Psalms 109

1 To him that excelleth. A Psalme of David. Holde not thy tongue, O God of my praise.

To the chief Musician. Of David. A Psalm. O God of my praise, be not silent:

2 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.

For the mouth of the wicked [man] and the mouth of deceit are opened against me: they have spoken against me with a lying tongue,

3 They compassed me about also with words of hatred, and fought against me without a cause.

And with words of hatred have they encompassed me; and they fight against me without a cause.

4 For my friendship they were mine aduersaries, but I gaue my selfe to praier.

For my love they are mine adversaries; but I [give myself unto] prayer.

5 And they haue rewarded me euil for good, and hatred for my friendship.

And they have rewarded me evil for good, and hatred for my love.

6 Set thou the wicked ouer him, and let the aduersarie stand at his right hand.

Set a wicked [man] over him, and let [the] adversary stand at his right hand;

7 Whe he shalbe iudged, let him be condemned, and let his praier be turned into sinne.

When he shall be judged, let him go out guilty, and let his prayer become sin;

8 Let his daies be fewe, and let another take his charge.

Let his days be few, let another take his office;

9 Let his children be fatherlesse, and his wife a widowe.

Let his sons be fatherless, and his wife a widow;

10 Let his children be vagabonds and beg and seeke bread, comming out of their places destroyed.

Let his sons be vagabonds and beg, and let them seek [their bread] far from their desolate places;

11 Let the extortioner catch al that he hath, and let the strangers spoile his labour.

Let the usurer cast the net over all that he hath, and let strangers despoil his labour;

12 Let there be none to extend mercie vnto him: neither let there be any to shewe mercie vpon his fatherlesse children.

Let there be none to extend kindness unto him, neither let there be any to favour his fatherless children;

13 Let his posteritie be destroied, and in the generation following let their name be put out.

Let his posterity be cut off; in the generation following let their name be blotted out:

14 Let the iniquitie of his fathers bee had in remembrance with the Lord: and let not the sinne of his mother be done away.

Let the iniquity of his fathers be remembered with Jehovah, and let not the sin of his mother be blotted out;

15 But let them alway be before the Lord, that he may cut off their memorial from ye earth.

Let them be before Jehovah continually, that he may cut off the memory of them from the earth:

16 Because he remembred not to shew mercie, but persecuted the afflicted and poore man, and the sorowfull hearted to slay him.

Because he remembered not to shew kindness, but persecuted the afflicted and needy man, and the broken in heart, to slay him.

17 As he loued cursing, so shall it come vnto him, and as he loued not blessing, so shall it be farre from him.

And he loved cursing; so let it come unto him. And he delighted not in blessing; and let it be far from him.

18 As he clothed himselfe with cursing like a rayment, so shall it come into his bowels like water, and like oyle into his bones.

And he clothed himself with cursing like his vestment; so let it come into his bowels like water, and like oil into his bones;

19 Let it be vnto him as a garment to couer him, and for a girdle, wherewith he shalbe alway girded.

Let it be unto him as a garment with which he covereth himself, and for a girdle wherewith he is constantly girded.

20 Let this be the rewarde of mine aduersarie from the Lord, and of them, that speake euill against my soule.

Let this be the reward of mine adversaries from Jehovah, and of them that speak evil against my soul.

21 But thou, O Lord my God, deale with me according vnto thy Name: deliuer me, (for thy mercie is good)

But do thou for me, Jehovah, Lord, for thy name's sake; because thy loving-kindness is good, deliver me:

22 Because I am poore and needie, and mine heart is wounded within me.

For I am afflicted and needy, and my heart is wounded within me.

23 I depart like the shadowe that declineth, and am shaken off as the grashopper.

I am gone like a shadow when it lengtheneth; I am tossed about like the locust;

24 My knees are weake through fasting, and my flesh hath lost all fatnes.

My knees are failing through fasting, and my flesh hath lost its fatness;

25 I became also a rebuke vnto them: they that looked vpon me, shaked their heads.

And I am become a reproach unto them; [when] they look upon me they shake their heads.

26 Helpe me, O Lord my God: saue me according to thy mercie.

Help me, Jehovah my God; save me according to thy loving-kindness:

27 And they shall know, that this is thine hand, and that thou, Lord, hast done it.

That they may know that this is thy hand; that thou, Jehovah, hast done it.

28 Though they curse, yet thou wilt blesse: they shall arise and be confounded, but thy seruant shall reioyce.

Let them curse, but bless thou; when they rise up, let them be ashamed, and let thy servant rejoice.

29 Let mine aduersaries be clothed with shame, and let them couer themselues with their confusion, as with a cloke.

Let mine adversaries be clothed with confusion, and let them cover themselves with their shame as with a mantle.

30 I will giue thankes vnto the Lord greatly with my mouth and praise him among ye multitude.

I will greatly celebrate Jehovah with my mouth; yea, I will praise him among the multitude.

31 For he will stand at the right hand of the poore, to saue him from them that woulde condemne his soule.

For he standeth at the right hand of the needy, to save him from those that judge his soul.