Psalms 109
1 For the Chief Musician. A Psalm of David. Hold not thy peace, O God of my praise;
TO THE OVERSEER. A PSALM OF DAVID. O God of my praise, do not be silent,
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 wickedness, and the mouth of deceit, They have opened against me, They have spoken with me—A tongue of falsehood, and words of hatred!
3 They have compassed me about also with words of hatred, And fought against me without a cause.
They have surrounded me about, And they fight me without cause.
4 For my love they are my adversaries: But I [give myself unto] prayer.
For my love they oppose me, and I—prayer!
5 And they have rewarded me evil for good, And hatred for my love.
And they set against me evil for good, And hatred for my love.
6 Set thou a wicked man over him; And let an adversary stand at his right hand.
Appoint the wicked over him, And an adversary stands at his right hand.
7 When he is judged, let him come forth guilty; And let his prayer be turned into sin.
In his being judged, he goes forth wicked, And his prayer is for sin.
8 Let his days be few; [And] let another take his office.
His days are few, another takes his oversight,
9 Let his children be fatherless, And his wife a widow.
His sons are fatherless, and his wife a widow.
10 Let his children be vagabonds, and beg; And let them seek [their bread] out of their desolate places.
And his sons wander continually, Indeed, they have begged, And have sought out of their dry places.
11 Let the extortioner catch all that he hath; And let strangers make spoil of his labor.
An exactor lays a snare for all that he has, And strangers spoil his labor.
12 Let there be none to extend kindness unto him; Neither let there be any to have pity on his fatherless children.
He has none to extend kindness, Nor is there one showing favor to his orphans.
13 Let his posterity be cut off; In the generation following let their name be blotted out.
His posterity is for cutting off, Their name is blotted out in another generation.
14 Let the iniquity of his fathers be remembered with Jehovah; And let not the sin of his mother be blotted out.
The iniquity of his fathers Is remembered to YHWH, And the sin of his mother is not blotted out.
15 Let them be before Jehovah continually, That he may cut off the memory of them from the earth;
They are continually before YHWH, And He cuts off their memorial from 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 that he has not remembered to do kindness, And pursues the poor man and needy, And the struck of heart—to slay,
17 Yea, he loved cursing, and it came unto him; And he delighted not in blessing, and it was far from him.
And he loves reviling, and it meets him, And he has not delighted in blessing, And it is 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.
And he puts on reviling as his robe, And it comes in as water into his midst, And as oil into his bones.
19 Let it be unto him as the raiment wherewith he covereth himself, And for the girdle wherewith he is girded continually.
It is to him as apparel—he covers himself, And he girds it on for a continual girdle.
20 This is the reward of mine adversaries from Jehovah, And of them that speak evil against my soul.
This [is] the wage of my accusers from YHWH, And of those speaking evil against 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;
And You, O Lord YHWH, Deal with me for Your Name’s sake, Because Your kindness [is] good, deliver me.
22 For I am poor and needy, And my heart is wounded within me.
For I [am] poor and needy, And my heart has been pierced in my midst.
23 I am gone like the shadow when it declineth: I am tossed up and down as the locust.
I have gone as a shadow when it is stretched out, I have been driven away as a locust.
24 My knees are weak through fasting; And my flesh faileth of fatness.
My knees have been feeble from fasting, And my flesh has failed of fatness.
25 I am become also a reproach unto them: When they see me, they shake their head.
And I have been a reproach to them, They see me, they shake their head.
26 Help me, O Jehovah my God; Oh save me according to thy lovingkindness:
Help me, O YHWH my God, Save me, according to Your kindness.
27 That they may know that this is thy hand; [That] thou, Jehovah, hast done it.
And they know that this [is] Your hand, You, O YHWH, You 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 revile, and You bless, They have risen, and are ashamed, And Your servant rejoices.
29 Let mine adversaries be clothed with dishonor, And let them cover themselves with their own shame as with a robe.
My accusers put on blushing, and are covered, Their shame [is] as an upper robe.
30 I will give great thanks unto Jehovah with my mouth; Yea, I will praise him among the multitude.
I thank YHWH greatly with my mouth, And I praise Him in the midst of many,
31 For he will stand at the right hand of the needy, To save him from them that judge his soul.
For He stands at the right hand of the needy, To save from those judging his soul.
