Psalms 109
1 To the Chief Musician. David’s. A Melody. O God of my praise, do not be silent;
For the choirmaster. A Psalm of David. O God of my praise, be not silent.
2 For, the mouth of the lawless one and the mouth of the deceiver, against me, are open, They have spoken to me with false tongue;
For wicked and deceitful mouths open against me; they speak against me with lying tongues.
3 And, with words of hatred, have they surrounded me, and have made war upon me without cause:
They surround me with hateful words and attack me without cause.
4 For my love, they have been accusing me, while, I, was at prayer:
In return for my love they accuse me, but I am a man of prayer.
5 Yea they have returned unto me—Evil for good; and, Hatred for my love.
They repay me evil for good, and hatred for my love.
6 Set in charge over him, one who is lawless, and let, an accuser, stand at his right hand;
Set over him a wicked man; let an accuser stand at his right hand.
7 When he is judged, let him go out condemned, and let, his own petition, become a sin;
When he is tried, let him be found guilty, and may his prayer be regarded as sin.
8 Let his days become few, his overseership, let another take;
May his days be few; may another take his position.
9 Let his children become fatherless, and his wife a widow;
May his children be fatherless and his wife a widow.
10 Let his children, wander about, and beg, Let them be driven out of their ruins;
May his children wander as beggars, seeking sustenance far from their ruined homes.
11 Let the creditor take aim at all that he hath, and let strangers prey on the fruit of his toil;
May the creditor seize all he owns, and strangers plunder the fruits of his labor.
12 Let him have no one to continue lovingkindness, and there be none to favour his fatherless children;
May there be no one to extend kindness to him, and no one to favor his fatherless children.
13 Let his posterity be for cutting off, In another generation, let their name be wiped out;
May his descendants be cut off; may their name be blotted out from the next generation.
14 Remembered be the iniquity of his fathers against Yahweh, and, the sin of his mother, let it not be wiped out;
May the iniquity of his fathers be remembered before the LORD, and the sin of his mother never be blotted out.
15 Let them be before Yahweh continually, and let the memory of them, be cut off out of the earth.
May their sins always remain before the LORD, that He may cut off their memory from the earth.
16 Because that he remembered not to show lovingkindness, but pursued the man that was oppressed and needy, that, the downhearted, he might slay.
For he never thought to show kindness, but pursued the poor and needy and brokenhearted, even to their death.
17 Because he loved cursing, May it have come upon him, Because he delighted not in blessing, May it have kept far from him;
The cursing that he loved, may it fall on him; the blessing in which he refused to delight, may it be far from him.
18 Because he clothed himself in cursing as his outer garment, therefore may it have entered like water into his inward part, and like oil into his bones;
The cursing that he wore like a coat, may it soak into his body like water, and into his bones like oil.
19 Be it his, as a garment he shall wrap round him, and for a girdle he shall, at all times, gird on:
May it be like a robe wrapped about him, like a belt tied forever around him.
20 This, be the reward of mine accusers, from Yahweh, even of them who are speaking wrongfully against my life.
May this be the LORD’s reward to my accusers, to those who speak evil against me.
21 But, thou, Yahweh, Adonay, deal effectually with me, for the sake of thy Name, Since good is thy lovingkindness, O rescue me;
But You, O GOD, the Lord, deal kindly with me for the sake of Your name; deliver me by the goodness of Your loving devotion.
22 For, oppressed and needy, I am, and, my heart, is wounded within me.
For I am poor and needy; my heart is wounded within me.
23 As a shadow when it stretcheth out, I am gone, I am shaken off like the locust;
I am fading away like a lengthening shadow; I am shaken off like a locust.
24 My knees, tremble from fasting, and, my flesh, faileth of fatness:
My knees are weak from fasting, and my body grows lean and gaunt.
25 So, I, am become a reproach for them, They see me, they shake their head.
I am an object of scorn to my accusers; when they see me, they shake their heads.
26 Help me! O Yahweh my God, Save me, according to thy lovingkindness:
Help me, O LORD my God; save me according to Your loving devotion.
27 That they may know that, Thine own hand, this is, Thou, Yahweh, hast done it.
Let them know that this is Your hand, that You, O LORD, have done it.
28 They, may curse if, thou, wilt bless, —Mine assailants, shall be ashamed, but, thy servant, shall rejoice;
Though they curse, You will bless. When they rise up, they will be put to shame, but Your servant will rejoice.
29 Mine accusers shall be clothed with confusion, and shall wrap about them, like a cloak, their own shame.
May my accusers be clothed with disgrace; may they wear their shame like a robe.
30 I will thank Yahweh loudly with my mouth, Yea, in the midst of multitudes, will I praise him;
With my mouth I will thank the LORD profusely; I will praise Him in the presence of many.
31 Because he standeth at the right hand of the needy, To save, from them who would pass sentence on his life.
For He stands at the right hand of the needy one, to save him from the condemners of his soul.
