Psalms 109:7

Bible in Basic English (1941)

When he is judged, let the decision go against him; and may his prayer become sin.

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  • Prov 28:9 : 9 As for the man whose ear is turned away from hearing the law, even his prayer is disgusting.
  • Prov 15:8 : 8 The offering of the evil-doer is disgusting to the Lord, but the prayer of the upright man is his delight.
  • Prov 21:27 : 27 The offering of evil-doers is disgusting: how much more when they give it with an evil purpose!
  • 2 Sam 15:7-8 : 7 Now at the end of four years, Absalom said to the king, Let me go to Hebron and give effect to the oath which I made to the Lord: 8 For while I was living in Geshur in Aram, your servant made an oath, saying, If ever the Lord lets me come back to Jerusalem, I will give him worship in Hebron.
  • Isa 1:15 : 15 And when your hands are stretched out to me, my eyes will be turned away from you: even though you go on making prayers, I will not give ear: your hands are full of blood.
  • Isa 66:3 : 3 He who puts an ox to death puts a man to death; he who makes an offering of a lamb puts a dog to death; he who makes a meal offering makes an offering of pig's blood; he who makes an offering of perfumes for a sign gives worship to an image: as they have gone after their desires, and their soul takes pleasure in their disgusting things;
  • Matt 23:13 : 13 But a curse is on you, scribes and Pharisees, false ones! because you are shutting the kingdom of heaven against men: for you do not go in yourselves, and those who are going in, you keep back.
  • Rom 3:19 : 19 Now, we have knowledge that what the law says is for those who are under the law, so that every mouth may be stopped, and all men may be judged by God:
  • Gal 3:10 : 10 For all who are of the works of the law are under a curse: because it is said in the Writings, A curse is on everyone who does not keep on doing all the things which are ordered in the book of the law.

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  • 6 Put an evil man over him; and let one be placed at his right hand to say evil of him.

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    8 Let his life be short; let another take his position of authority.

    9 Let his children have no father, and his wife be made a widow.

    10 Let his children be wanderers, looking to others for their food; let them be sent away from the company of their friends.

    11 Let his creditor take all his goods; and let others have the profit of his work.

    12 Let no man have pity on him, or give help to his children when he is dead.

    13 Let his seed be cut off; in the coming generation let their name go out of memory.

    14 Let the Lord keep in mind the wrongdoing of his fathers; and may the sin of his mother have no forgiveness.

    15 Let them be ever before the eyes of the Lord, so that the memory of them may be cut off from the earth.

    16 Because he had no mercy, but was cruel to the low and the poor, designing the death of the broken-hearted.

    17 As he took pleasure in cursing, so let it come on him; and as he had no delight in blessing, let it be far from him.

    18 He put on cursing like a robe, and it has come into his body like water, and into his bones like oil.

    19 Let it be to him as a robe which he puts on, let it be like a band which is round him at all times.

    20 Let this be the reward given to my haters from the Lord, and to those who say evil of my soul.

  • 7 Let my hater be like the evil man, and let him who comes against me be as the sinner.

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    27 Let their punishment be increased; let them not come into your righteousness.

    28 Let their names be taken from the book of the living, let them not be numbered with the upright.

  • 8 Let destruction come on them without their knowledge; let them be taken themselves in their secret nets, falling into the same destruction.

  • 23 But you, Lord, have knowledge of all the designs which they have made against my life; let not their evil-doing be covered or their sin be washed away from before your eyes: but let it be a cause of falling before you: so do to them in the time of your wrath.

  • 24 Be my judge, O Lord my God, in your righteousness; do not let them be glad over me.

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    5 Let my hater go after my soul and take it; let my life be crushed to the earth, and my honour into the dust. (Selah.)

  • 12 Because of the sin of their mouths and the word of their lips, let them even be taken in their pride; and for their curses and their deceit,

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    32 The sinners are watching the upright man, desiring to put him to death.

    33 The Lord will not give him into their hands, or be against him when he is judged.

  • 15 Let the hand of death come on them suddenly, and let them go down living into the underworld; because evil is in their houses and in their hearts.

  • 28 They may give curses but you give blessing; when they come up against me, put them to shame; but let your servant be glad.

  • 22 Let their table before them be for their destruction; let their feasts become a net to take them.

  • 10 Send them to destruction, O Lord; let their evil designs be the cause of their fall; let them be forced out by all their sins; because they have gone against your authority.

  • 5 My haters say evil against me, When will he be dead, and his name come to an end?

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    24 Let your curse come on them; let the heat of your wrath overtake them.

    25 Give their houses to destruction, and let there be no one in their tents.

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    8 O Lord, give not the wrongdoer his desire; give him no help in his evil designs, or he may be uplifted in pride. (Selah.)

    9 As for those who come round me, let their heads be covered by the evil of their lips.

    10 Let burning flames come down on them: let them be put into the fire, and into deep waters, so that they may not get up again.

  • 7 The steps of his strength become short, and by his design destruction overtakes him.

  • 27 The heavens make clear his sin, and the earth gives witness against him.

  • 19 Up! O Lord; let not man overcome you: let the nations be judged before you.

  • 22 Let all their evil-doing come before you; do to them as you have done to me for all my sins: for loud is the sound of my grief, and the strength of my heart is gone.

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    4 That day--let it be dark; let not God take note of it from on high, and let not the light be shining on it;

    5 Let the dark and the black night take it for themselves; let it be covered with a cloud; let the dark shades of day send fear on it.

  • 16 Under the earth his roots are dry, and over it his branch is cut off.

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  • 11 Let the cry of the prisoner come before you; with your strong arm make free the children of death;

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    9 O let the evil of the evil-doer come to an end, but give strength to the upright: for men's minds and hearts are tested by the God of righteousness.

  • 35 Let sinners be cut off from the earth, and let all evil-doers come to an end. Give praise to the Lord, O my soul. Give praise to the Lord.

  • 6 Let their way be dark and full of danger; let them be troubled by the angel of the Lord.

  • 19 Cursed is he who gives a wrong decision in the cause of a man from a strange land, or of one without a father, or of a widow. And let all the people say, So be it.

  • 17 Let them be overcome and troubled for ever; let them be put to shame and come to destruction;

  • 22 God sends his arrows against him without mercy; he goes in flight before his hand.