Psalms 109

1 To the Chief Musician. David’s. A Melody. O God of my praise, do not be silent;

HOLD not thy peace, O God of my praise;

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 and the mouth of the deceitful 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:

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

4 For my love, they have been accusing me, while, I, was at prayer:

For my love they are my 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 thou a wicked man over him: and let Satan 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 be condemned: and let his prayer become sin.

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

Let his days be few; and let another take his office.

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

Let 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;

Let his children be continually vagabonds, and beg: let them seek their bread also out of 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 extortioner catch all that he hath; and let the strangers spoil 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 mercy 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; and 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 the Lord; 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 the Lord 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 that he remembered not to shew mercy, but persecuted the poor and needy man, that he might even slay the broken in heart.

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

As he loved cursing, so let it come unto him: as he delighted not in blessing, so 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;

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 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 the garment which covereth him, and for a girdle wherewith he is girded continually.

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 the Lord, 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, O God the Lord, for thy name’s sake: because thy mercy is good, deliver thou me.

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

For I am poor 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 the shadow when it declineth: I am tossed up and down as the locust.

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

My knees are weak through fasting; and my flesh faileth of fatness.

25 So, I, am become a reproach for them, They see me, they shake their head.

I became also a reproach unto them: when they looked upon me they shaked their heads.

26 Help me! O Yahweh my God, Save me, according to thy lovingkindness:

Help me, O Lord my God: O save me according to thy mercy:

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, Lord, 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 arise, let them be ashamed; but 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 shame, and let them cover themselves with their own confusion, 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 praise the Lord 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 shall stand at the right hand of the poor, to save him from those that condemn his soul.