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