Psalms 109
1 For the choirmaster. A Psalm of David. O God of my praise, be not silent.
To him that excelleth. A Psalme of David. Holde not thy tongue, O God of my praise.
2 For wicked and deceitful mouths open against me; they speak against me with lying tongues.
For the mouth of the wicked, and the mouth full of deceite are opened vpon me: they haue spoken to me with a lying tongue.
3 They surround me with hateful words and attack me without cause.
They compassed me about also with words of hatred, and fought against me without a cause.
4 In return for my love they accuse me, but I am a man of prayer.
For my friendship they were mine aduersaries, but I gaue my selfe to praier.
5 They repay me evil for good, and hatred for my love.
And they haue rewarded me euil for good, and hatred for my friendship.
6 Set over him a wicked man; let an accuser stand at his right hand.
Set thou the wicked ouer him, and let the aduersarie stand at his right hand.
7 When he is tried, let him be found guilty, and may his prayer be regarded as sin.
Whe he shalbe iudged, let him be condemned, and let his praier be turned into sinne.
8 May his days be few; may another take his position.
Let his daies be fewe, and let another take his charge.
9 May his children be fatherless and his wife a widow.
Let his children be fatherlesse, and his wife a widowe.
10 May his children wander as beggars, seeking sustenance far from their ruined homes.
Let his children be vagabonds and beg and seeke bread, comming out of their places destroyed.
11 May the creditor seize all he owns, and strangers plunder the fruits of his labor.
Let the extortioner catch al that he hath, and let the strangers spoile his labour.
12 May there be no one to extend kindness to him, and no one to favor his fatherless children.
Let there be none to extend mercie vnto him: neither let there be any to shewe mercie vpon his fatherlesse children.
13 May his descendants be cut off; may their name be blotted out from the next generation.
Let his posteritie be destroied, and in the generation following let their name be put out.
14 May the iniquity of his fathers be remembered before the LORD, and the sin of his mother never be blotted out.
Let the iniquitie of his fathers bee had in remembrance with the Lord: and let not the sinne of his mother be done away.
15 May their sins always remain before the LORD, that He may cut off their memory from the earth.
But let them alway be before the Lord, that he may cut off their memorial from ye earth.
16 For he never thought to show kindness, but pursued the poor and needy and brokenhearted, even to their death.
Because he remembred not to shew mercie, but persecuted the afflicted and poore man, and the sorowfull hearted to slay him.
17 The cursing that he loved, may it fall on him; the blessing in which he refused to delight, may it be far from him.
As he loued cursing, so shall it come vnto him, and as he loued not blessing, so shall it be farre from him.
18 The cursing that he wore like a coat, may it soak into his body like water, and into his bones like oil.
As he clothed himselfe with cursing like a rayment, so shall it come into his bowels like water, and like oyle into his bones.
19 May it be like a robe wrapped about him, like a belt tied forever around him.
Let it be vnto him as a garment to couer him, and for a girdle, wherewith he shalbe alway girded.
20 May this be the LORD’s reward to my accusers, to those who speak evil against me.
Let this be the rewarde of mine aduersarie from the Lord, and of them, that speake euill against my soule.
21 But You, O GOD, the Lord, deal kindly with me for the sake of Your name; deliver me by the goodness of Your loving devotion.
But thou, O Lord my God, deale with me according vnto thy Name: deliuer me, (for thy mercie is good)
22 For I am poor and needy; my heart is wounded within me.
Because I am poore and needie, and mine heart is wounded within me.
23 I am fading away like a lengthening shadow; I am shaken off like a locust.
I depart like the shadowe that declineth, and am shaken off as the grashopper.
24 My knees are weak from fasting, and my body grows lean and gaunt.
My knees are weake through fasting, and my flesh hath lost all fatnes.
25 I am an object of scorn to my accusers; when they see me, they shake their heads.
I became also a rebuke vnto them: they that looked vpon me, shaked their heads.
26 Help me, O LORD my God; save me according to Your loving devotion.
Helpe me, O Lord my God: saue me according to thy mercie.
27 Let them know that this is Your hand, that You, O LORD, have done it.
And they shall know, that this is thine hand, and that thou, Lord, hast done it.
28 Though they curse, You will bless. When they rise up, they will be put to shame, but Your servant will rejoice.
Though they curse, yet thou wilt blesse: they shall arise and be confounded, but thy seruant shall reioyce.
29 May my accusers be clothed with disgrace; may they wear their shame like a robe.
Let mine aduersaries be clothed with shame, and let them couer themselues with their confusion, as with a cloke.
30 With my mouth I will thank the LORD profusely; I will praise Him in the presence of many.
I will giue thankes vnto the Lord greatly with my mouth and praise him among ye multitude.
31 For He stands at the right hand of the needy one, to save him from the condemners of his soul.
For he will stand at the right hand of the poore, to saue him from them that woulde condemne his soule.
