Psalms 109
King James Version · 31 verses · 578 cross-references linking it to 290 other chapters
Explore Psalms 109 in the interactive map- 1To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David. Hold not thy peace, O God of my praise;14 cross-references: Psalms 28:1, Deuteronomy 10:21, Psalms 83:1, Exodus 15:2, Psalms 35:22–23
- 2For the mouth of the wicked and the mouth of the deceitful are opened against me: they have spoken against me with a lying tongue.24 cross-references: Psalms 52:4, Jeremiah 9:5, Proverbs 6:17, 2 Samuel 17:1, Psalms 120:2–3
- 3They compassed me about also with words of hatred; and fought against me without a cause.29 cross-references: Psalms 69:4, Psalms 35:7, Psalms 35:20, Psalms 88:17, John 15:24–25
- 4For my love they are my adversaries: but I give myself unto prayer.40 cross-references: Psalms 38:20, Psalms 69:12–13, Psalms 55:16–17, Luke 23:34, Psalms 35:7
- 5And they have rewarded me evil for good, and hatred for my love.18 cross-references: Proverbs 17:13, Genesis 44:4, Psalms 38:20, Psalms 55:12–15, Mark 14:44–45
- 6Set thou a wicked man over him: and let Satan stand at his right hand.23 cross-references: Zechariah 3:1, Matthew 5:25, Matthew 27:4, John 13:2, John 13:27
- 7When he shall be judged, let him be condemned: and let his prayer become sin.13 cross-references: Proverbs 28:9, Proverbs 21:27, Proverbs 15:8, Galatians 3:10, Matthew 23:13
- 8Let his days be few; and let another take his office.10 cross-references: Psalms 55:23, Acts 1:16–26, Matthew 27:5
- 9Let his children be fatherless, and his wife a widow.10 cross-references: Exodus 22:24, Jeremiah 18:21, Lamentations 5:3
- 10Let his children be continually vagabonds, and beg: let them seek their bread also out of their desolate places.17 cross-references: Psalms 37:25, Genesis 4:12–14, Job 24:8–12, Job 30:3–9, Isaiah 16:2
- 11Let the extortioner catch all that he hath; and let the strangers spoil his labour.8 cross-references: Job 5:5, Job 18:9–19, Deuteronomy 28:29, Deuteronomy 28:33–34, Job 20:18
- 12Let there be none to extend mercy unto him: neither let there be any to favour his fatherless children.12 cross-references: Matthew 27:25, James 2:13, Psalms 137:8–9, Luke 6:38, Job 5:4
- 13Let his posterity be cut off; and in the generation following let their name be blotted out.35 cross-references: Proverbs 10:7, Job 18:19, Psalms 37:28, 1 Samuel 3:13, Jeremiah 22:30
- 14Let the iniquity of his fathers be remembered with the Lord; and let not the sin of his mother be blotted out.22 cross-references: Exodus 20:5, Nehemiah 4:5, Jeremiah 18:23, Leviticus 26:39, 2 Samuel 21:8–9
- 15Let them be before the Lord continually, that he may cut off the memory of them from the earth.15 cross-references: Psalms 34:16, Psalms 90:8, Job 18:17, Psalms 51:9, Psalms 109:13
- 16Because that he remembered not to shew mercy, but persecuted the poor and needy man, that he might even slay the broken in heart.23 cross-references: Psalms 34:18, Matthew 18:33–35, Psalms 37:14, James 2:13, Psalms 10:2
- 17As he loved cursing, so let it come unto him: as he delighted not in blessing, so let it be far from him.27 cross-references: Matthew 7:2, Proverbs 14:14, Ezekiel 35:6, 2 Thessalonians 2:10–11, Psalms 52:4–5
- 18As 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.21 cross-references: Psalms 73:6, Numbers 5:22, Colossians 3:12, Matthew 27:3–5, Numbers 5:27
- 19Let it be unto him as the garment which covereth him, and for a girdle wherewith he is girded continually.4 cross-references: Psalms 109:29, Psalms 132:18, Psalms 109:18, Psalms 35:26
- 20Let this be the reward of mine adversaries from the Lord, and of them that speak evil against my soul.19 cross-references: Psalms 94:23, 1 Kings 2:44, 2 Timothy 4:14, 2 Samuel 17:23, 1 Corinthians 12:3
- 21But do thou for me, O God the Lord, for thy name’s sake: because thy mercy is good, deliver thou me.19 cross-references: Psalms 31:3, Psalms 69:16, Psalms 79:9–10, Psalms 63:3, Psalms 25:11
- 22For I am poor and needy, and my heart is wounded within me.23 cross-references: Psalms 86:1, Psalms 22:6, Psalms 40:17, Psalms 102:4, Job 6:4
- 23I am gone like the shadow when it declineth: I am tossed up and down as the locust.14 cross-references: Exodus 10:19, Job 14:2, Psalms 102:10–11, 1 Chronicles 29:15, Ecclesiastes 8:13
- 24My knees are weak through fasting; and my flesh faileth of fatness.13 cross-references: Psalms 32:3–4, Psalms 22:14, Matthew 4:2, Hebrews 12:12, Job 19:20
- 25I became also a reproach unto them: when they looked upon me they shaked their heads.20 cross-references: Psalms 22:6–7, Psalms 69:19–20, Romans 15:3, Psalms 69:9–12, Psalms 35:15–16
- 26Help me, O Lord my God: O save me according to thy mercy:9 cross-references: Psalms 119:86, Psalms 69:13, Psalms 57:1, Hebrews 5:7, Psalms 69:16
- 27That they may know that this is thy hand; that thou, Lord, hast done it.12 cross-references: Job 37:7, 1 Kings 18:36–37, Exodus 8:19, 1 Samuel 17:46–47, Psalms 64:8–9
- 28Let them curse, but bless thou: when they arise, let them be ashamed; but let thy servant rejoice.17 cross-references: Numbers 23:20, John 16:22, Psalms 109:17, Numbers 22:12, Hebrews 12:2
- 29Let mine adversaries be clothed with shame, and let them cover themselves with their own confusion, as with a mantle.27 cross-references: Psalms 132:18, Psalms 35:26, Job 8:22, Jeremiah 20:11, Psalms 109:17–19
- 30I will greatly praise the Lord with my mouth; yea, I will praise him among the multitude.15 cross-references: Psalms 111:1, Psalms 35:18, Psalms 22:22–25, Psalms 138:1, Hebrews 2:12
- 31For he shall stand at the right hand of the poor, to save him from those that condemn his soul.39 cross-references: Psalms 121:5, Psalms 16:8, Psalms 140:12, Psalms 73:23, Psalms 110:5
Explained connections
- Let another take his office
Psalm 109, a prayer against a treacherous accuser, asks that another take his position. Peter combines it with Psalm 69:25: one verse explains Judas' fate, the other the need to fill his place among the Twelve, leading to the choice of Matthias.
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