.
Psalms 109:31 For he shall stand at the right hand of the poor, to save him from those that condemn his soul.
  
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