Psalms 109

1 For the Leader. A Psalm of David. O God of my praise, keep not silence;

For the end, a Psalm of David. For the end, a Psalm of David. O God, pass not over my praise in silence;

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 and the mouth of the crafty [man] have been opened against me: they have spoken against me with a crafty tongue.

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

And they have compassed me with words of hatred; and fought against me without a cause.

4 In return for my love they are my adversaries; but I am all prayer.

Instead of loving me, they falsely accused me: but I continued to pray.

5 And they have laid upon me evil for good, and hatred for my love:

And they rewarded 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.

Set thou a sinner against him; and let the devil stand at his right hand.

7 When he is judged, let him go forth condemned; and let his prayer be turned into sin.

When he is judged, let him go forth condemned: and let his prayer become sin.

8 Let his days be few; let another take his charge.

Let his days be few: and let another take his office of overseer.

9 Let his children be fatherless, and his wife a widow.

Let his children be orphans, and his wife a widow.

10 Let his children be vagabonds, and beg; and let them seek their bread out of their desolate places.

Let his children wander without a dwelling-place, and beg: let them be cast out of their habitations.

11 Let the creditor distrain all that he hath; and let strangers make spoil of his labour.

Let [his] creditor exact all that belongs to him: and let strangers spoil his labours.

12 Let there be none to extend kindness unto him; neither let there be any to be gracious unto his fatherless children.

Let him have no helper; neither let there be any one to have compassion on his fatherless children.

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

Let his children be [given up] to utter destruction: in one generation let his name be blotted out.

14 Let the iniquity of his fathers be brought to remembrance unto the LORD; and let not the sin of his mother be blotted out.

Let the iniquity of his fathers be remembered before the Lord; and let not the sin of his mother be blotted out.

15 Let them be before the LORD continually, that He may cut off the memory of them from the earth.

Let them be before the Lord continually; and let their memorial be blotted out from the earth.

16 Because that he remembered not to do kindness, but persecuted the poor and needy man, and the broken in heart he was ready to slay.

Because he remembered not to shew mercy, but persecuted the needy and poor man, and [that] to slay him that was pricked in the heart.

17 Yea, he loved cursing, and it came unto him; and he delighted not in blessing, and it is far from him.

He loved cursing also, and it shall come upon him; and he took not pleasure in blessing, so it shall be removed far from him.

18 He clothed himself also with cursing as with his raiment, and it is come into his inward parts like water, and like oil into his bones.

Yea, he put on cursing as a garment, and it is come as water into his bowels, and as oil into his bones.

19 Let it be unto him as the garment which he putteth on, and for the girdle wherewith he is girded continually.'

Let it be to him as a garment which he puts on, and as a girdle with which he girds himself continually.

20 This would mine adversaries effect from the LORD, and they that speak evil against my soul.

This is the dealing of the Lord with those who falsely accuse me, and of them that speak evil against my soul.

21 But Thou, O GOD the Lord, deal with me for Thy name's sake; because Thy mercy is good, deliver Thou me.

But thou, O Lord, Lord, deal [mercifully] with me, for thy name's sake: for thy mercy is good.

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

Deliver me, for I am poor and needy; and my heart is troubled within me.

23 I am gone like the shadow when it lengtheneth; I am shaken off as the locust.

I am removed as a shadow in its going down: I am tossed up and down like locusts.

24 My knees totter through fasting; and my flesh is lean, and hath no fatness.

My knees are weakened through fasting, and my flesh is changed by reason of [the want of] oil.

25 I am become also a taunt unto them; when they see me, they shake their head.

I became also a reproach to them: [when] they saw me they shook their heads.

26 Help me, O LORD my God; O save me according to Thy mercy;

Help me, O Lord my God; and save me according to thy mercy.

27 That they may know that this is Thy hand; that Thou, LORD, hast done it.

And let them know that this is thy hand; and [that] thou, Lord, hast wrought it.

28 Let them curse, but bless Thou; when they arise, they shall be put to shame, but Thy servant shall rejoice.

Let them curse, but thou shalt bless: let them that rise up against me be ashamed, but let thy servant rejoice.

29 Mine adversaries shall be clothed with confusion, and shall put on their own shame as a robe.

Let those that falsely accuse me be clothed with shame, and let them cover themselves with their shame as with a mantle.

30 I will give great thanks unto the LORD with my mouth; yea, I will praise Him among the multitude;

I will give thanks to the Lord abundantly with my mouth; and in the midst of many I will praise him.

31 Because He standeth at the right hand of the needy, to save him from them that judge his soul.

For he stood on the right hand of the poor, to save [me] from them that persecute my soul.