Psalms

 that resonated while I rested.

Psalm 109:20-31

 May this be the Lord’s payment to my accusers,
    to those who speak evil of me.

 But you, Sovereign Lord,

    help me for your name’s sake;

    out of the goodness of your love, deliver me.

 For I am poor and needy,

    and my heart is wounded within me.

I fade away like an evening shadow;

    I am shaken off like a locust.

My knees give way from fasting;

    my body is thin and gaunt.

 I am an object of scorn to my accusers;
    when they see me, they shake their heads.

 Help me, Lord my God;
    save me according to your unfailing love.
 Let them know that it is your hand,
    that you, Lord, have done it.
 While they curse, may you bless;
    may those who attack me be put to shame,
    but may your servant rejoice.
 May my accusers be clothed with disgrace
    and wrapped in shame as in a cloak.

 With my mouth I will greatly extol the Lord;
    in the great throng of worshipers I will praise him.
 For he stands at the right hand of the needy,
    to save their lives from those who would condemn them.