Psalms 109

1 To the Chief Musician. David’s. A Melody. 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 the lawless one and the mouth of the deceiver, against me, are open, They have spoken to me with false tongue;

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 And, with words of hatred, have they surrounded me, and have made war upon 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 have been accusing me, while, I, was at prayer:

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

5 Yea they have returned unto me—Evil for good; and, Hatred for my love.

And they have rewarded 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 a wicked [man] over him, and let [the] adversary 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 shall be judged, let him go out guilty, and let his prayer become sin;

8 Let his days become few, his overseership, let another take;

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

9 Let his children become fatherless, and his wife a widow;

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

10 Let his children, wander about, and beg, Let them be driven out of their ruins;

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

11 Let the creditor take aim at all that he hath, and let strangers prey on the fruit of his toil;

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

12 Let him have no one to continue lovingkindness, and there be none to favour his fatherless children;

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

13 Let his posterity be for cutting off, In another generation, let their name be wiped out;

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

14 Remembered be the iniquity of his fathers against Yahweh, and, the sin of his mother, let it not be wiped out;

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

15 Let them be before Yahweh continually, and let the memory of them, be cut off out of the earth.

Let them be before Jehovah continually, that he may cut off the memory of them 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.

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

17 Because he loved cursing, May it have come upon him, Because he delighted not in blessing, May it have kept 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 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;

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 Be it his, as a garment he shall wrap round him, and for a girdle he shall, at all times, gird on:

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

20 This, be the reward of mine accusers, from Yahweh, even of them who are speaking wrongfully against my life.

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

21 But, thou, Yahweh, Adonay, deal effectually with me, for the sake of thy Name, Since good is thy lovingkindness, O rescue me;

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

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

For I am afflicted and needy, and 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 gone like a shadow when it lengtheneth; I am tossed about like the locust;

24 My knees, tremble from fasting, and, my flesh, faileth of fatness:

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

25 So, I, am become a reproach for 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 Yahweh my God, Save me, according to thy lovingkindness:

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

27 That they may know that, Thine own hand, this is, Thou, Yahweh, hast done it.

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

28 They, may curse if, thou, wilt bless, —Mine assailants, shall be ashamed, but, thy servant, shall rejoice;

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

29 Mine accusers shall be clothed with confusion, and shall wrap about them, like a cloak, their own shame.

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

30 I will thank Yahweh loudly with my mouth, Yea, in the midst of multitudes, will I praise him;

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

31 Because he standeth at the right hand of the needy, To save, from them who would pass sentence on his life.

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