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The Book of Psalms, Chapter 109, Verse 21

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[Let] this [be] the reward of mine adversaries from the LORD, and of them that speak evil against my soul.
King James Version
But do thou for me, O GOD the Lord, for thy name's sake: because thy mercy [is] good, deliver thou me.
American Standard Version
But deal thou with me, O Jehovah the Lord, for thy name's sake: Because thy lovingkindness is good, deliver thou me;
New English Translation
O sovereign LORD, intervene on my behalf for the sake of your reputation! Because your loyal love is good, deliver me!
World English Bible
But deal with me, Yahweh the Lord, for your name's sake, because your loving kindness is good, deliver me;
22
For I [am] poor and needy, and my heart is wounded within me.
23
I am gone like the shadow when it declineth: I am tossed up and down as the locust.
24
My knees are weak through fasting; and my flesh faileth of fatness.
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I became also a reproach unto them: [when] they looked upon me they shaked their heads.
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Help me, O LORD my God: O save me according to thy mercy:
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That they may know that this [is] thy hand; [that] thou, LORD, hast done it.
28
Let them curse, but bless thou: when they arise, let them be ashamed; but let thy servant rejoice.
29
Let mine adversaries be clothed with shame, and let them cover themselves with their own confusion, as with a mantle.
30
I will greatly praise the LORD with my mouth; yea, I will praise him among the multitude.
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For he shall stand at the right hand of the poor, to save [him] from those that condemn his soul.