Inspiration & Personal Growth
SCRIPTURE FOR TODAY MONDAY 16 OCT. 2017
Psalms 109:1
1
KJV: Hold not thy peace, O God of my praise;
WEB: God of my praise, don’t remain silent,
NIV: My God, whom I praise, do not remain silent,
2
KJV: For the mouth of the wicked and the mouth of the deceitful are opened against me: they have spoken against me with a lying tongue.
WEB: for they have opened the mouth of the wicked and the mouth of deceit against me. They have spoken to me with a lying tongue.
NIV: for people who are wicked and deceitful have opened their mouths against me; they have spoken against me with lying tongues.
3
KJV: They compassed me about also with words of hatred; and fought against me without a cause.
WEB: They have also surrounded me with words of hatred, and fought against me without a cause.
NIV: With words of hatred they surround me; they attack me without cause.
4
KJV: For my love they are my adversaries: but I give myself unto prayer.
WEB: In return for my love, they are my adversaries; but I am in prayer.
NIV: In return for my friendship they accuse me, but I am a man of prayer.
5
KJV: And they have rewarded me evil for good, and hatred for my love.
WEB: They have rewarded me evil for good, and hatred for my love.
NIV: They repay me evil for good, and hatred for my friendship.
6
KJV: Set thou a wicked man over him: and let Satan stand at his right hand.
WEB: Set a wicked man over him. Let an adversary stand at his right hand.
NIV: Appoint someone evil to oppose my enemy; let an accuser stand at his right hand.
7
KJV: When he shall be judged, let him be condemned: and let his prayer become sin.
WEB: When he is judged, let him come out guilty. Let his prayer be turned into sin.
NIV: When he is tried, let him be found guilty, and may his prayers condemn him.
8
KJV: Let his days be few; and let another take his office.
WEB: Let his days be few. Let another take his office.
NIV: May his days be few; may another take his place of leadership.
9
KJV: Let his children be fatherless, and his wife a widow.
WEB: Let his children be fatherless, and his wife a widow.
NIV: May his children be fatherless and his wife a widow.
10
KJV: Let his children be continually vagabonds, and beg: let them seek their bread also out of their desolate places.
WEB: Let his children be wandering beggars. Let them be sought from their ruins.
NIV: May his children be wandering beggars; may they be driven from their ruined homes.
11
KJV: Let the extortioner catch all that he hath; and let the strangers spoil his labour.
WEB: Let the creditor seize all that he has. Let strangers plunder the fruit of his labor.
NIV: May a creditor seize all he has; may strangers plunder the fruits of his labor.
12
KJV: Let there be none to extend mercy unto him: neither let there be any to favour his fatherless children.
WEB: Let there be no one to extend kindness to him, neither let there be anyone to have pity on his fatherless children.
NIV: May no one extend kindness to him or take pity on his fatherless children.
13
KJV: Let his posterity be cut off; and in the generation following let their name be blotted out.
WEB: Let his posterity be cut off. In the generation following let their name be blotted out.
NIV: May his descendants be cut off, their names blotted out from the next generation.
14
KJV: Let the iniquity of his fathers be remembered with the LORD; and let not the sin of his mother be blotted out.
WEB: Let the iniquity of his fathers be remembered by Yahweh. Don’t let the sin of his mother be blotted out.
NIV: May the iniquity of his fathers be remembered before the LORD; may the sin of his mother never be blotted out.
15
KJV: Let them be before the LORD continually, that he may cut off the memory of them from the earth.
WEB: Let them be before Yahweh continually, that he may cut off their memory from the earth;
NIV: May their sins always remain before the LORD, that he may blot out their name from the earth.
16
KJV: Because that he remembered not to shew mercy, but persecuted the poor and needy man, that he might even slay the broken in heart.
WEB: because he didn’t remember to show kindness, but persecuted the poor and needy man, the broken in heart, to kill them.
NIV: For he never thought of doing a kindness, but hounded to death the poor and the needy and the brokenhearted.
