Psalms 109
1 Hold not your peace, O God of my praise;
“For the leader of the music. A psalm of David.” O God of my praise! be not silent!
2 For the mouth of the wicked and the mouth of the deceitful are opened against me: they have spoken against me with a lying tongue.
For the mouths of the wicked and the deceitful are opened against me; They speak against me with a lying tongue.
3 They compassed me about also with words of hatred; and fought against me without a cause.
They assault me on every side with words of hatred; They fight against me without a cause.
4 For my love they are my adversaries: but I give myself unto prayer.
For my love they are my adversaries: But I give myself unto prayer.
5 And they have rewarded me evil for good, and hatred for my love.
They repay me evil for good, And hatred for love.
6 Set you a wicked man over him: and let Satan stand at his right hand.
Set thou a wicked man over him, And let an adversary stand at his right hand!
7 When he shall be judged, let him be condemned: and let his prayer become sin.
When he is judged, may he be condemned, And may his prayer be a crime!
8 Let his days be few; and let another take his office.
May his days be few, And another take his office!
9 Let his children be fatherless, and his wife a widow.
May his children be fatherless, And his wife a widow!
10 Let his children be continually vagabonds, and beg: let them seek their bread also out of their desolate places.
May his children be vagabonds and beggars, And from their ruined dwellings seek their bread!
11 Let the extortionist catch all that he has; and let the strangers spoil his labour.
May a creditor seize on all that he hath, And a stranger plunder his substance!
12 Let there be none to extend mercy unto him: neither let there be any to favour his fatherless children.
May there be none to show him compassion, And none to pity his fatherless children!
13 Let his posterity be cut off; and in the generation following let their name be blotted out.
May his posterity be cut off; In the next generation may his name be blotted out!
14 Let the iniquity of his fathers be remembered with the LORD; and let not the sin of his mother be blotted out.
May the iniquity of his fathers be remembered by the LORD, And may the sin of his mother never be blotted out!
15 Let them be before the LORD continually, that he may cut off the memory of them from the earth.
May they be before the LORD continually; And may he cut off their memory from the earth!
16 Because that he remembered not to show mercy, but persecuted the poor and needy man, that he might even slay the broken in heart.
Because he remembered not to show pity, But persecuted the afflicted and the poor man, And sought the death of the broken-hearted.
17 As he loved cursing, so let it come unto him: as he delighted not in blessing, so let it be far from him.
As he loved cursing, let it come upon him; As he delighted not in blessing, let it be far from him!
18 As he clothed himself with cursing like with his garment, so let it come into his bowels like water, and like oil into his bones.
May he be clothed with cursing as with a garment; May it enter like water into his bowels, And like oil into his bones!
19 Let it be unto him as the garment which covers him, and for a girdle wherewith he is girded continually.
May it be to him like the robe that covereth him, Like the girdle with which he is constantly girded!
20 Let this be the reward of mine adversaries from the LORD, and of them that speak evil against my soul.
May this be the wages of mine adversaries from the LORD, And of them that speak evil against me!
21 But do you for me, O GOD the Lord, for your name's sake: because your mercy is good, deliver you me.
But do thou, O LORD, my God! take part with me, For thine own name's sake! Because great is thy mercy, O deliver me!
22 For I am poor and needy, and my heart is wounded within me.
For I am afflicted and needy, And my heart is wounded within me.
23 I am gone like the shadow when it declines: I am tossed up and down as the locust.
I am going like a shadow; I am driven away as the locust.
24 My knees are weak through fasting; and my flesh fails of fatness.
My knees totter from fasting, And my flesh faileth of fatness.
25 I became also a reproach unto them: when they looked upon me they shook their heads.
I am a reproach to my enemies; They gaze at me; they shake their heads.
26 Help me, O LORD my God: O save me according to your mercy:
Help me, O LORD, my God! O save me, according to thy mercy!
27 That they may know that this is your hand; that you, LORD, have done it.
That they may know that this is thy hand; That thou, O Lord! hast done it!
28 Let them curse, but bless you: when they arise, let them be ashamed; but let your servant rejoice.
Let them curse, but do thou bless! When they arise, let them be put to shame; But let thy servant rejoice!
29 Let mine adversaries be clothed with shame, and let them cover themselves with their own confusion, as with a mantle.
May my enemies be clothed with ignominy; May they be covered with their shame, as with a mantle!
30 I will greatly praise the LORD with my mouth; yea, I will praise him among the multitude.
I will earnestly praise the LORD with my lips; In the midst of the multitude I will praise him.
31 For he shall stand at the right hand of the poor, to save him from those that condemn his soul.
For he standeth at the right hand of the poor, To save him from those who would condemn him.
