Psalms 109
1 For the Leader. A Psalm of David. O God of my praise, keep not silence;
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 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 In return for my love they are my adversaries; but I am all prayer.
For my love they oppose me, and I—prayer!
5 And they have laid upon 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 go forth condemned; 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; let another take his charge.
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 creditor distrain all that he hath; and let strangers make spoil of his labour.
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 be gracious unto 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 brought to remembrance unto the LORD; 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 the LORD 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 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 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 is 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 raiment, and it is come 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 garment which he putteth on, 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 would mine adversaries effect from the LORD, and they 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 Thou, O GOD the Lord, deal with me for Thy name's sake; because Thy mercy 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 lengtheneth; I am shaken off 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 totter through fasting; and my flesh is lean, and hath no fatness.
My knees have been feeble from fasting, And my flesh has failed of fatness.
25 I am become also a taunt 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 LORD my God; O save me according to Thy mercy;
Help me, O YHWH my God, Save me, according to Your kindness.
27 That they may know that this is Thy hand; that Thou, LORD, 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 Mine adversaries shall be clothed with confusion, and shall put on their own shame as a robe.
My accusers put on blushing, and are covered, Their shame [is] as an upper robe.
30 I will give great thanks unto the LORD 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 Because He standeth 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.