17
KJV: As he loved cursing, so let it come unto him: as he delighted not in blessing, so let it be far from him.
WEB: Yes, he loved cursing, and it came to him. He didn’t delight in blessing, and it was far from him.
NIV: He loved to pronounce a curse — may it come back on him. He found no pleasure in blessing — may it be far from him.
18
KJV: As 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.
WEB: He clothed himself also with cursing as with his garment. It came into his inward parts like water, like oil into his bones.
NIV: He wore cursing as his garment; it entered into his body like water, into his bones like oil.
19
KJV: Let it be unto him as the garment which covereth him, and for a girdle wherewith he is girded continually.
WEB: Let it be to him as the clothing with which he covers himself, for the belt that is always around him.
NIV: May it be like a cloak wrapped about him, like a belt tied forever around him.
20
KJV: Let this be the reward of mine adversaries from the LORD, and of them that speak evil against my soul.
WEB: This is the reward of my adversaries from Yahweh, of those who speak evil against my soul.
NIV: May this be the LORD’s payment to my accusers, to those who speak evil of me.
21
KJV: But do thou for me, O GOD the Lord, for thy name’s sake: because thy mercy is good, deliver thou me.
WEB: But deal with me, Yahweh the Lord, for your name’s sake, because your loving kindness is good, deliver me;
NIV: But you, Sovereign LORD, help me for your name’s sake; out of the goodness of your love, deliver me.
22
KJV: For I am poor and needy, and my heart is wounded within me.
WEB: for I am poor and needy. My heart is wounded within me.
NIV: For I am poor and needy, and my heart is wounded within me.
23
KJV: I am gone like the shadow when it declineth: I am tossed up and down as the locust.
WEB: I fade away like an evening shadow. I am shaken off like a locust.
NIV: I fade away like an evening shadow; I am shaken off like a locust.
24
KJV: My knees are weak through fasting; and my flesh faileth of fatness.
WEB: My knees are weak through fasting. My body is thin and lacks fat.
NIV: My knees give way from fasting; my body is thin and gaunt.
25
KJV: I became also a reproach unto them: when they looked upon me they shaked their heads.
WEB: I have also become a reproach to them. When they see me, they shake their head.
NIV: I am an object of scorn to my accusers; when they see me, they shake their heads.
26
KJV: Help me, O LORD my God: O save me according to thy mercy:
WEB: Help me, Yahweh, my God. Save me according to your loving kindness;
NIV: Help me, LORD my God; save me according to your unfailing love.
27
KJV: That they may know that this is thy hand; that thou, LORD, hast done it.
WEB: that they may know that this is your hand; that you, Yahweh, have done it.
NIV: Let them know that it is your hand, that you, LORD, have done it.
28
KJV: Let them curse, but bless thou: when they arise, let them be ashamed; but let thy servant rejoice.
WEB: They may curse, but you bless. When they arise, they will be shamed, but your servant shall rejoice.
NIV: While they curse, may you bless; may those who attack me be put to shame, but may your servant rejoice.
29
KJV: Let mine adversaries be clothed with shame, and let them cover themselves with their own confusion, as with a mantle.
WEB: Let my adversaries be clothed with dishonor. Let them cover themselves with their own shame as with a robe.
NIV: May my accusers be clothed with disgrace and wrapped in shame as in a cloak.
30
KJV: I will greatly praise the LORD with my mouth; yea, I will praise him among the multitude.
WEB: I will give great thanks to Yahweh with my mouth. Yes, I will praise him among the multitude.
NIV: With my mouth I will greatly extol the LORD; in the great throng of worshipers I will praise him.
31
KJV: For he shall stand at the right hand of the poor, to save him from those that condemn his soul.
WEB: For he will stand at the right hand of the needy, to save him from those who judge his soul.
NIV: For he stands at the right hand of the needy, to save their lives from those who would condemn them.
Stay blessed and have a great week. Amen.
