Psalms 109

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

For the end, a Psalm of David. For the end, a Psalm of David. O God, pass not over my praise in silence;

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 sinner and the mouth of the crafty [man] have been opened against me: they have spoken against me with a crafty tongue.

3 And, with words of hatred, have they surrounded me, and have made war upon me without cause:

And they have compassed me 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:

Instead of loving me, they falsely accused me: but I continued to pray.

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

And they 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 you a sinner against him; and let the devil 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 judged, let him go forth 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 of overseer.

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

Let his children be orphans, and his wife a widow.

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

Let his children wander without a dwelling-place, and beg: let them be cast out of their habitations.

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

Let [his] creditor exact all that belongs to him: and let strangers spoil his labors.

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

Let him have no helper; neither let there be any one to have compassion on his fatherless children.

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

Let his children be [given up] to utter destruction: in one generation let his 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 before 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; and let their memorial be blotted out 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 show mercy, but persecuted the needy and poor man, and [that] to kill him that was pricked in the 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;

He loved cursing also, and it shall come upon him; and he took not pleasure in blessing, so it shall be removed 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;

Yes, he put on cursing as a garment, and it is come as water into his bowels, and as 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 to him as a garment which he puts on, and as a girdle with which he girds himself continually.

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

This is the dealing of the Lord with those who falsely accuse me, 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 you, O Lord, Lord, deal [mercifully] with me, for your name's sake: for your mercy is good.

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

Deliver me, for I am poor and needy; and my heart is troubled within me.

23 As a shadow when it stretcheth out, I am gone, I am shaken off like the locust;

I am removed as a shadow in its going down: I am tossed up and down like locusts.

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

My knees are weakened through fasting, and my flesh is changed by reason of [the lack of] oil.

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

I became also a reproach to them: [when] they saw me they shook their heads.

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

Help me, O Lord my God; and save me according to your mercy.

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

And let them know that this is your hand; and [that] you, Lord, have wrought it.

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

Let them curse, but you shall bless: let them that rise up against me be ashamed, but let your servant rejoice.

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

Let those that falsely accuse me be clothed with shame, 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 give thanks to the Lord abundantly with my mouth; and in the midst of many I will praise him.

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

For he stood on the right hand of the poor, to save [me] from them that persecute my soul.