Psalms 109
1 To the Chief Musician. David’s. A Melody. O God of my praise, do not be silent;
“For the leader of the music. 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 the mouths of the wicked and the deceitful are opened against me; They speak 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 assault me on every side with words of hatred; 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 my adversaries: But I give myself unto 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 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 an 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 is judged, may he be condemned, And may his prayer be a crime!
8 Let his days become few, his overseership, let another take;
May his days be few, And another take his office!
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 be vagabonds and beggars, And from their ruined dwellings seek their bread!
11 Let the creditor take aim at all that he hath, and let strangers prey on the fruit of his toil;
May a creditor seize on all that he hath, And a stranger plunder his substance!
12 Let him have no one to continue lovingkindness, and there be none to favour his fatherless children;
May there be none to show him compassion, And none to pity his fatherless children!
13 Let his posterity be for cutting off, In another generation, let their name be wiped out;
May his posterity be cut off; In the next generation may 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;
May the iniquity of his fathers be remembered by the LORD, And may 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 they be before the LORD continually; And may he 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.
Because he remembered not to show pity, But persecuted the afflicted and the poor man, And sought the death of the broken-hearted.
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, let it come upon him; As he delighted not in blessing, 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;
May he be clothed with cursing as with a garment; May it enter like water into his bowels, 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:
May it be to him like the robe that covereth him, Like the girdle with which he is constantly girded!
20 This, be the reward of mine accusers, from Yahweh, even of them who are speaking wrongfully against my life.
May this be the wages of mine adversaries from the LORD, And of them that 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 do thou, O LORD, my God! take part with me, For thine own name's sake! Because great is thy mercy, O 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 going like a shadow; I am driven away as the locust.
24 My knees, tremble from fasting, and, my flesh, faileth of fatness:
My knees totter from fasting, And my flesh faileth of fatness.
25 So, I, am become a reproach for them, They see me, they shake their head.
I am a reproach to my enemies; They gaze at me; they shake 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, O 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 do thou bless! When they arise, let them be put to shame; But let thy servant rejoice!
29 Mine accusers shall be clothed with confusion, and shall wrap about them, like a cloak, their own shame.
May my enemies be clothed with ignominy; May they be covered 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 earnestly praise the LORD with my lips; In the midst of the multitude 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 standeth at the right hand of the poor, To save him from those who would condemn him.