Inspiration & Personal Growth
SCRIPTURE FOR TODAY MONDAY 16 OCT. 2017
Psalms 109:1
1
KJV: Hold not thy peace, O God of my praise;
WEB: God of my praise, don’t remain silent,
NIV: My God, whom I praise, do not remain silent,
2
KJV: For the mouth of the wicked and the mouth of the deceitful are opened against me: they have spoken against me with a lying tongue.
WEB: for they have opened the mouth of the wicked and the mouth of deceit against me. They have spoken to me with a lying tongue.
NIV: for people who are wicked and deceitful have opened their mouths against me; they have spoken against me with lying tongues.
3
KJV: They compassed me about also with words of hatred; and fought against me without a cause.
WEB: They have also surrounded me with words of hatred, and fought against me without a cause.
NIV: With words of hatred they surround me; they attack me without cause.
4
KJV: For my love they are my adversaries: but I give myself unto prayer.
WEB: In return for my love, they are my adversaries; but I am in prayer.
NIV: In return for my friendship they accuse me, but I am a man of prayer.
5
KJV: And they have rewarded me evil for good, and hatred for my love.
WEB: They have rewarded me evil for good, and hatred for my love.
NIV: They repay me evil for good, and hatred for my friendship.
6
KJV: Set thou a wicked man over him: and let Satan stand at his right hand.
WEB: Set a wicked man over him. Let an adversary stand at his right hand.
NIV: Appoint someone evil to oppose my enemy; let an accuser stand at his right hand.
7
KJV: When he shall be judged, let him be condemned: and let his prayer become sin.
WEB: When he is judged, let him come out guilty. Let his prayer be turned into sin.
NIV: When he is tried, let him be found guilty, and may his prayers condemn him.
8
KJV: Let his days be few; and let another take his office.
WEB: Let his days be few. Let another take his office.
NIV: May his days be few; may another take his place of leadership.
9
KJV: Let his children be fatherless, and his wife a widow.
WEB: Let his children be fatherless, and his wife a widow.
NIV: May his children be fatherless and his wife a widow.
10
KJV: Let his children be continually vagabonds, and beg: let them seek their bread also out of their desolate places.
WEB: Let his children be wandering beggars. Let them be sought from their ruins.
NIV: May his children be wandering beggars; may they be driven from their ruined homes.
11
KJV: Let the extortioner catch all that he hath; and let the strangers spoil his labour.
WEB: Let the creditor seize all that he has. Let strangers plunder the fruit of his labor.
NIV: May a creditor seize all he has; may strangers plunder the fruits of his labor.
12
KJV: Let there be none to extend mercy unto him: neither let there be any to favour his fatherless children.
WEB: Let there be no one to extend kindness to him, neither let there be anyone to have pity on his fatherless children.
NIV: May no one extend kindness to him or take pity on his fatherless children.
13
KJV: Let his posterity be cut off; and in the generation following let their name be blotted out.
WEB: Let his posterity be cut off. In the generation following let their name be blotted out.
NIV: May his descendants be cut off, their names blotted out from the next generation.
14
KJV: Let the iniquity of his fathers be remembered with the LORD; and let not the sin of his mother be blotted out.
WEB: Let the iniquity of his fathers be remembered by Yahweh. Don’t let the sin of his mother be blotted out.
NIV: May the iniquity of his fathers be remembered before the LORD; may the sin of his mother never be blotted out.
15
KJV: Let them be before the LORD continually, that he may cut off the memory of them from the earth.
WEB: Let them be before Yahweh continually, that he may cut off their memory from the earth;
NIV: May their sins always remain before the LORD, that he may blot out their name from the earth.
16
KJV: Because that he remembered not to shew mercy, but persecuted the poor and needy man, that he might even slay the broken in heart.
WEB: because he didn’t remember to show kindness, but persecuted the poor and needy man, the broken in heart, to kill them.
NIV: For he never thought of doing a kindness, but hounded to death the poor and the needy and the brokenhearted.
