Psalms 109

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

For the Chief Musician. A Psalm of David. 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 deceit have they opened against me: they have spoken unto 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 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, let him come forth guilty; and let his prayer be turned into 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 vagabonds, and beg; and let them seek [their bread] 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 strangers make spoil of 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 have pity on 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 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, and the broken in heart, to slay [them].

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

Yea, he loved cursing, and it came unto him; and he delighted not in blessing, and it was 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;

He clothed himself also with cursing as with his garment, and it came into his inward parts like water, and like oil into his bones. Let it be unto him as the raiment

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

wherewith he covereth himself, and for the 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.

This is 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 deal thou with 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 am become also a reproach unto them: when they see me, they shake their head.

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, they shall be ashamed, but thy servant shall 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 dishonour, and let them cover themselves with their own 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 great thanks unto 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 needy, to save him from them that judge his soul.