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, 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 mouth of wickedness, and the mouth of deceit, Against me they have opened, 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 compassed 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 Thou over him the wicked, And an adversary standeth 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 goeth forth wicked, And his prayer is for sin.
8 Let his days become few, his overseership, let another take;
His days are few, his oversight another taketh,
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 wander continually do his sons, Yea, 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 layeth a snare for all that he hath, And strangers spoil his labour.
12 Let him have no one to continue lovingkindness, and there be none to favour his fatherless children;
He hath none to extend kindness, Nor is there one showing favour 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, In another generation is their name blotted out.
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 unto Jehovah, 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 before Jehovah continually, And He cutteth off from earth their memorial.
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 hath not remembered to do kindness, And pursueth the poor man and needy, And the smitten 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 loveth reviling, and it meeteth him, And he hath 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 putteth on reviling as his robe, And it cometh 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 covereth himself, And for a continual girdle he girdeth it on.
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 mine accusers from Jehovah, 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 Thou, O Jehovah Lord, Deal with me for Thy name's sake, Because Thy 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 hath been pierced in my midst.
23 As a shadow when it stretcheth out, I am gone, I am shaken off like the locust;
As a shadow when it is stretched out I have gone, 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 hath failed of fatness.
25 So, I, am become a reproach for them, They see me, they shake their head.
And I — 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 Jehovah my God, Save me, according to Thy kindness.
27 That they may know that, Thine own hand, this is, Thou, Yahweh, hast done it.
And they know that this [is] Thy hand, Thou, O Jehovah, Thou hast done it.
28 They, may curse if, thou, wilt bless, —Mine assailants, shall be ashamed, but, thy servant, shall rejoice;
They revile, and Thou dost bless, They have risen, and are ashamed, And Thy servant doth rejoice.
29 Mine accusers shall be clothed with confusion, and shall wrap about them, like a cloak, their own shame.
Mine accusers put on blushing, and are covered, As an upper robe [is] their shame.
30 I will thank Yahweh loudly with my mouth, Yea, in the midst of multitudes, will I praise him;
I thank Jehovah greatly with my mouth, And in the midst of many I 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 needy, To save from those judging his soul.