17
KJV: As he loved cursing, so let it come unto him: as he delighted not in blessing, so let it be far from him.
WEB: Yes, he loved cursing, and it came to him. He didn’t delight in blessing, and it was far from him.
NIV: He loved to pronounce a curse — may it come back on him. He found no pleasure in blessing — may it be far from him.
18
KJV: As 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.
WEB: He clothed himself also with cursing as with his garment. It came into his inward parts like water, like oil into his bones.
NIV: He wore cursing as his garment; it entered into his body like water, into his bones like oil.
19
KJV: Let it be unto him as the garment which covereth him, and for a girdle wherewith he is girded continually.
WEB: Let it be to him as the clothing with which he covers himself, for the belt that is always around him.
NIV: May it be like a cloak wrapped about him, like a belt tied forever around him.
20
KJV: Let this be the reward of mine adversaries from the LORD, and of them that speak evil against my soul.
WEB: This is the reward of my adversaries from Yahweh, of those who speak evil against my soul.
NIV: May this be the LORD’s payment to my accusers, to those who speak evil of me.
21
KJV: But do thou for me, O GOD the Lord, for thy name’s sake: because thy mercy is good, deliver thou me.
WEB: But deal with me, Yahweh the Lord, for your name’s sake, because your loving kindness is good, deliver me;
NIV: But you, Sovereign LORD, help me for your name’s sake; out of the goodness of your love, deliver me.
22
KJV: For I am poor and needy, and my heart is wounded within me.
WEB: for I am poor and needy. My heart is wounded within me.
NIV: For I am poor and needy, and my heart is wounded within me.
23
KJV: I am gone like the shadow when it declineth: I am tossed up and down as the locust.
WEB: I fade away like an evening shadow. I am shaken off like a locust.
NIV: I fade away like an evening shadow; I am shaken off like a locust.
24
KJV: My knees are weak through fasting; and my flesh faileth of fatness.
WEB: My knees are weak through fasting. My body is thin and lacks fat.
NIV: My knees give way from fasting; my body is thin and gaunt.
25
KJV: I became also a reproach unto them: when they looked upon me they shaked their heads.
WEB: I have also become a reproach to them. When they see me, they shake their head.
NIV: I am an object of scorn to my accusers; when they see me, they shake their heads.
26
KJV: Help me, O LORD my God: O save me according to thy mercy:
WEB: Help me, Yahweh, my God. Save me according to your loving kindness;
NIV: Help me, LORD my God; save me according to your unfailing love.
27
KJV: That they may know that this is thy hand; that thou, LORD, hast done it.
WEB: that they may know that this is your hand; that you, Yahweh, have done it.
NIV: Let them know that it is your hand, that you, LORD, have done it.
28
KJV: Let them curse, but bless thou: when they arise, let them be ashamed; but let thy servant rejoice.
WEB: They may curse, but you bless. When they arise, they will be shamed, but your servant shall rejoice.
NIV: While they curse, may you bless; may those who attack me be put to shame, but may your servant rejoice.
29
KJV: Let mine adversaries be clothed with shame, and let them cover themselves with their own confusion, as with a mantle.
WEB: Let my adversaries be clothed with dishonor. Let them cover themselves with their own shame as with a robe.
NIV: May my accusers be clothed with disgrace and wrapped in shame as in a cloak.
30
KJV: I will greatly praise the LORD with my mouth; yea, I will praise him among the multitude.
WEB: I will give great thanks to Yahweh with my mouth. Yes, I will praise him among the multitude.
NIV: With my mouth I will greatly extol the LORD; in the great throng of worshipers I will praise him.
31
KJV: For he shall stand at the right hand of the poor, to save him from those that condemn his soul.
WEB: For he will stand at the right hand of the needy, to save him from those who judge his soul.
NIV: For he stands at the right hand of the needy, to save their lives from those who would condemn them.
Stay blessed and have a great week. Amen.
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