Psalms 109
1 To the choirmaster of David a psalm O God of praise my may not you be silent.
For the music director. A psalm of David. God, the one I praise, please don't remain silent,
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.
because wicked and deceitful people are attacking me, telling lies about me.
3 And words of hatred they have surrounded me and they have fought against me without cause.
They surround me with words of hate, fighting against me for no reason.
4 In place of love my they accuse me and I [am] prayer.
I love them, but they respond with hostility towards me, even while I'm praying for them!
5 And they have put on me evil in place of good and hatred in place of love my.
They pay me back with evil instead of good, with hatred instead of love.
6 Appoint on him a wicked [person] and an accuser let him stand on right [hand] his.
“Appoint someone wicked over him. Have someone stand as an accuser against him.
7 When is judged he let him come forth guilty and prayer his let it become sin.
When he is judged and sentenced, may he be found guilty. Let his prayers be counted as sins.
8 May they be days his few office his may he take another.
May his life be short; let someone else take over his position.
9 May they be children his fatherless ones and wife his a widow.
May his children be left fatherless, and his wife become a widow.
10 And really may they wander children his and they will beg and they will seek away from ruins their.
May his children be homeless, wandering beggars, driven from their ruined houses.
11 May he strike a creditor to all that [belongs] to him and may they plunder strangers property his.
May creditors seize all that he owns; may strangers take all that he worked for.
12 May not it belong to him [one who] prolongs loyalty and may not it belong [one who] shows favor to fatherless children his.
May no one be kind to him; may no one take pity on his fatherless children.
13 May it be posterity his to cut off in a generation another may it be wiped out name their.
May his descendants die; may his family name be wiped out in the next generation.
14 May it be remembered - [the] iniquity of ancestors his to Yahweh and [the] sin of mother his may not it be wiped out.
May the Lord be reminded of the sins of his fathers; may his mother's sins not be blotted out.
15 Let them be before Yahweh continually and may he cut off from [the] earth memory their.
May their sins be constantly before the Lord; may his name be totally forgotten by people.
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.
For he didn't think to be kind to others, instead he harassed and killed the poor, the needy, the brokenhearted.
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 to put a curse on others—let it come back on him. He had no time for blessings—so may he never receive any.
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.
He cursed as often as he got dressed. May his curses go into him like the water he drinks, like the olive oil he rubs on his skin that enters 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.
May his curses stick to him like clothing, may they be pulled tight around him like a belt.”
20 This [be] [the] wage[s] of accusers my from with Yahweh and those [who] speak evil on self my.
May all this be the punishment of the Lord on my enemies, on those who speak evil of me.
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 treat me well, Lord God, because of your own reputation. Save me because you are faithful and good.
22 For [am] poor and needy I and heart my someone has pierced in inner being my.
For I am poor and needy, and my heart is breaking.
23 Like a shadow when stretches out it I have vanished I have been shaken off like locust.
I am fading away like an evening shadow; I am like a locust that is shaken off.
24 Knees my they have staggered from fasting and flesh my it has become lean from fatness.
I am so weak from lack of food that my legs give way; my body is just skin and bones.
25 And I - I have become a reproach to them they see me they shake! head their.
People ridicule me—they look at me and shake their heads!
26 Help me O Yahweh God my save me according to covenant loyalty your.
Help me, Lord my God; save me because of your trustworthy love.
27 So they may know that [is] hand your this you O Yahweh you have done it.
May they recognize that this is what you are doing—that you are the one who saves me.
28 They will curse they and you you will bless they have arisen - and they have been ashamed and servant your he will rejoice.
When they curse me, you will bless me. When they attack me, you will defeat them. And I, your servant, will be happy.
29 May they be clothed accusers my ignominy and may they be wrapped like robe shame their.
May those who accuse me be clothed with disgrace; may they cover themselves with a cloak of shame.
30 I will give thanks to Yahweh exceedingly with mouth my and in among many [people] I will praise him.
But I will keep on thanking the Lord, praising him to everyone around me.
31 For he stands to [the] right [hand] of [the] needy to save [him] from [those who] judge self his.
For he takes a stand to defend the needy, to save them from those who condemn them.
