Psalms 109

1 TO THE OVERSEER. A PSALM OF DAVID. O God of my praise, do not be silent,

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

2 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!

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 have surrounded me about, And they fight me without cause.

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

4 For my love they oppose me, and I—prayer!

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

5 And they set against me evil for good, And hatred for my love.

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

6 Appoint the wicked over him, And an adversary stands at his right hand.

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

7 In his being judged, he goes forth wicked, And his prayer is for sin.

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

8 His days are few, another takes his oversight,

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

9 His sons are fatherless, and his wife a widow.

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

10 And his sons wander continually, Indeed, they have begged, And have sought out of their dry places.

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

11 An exactor lays a snare for all that he has, And strangers spoil his labor.

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

12 He has none to extend kindness, Nor is there one showing favor to his orphans.

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

13 His posterity is for cutting off, Their name is blotted out in another generation.

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

14 The iniquity of his fathers Is remembered to YHWH, And the sin of his mother is not blotted out.

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

15 They are continually before YHWH, And He cuts off their memorial from earth.

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

16 Because that he has not remembered to do kindness, And pursues the poor man and needy, And the struck of heart—to slay,

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

17 And he loves reviling, and it meets him, And he has not delighted in blessing, And it is far 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 And he puts on reviling as his robe, And it comes in as water into his midst, And as oil 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 It is to him as apparel—he covers himself, And he girds it on for a continual girdle.

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

20 This [is] the wage of my accusers from YHWH, And of those speaking evil against my soul.

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

21 And You, O Lord YHWH, Deal with me for Your Name’s sake, Because Your kindness [is] good, deliver me.

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

22 For I [am] poor and needy, And my heart has been pierced in my midst.

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

23 I have gone as a shadow when it is stretched out, I have been driven away as a locust.

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

24 My knees have been feeble from fasting, And my flesh has failed of fatness.

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

25 And I have been a reproach to them, They see me, they shake their head.

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

26 Help me, O YHWH my God, Save me, according to Your kindness.

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

27 And they know that this [is] Your hand, You, O YHWH, You have done it.

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

28 They revile, and You bless, They have risen, and are ashamed, And Your servant rejoices.

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

29 My accusers put on blushing, and are covered, Their shame [is] as an upper robe.

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

30 I thank YHWH greatly with my mouth, And I praise Him in the midst of many,

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

31 For He stands at the right hand of the needy, To save from those judging his soul.

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