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Psalm 109:16

Verse 16 of 31. The 109th of 150 chapters in Psalms, in Poetry and Wisdom.

12Let there be no one to extend kindness to him, neither let there be anyone to have pity on his fatherless children.

13Let his posterity be cut off. In the generation following let their name be blotted out.

14Let the iniquity of his fathers be remembered by the LORD. Don’t let the sin of his mother be blotted out.

15Let them be before the LORD continually, that he may cut off their memory from the earth;

16because he didn’t remember to show kindness, but persecuted the poor and needy man, the broken in heart, to kill them.

17Yes, he loved cursing, and it came to him. He didn’t delight in blessing, and it was far from him.

18He clothed himself also with cursing as with his garment. It came into his inward parts like water, like oil into his bones.

19Let it be to him as the clothing with which he covers himself, for the belt that is always around him.

20This is the reward of my adversaries from the LORD, of those who speak evil against my soul.

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World English Bible. Public domain. Set as prose throughout, including the poetry, because the text is published to us without its lines.