Psalms 109
1 For the Chief Musician. A Psalm of David. Hold not thy peace, O God of my praise;
To the chief music-maker. Of David. A Psalm. God of my praise, let my prayer be answered;
2 For the mouth of the wicked and the mouth of deceit have they opened against me: They have spoken unto me with a lying tongue.
For the mouth of the sinner is open against me in deceit: his tongue has said false things against me.
3 They have compassed me about also with words of hatred, And fought against me without a cause.
Words of hate are round about me; they have made war against me without cause.
4 For my love they are my adversaries: But I [give myself unto] prayer.
For my love they give me back hate; but I have given myself to prayer.
5 And they have rewarded me evil for good, And hatred for my love.
They have put on me evil for good; hate in exchange for my love.
6 Set thou a wicked man over him; And let an adversary stand at his right hand.
Put an evil man over him; and let one be placed at his right hand to say evil of him.
7 When he is judged, let him come forth guilty; And let his prayer be turned into sin.
When he is judged, let the decision go against him; and may his prayer become sin.
8 Let his days be few; [And] let another take his office.
Let his life be short; let another take his position of authority.
9 Let his children be fatherless, And his wife a widow.
Let his children have no father, and his wife be made a widow.
10 Let his children be vagabonds, and beg; And let them seek [their bread] out of their desolate places.
Let his children be wanderers, looking to others for their food; let them be sent away from the company of their friends.
11 Let the extortioner catch all that he hath; And let strangers make spoil of his labor.
Let his creditor take all his goods; and let others have the profit of his work.
12 Let there be none to extend kindness unto him; Neither let there be any to have pity on his fatherless children.
Let no man have pity on him, or give help to his children when he is dead.
13 Let his posterity be cut off; In the generation following let their name be blotted out.
Let his seed be cut off; in the coming generation let their name go out of memory.
14 Let the iniquity of his fathers be remembered with Jehovah; And let not the sin of his mother be blotted out.
Let the Lord keep in mind the wrongdoing of his fathers; and may the sin of his mother have no forgiveness.
15 Let them be before Jehovah continually, That he may cut off the memory of them from the earth;
Let them be ever before the eyes of the Lord, so that the memory of them may be cut off from the earth.
16 Because he remembered not to show kindness, But persecuted the poor and needy man, And the broken in heart, to slay [them].
Because he had no mercy, but was cruel to the low and the poor, designing the death of the broken-hearted.
17 Yea, he loved cursing, and it came unto him; And he delighted not in blessing, and it was far from him.
As he took pleasure in cursing, so let it come on him; and as he had no delight in blessing, let it be far from him.
18 He clothed himself also with cursing as with his garment, And it came into his inward parts like water, And like oil into his bones.
He put on cursing like a robe, and it has come into his body like water, and into his bones like oil.
19 Let it be unto him as the raiment wherewith he covereth himself, And for the girdle wherewith he is girded continually.
Let it be to him as a robe which he puts on, let it be like a band which is round him at all times.
20 This is the reward of mine adversaries from Jehovah, And of them that speak evil against my soul.
Let this be the reward given to my haters from the Lord, and to those who say evil of my soul.
21 But deal thou with me, O Jehovah the Lord, for thy name’s sake: Because thy lovingkindness is good, deliver thou me;
But, O Lord God, give me your help, because of your name; take me out of danger, because your mercy is good.
22 For I am poor and needy, And my heart is wounded within me.
For I am poor and in need, and my heart is wounded in me.
23 I am gone like the shadow when it declineth: I am tossed up and down as the locust.
I am gone like the shade when it is stretched out: I am forced out of my place like a locust.
24 My knees are weak through fasting; And my flesh faileth of fatness.
My knees are feeble for need of food; there is no fat on my bones.
25 I am become also a reproach unto them: When they see me, they shake their head.
As for me, they make sport of me; shaking their heads when they see me.
26 Help me, O Jehovah my God; Oh save me according to thy lovingkindness:
Give me help, O Lord my God; in your mercy be my saviour;
27 That they may know that this is thy hand; [That] thou, Jehovah, hast done it.
So that they may see that it is the work of your hand; that you, Lord, have done it.
28 Let them curse, but bless thou: When they arise, they shall be put to shame, But thy servant shall rejoice.
They may give curses but you give blessing; when they come up against me, put them to shame; but let your servant be glad.
29 Let mine adversaries be clothed with dishonor, And let them cover themselves with their own shame as with a robe.
Let my haters be clothed with shame, covering themselves with shame as with a robe.
30 I will give great thanks unto Jehovah with my mouth; Yea, I will praise him among the multitude.
I will give the Lord great praise with my mouth; yes, I will give praise to him among all the people.
31 For he will stand at the right hand of the needy, To save him from them that judge his soul.
For he is ever at the right hand of the poor, to take him out of the hands of those who go after his soul.
