Psalms 109
1 To the Chief Musician. David’s. A Melody. O God of my praise, do not be silent;
TO THE OVERSEER. A PSALM OF DAVID. O God of my praise, do not be 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 wickedness, and the mouth of deceit, They have opened against me, They have spoken with me—A tongue of falsehood, and words of hatred!
3 And, with words of hatred, have they surrounded me, and have made war upon me without cause:
They have surrounded me about, And they fight me without cause.
4 For my love, they have been accusing me, while, I, was at prayer:
For my love they oppose me, and I—prayer!
5 Yea they have returned unto me—Evil for good; and, Hatred for my love.
And they set against 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;
Appoint the wicked over him, And an adversary stands at his right hand.
7 When he is judged, let him go out condemned, and let, his own petition, become a sin;
In his being judged, he goes forth wicked, And his prayer is for sin.
8 Let his days become few, his overseership, let another take;
His days are few, another takes his oversight,
9 Let his children become fatherless, and his wife a widow;
His sons are fatherless, and his wife a widow.
10 Let his children, wander about, and beg, Let them be driven out of their ruins;
And his sons wander continually, Indeed, they have begged, And have sought out of their dry places.
11 Let the creditor take aim at all that he hath, and let strangers prey on the fruit of his toil;
An exactor lays a snare for all that he has, And strangers spoil his labor.
12 Let him have no one to continue lovingkindness, and there be none to favour his fatherless children;
He has none to extend kindness, Nor is there one showing favor to his orphans.
13 Let his posterity be for cutting off, In another generation, let their name be wiped out;
His posterity is for cutting off, Their name is blotted out in another generation.
14 Remembered be the iniquity of his fathers against Yahweh, and, the sin of his mother, let it not be wiped out;
The iniquity of his fathers Is remembered to YHWH, And the sin of his mother is not blotted out.
15 Let them be before Yahweh continually, and let the memory of them, be cut off out of the earth.
They are continually before YHWH, And He cuts off their memorial from 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 has not remembered to do kindness, And pursues the poor man and needy, And the struck of heart—to slay,
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 loves reviling, and it meets him, And he has not delighted in blessing, And it is 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 puts on reviling as his robe, And it comes in as water into his midst, 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:
It is to him as apparel—he covers himself, And he girds it on for a continual girdle.
20 This, be the reward of mine accusers, from Yahweh, even of them who are speaking wrongfully against my life.
This [is] the wage of my accusers from YHWH, And of those speaking 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;
And You, O Lord YHWH, Deal with me for Your Name’s sake, Because Your kindness [is] good, deliver me.
22 For, oppressed and needy, I am, and, my heart, is wounded within me.
For I [am] poor and needy, And my heart has been pierced in my midst.
23 As a shadow when it stretcheth out, I am gone, I am shaken off like the locust;
I have gone as a shadow when it is stretched out, I have been driven away as a locust.
24 My knees, tremble from fasting, and, my flesh, faileth of fatness:
My knees have been feeble from fasting, And my flesh has failed of fatness.
25 So, I, am become a reproach for them, They see me, they shake their head.
And I have been a reproach to them, They see me, they shake their head.
26 Help me! O Yahweh my God, Save me, according to thy lovingkindness:
Help me, O YHWH my God, Save me, according to Your kindness.
27 That they may know that, Thine own hand, this is, Thou, Yahweh, hast done it.
And they know that this [is] Your hand, You, O YHWH, You have done it.
28 They, may curse if, thou, wilt bless, —Mine assailants, shall be ashamed, but, thy servant, shall rejoice;
They revile, and You bless, They have risen, and are ashamed, And Your servant rejoices.
29 Mine accusers shall be clothed with confusion, and shall wrap about them, like a cloak, their own shame.
My accusers put on blushing, and are covered, Their shame [is] as an upper robe.
30 I will thank Yahweh loudly with my mouth, Yea, in the midst of multitudes, will I praise him;
I thank YHWH greatly with my mouth, And I praise Him in the midst 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, To save from those judging his soul.
