Psalms 109

1 To the choirmaster of David a psalm O God of praise my may not you 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] wicked and a mouth of deceit on me they have opened they have spoken with me a tongue of falsehood.

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 words of hatred they have surrounded me and they have fought against me without cause.

And they have compassed me with words of hatred; and fought against me without a cause.

4 In place of love my they accuse me and I [am] prayer.

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

5 And they have put on me evil in place of good and hatred in place of love my.

And they rewarded me evil for good, and hatred for my love.

6 Appoint on him a wicked [person] and an accuser let him stand on right [hand] his.

Set thou a sinner against him; and let the devil stand at his right hand.

7 When is judged he let him come forth guilty and prayer his let it become sin.

When he is judged, let him go forth condemned: and let his prayer become sin.

8 May they be days his few office his may he take another.

Let his days be few: and let another take his office of overseer.

9 May they be children his fatherless ones and wife his a widow.

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

10 And really may they wander children his and they will beg and they will seek away from ruins their.

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

11 May he strike a creditor to all that [belongs] to him and may they plunder strangers property his.

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

12 May not it belong to him [one who] prolongs loyalty and may not it belong [one who] shows favor to fatherless children his.

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

13 May it be posterity his to cut off in a generation another may it be wiped out name their.

Let his children be [given up] to utter destruction: in one generation let his name be blotted out.

14 May it be remembered - [the] iniquity of ancestors his to Yahweh and [the] sin of mother his may not it 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 may he cut off from [the] earth memory their.

Let them be before the Lord continually; and let their memorial be blotted out from the earth.

16 Because that - not he remembered to do loyalty and he harassed anyone poor and needy and disheartened of heart to put to [them] death.

Because he remembered not to shew mercy, but persecuted the needy and poor man, and [that] to slay him that was pricked in the heart.

17 And he loved a curse and it came to him and not he delighted in blessing and it was 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 And he put on a curse like garment his and it went like water in inward part[s] his and like oil in bones his.

Yea, he put on cursing as a garment, and it is come as water into his bowels, and as oil into his bones.

19 May it be for him like a garment [which] he wraps himself and to a waistband [which] continually he girds on it.

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] wage[s] of accusers my from with Yahweh and those [who] speak evil on self my.

This is the dealing of the Lord with those who falsely accuse me, and of them that speak evil against my soul.

21 And you - O Yahweh O Lord deal with me for [the] sake of name your for [is] good covenant loyalty your deliver me.

But thou, O Lord, Lord, deal [mercifully] with me, for thy name's sake: for thy mercy is good.

22 For [am] poor and needy I and heart my someone has pierced in inner being my.

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

23 Like a shadow when stretches out it I have vanished I have been shaken off like locust.

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

24 Knees my they have staggered from fasting and flesh my it has become lean from fatness.

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

25 And I - I have become a reproach to them they see me they shake! head their.

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

26 Help me O Yahweh God my save me according to covenant loyalty your.

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

27 So they may know that [is] hand your this you O Yahweh you have done it.

And let them know that this is thy hand; and [that] thou, Lord, hast wrought it.

28 They will curse they and you you will bless they have arisen - and they have been ashamed and servant your he will rejoice.

Let them curse, but thou shalt bless: let them that rise up against me be ashamed, but let thy servant rejoice.

29 May they be clothed accusers my ignominy and may they be wrapped like robe shame their.

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 give thanks to Yahweh exceedingly with mouth my and in among many [people] I will praise him.

I will give thanks to the Lord abundantly with my mouth; and in the midst of many I will praise him.

31 For he stands to [the] right [hand] of [the] needy to save [him] from [those who] judge self his.

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