Psalms 109

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

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

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 and the mouth of deceit have they opened against me; they have spoken unto me with a lying tongue.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

'Set Thou a wicked man over him; and let an adversary stand at his right hand.

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

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

8 His days are few, another takes his oversight,

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

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

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

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

Let the creditor distrain all that he hath; and let strangers make spoil of 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 be gracious unto 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 brought to remembrance unto the LORD; 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 the LORD 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 that he remembered not to do kindness, but persecuted the poor and needy man, and the broken in heart he was ready to slay.

17 And he loves reviling, and it meets him, And he has not delighted in blessing, And it is far from him.

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

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.

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 the garment which he putteth on, and for the girdle wherewith he is girded continually.'

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

This would mine adversaries effect from the LORD, and they 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 Thou, O GOD the Lord, deal with me for Thy name's sake; because Thy mercy is good, deliver Thou me.

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

For I am poor 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 the shadow when it lengtheneth; I am shaken off as the locust.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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, LORD, 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 arise, they shall be put to shame, but Thy servant shall rejoice.

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

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

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

I will give great thanks unto the LORD 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.

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