Psalms 109
1 To the choirmaster of David a psalm O God of praise my may not you be silent.
God of my tehilah ·praise song·, 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.
for they have opened the mouth of the wicked and the mouth of deceit against me. They have spoken to me with a lying tongue.
3 And words of hatred they have surrounded me and they have fought against me without cause.
They have also surrounded 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.
Making teshuvah ·complete return· for my love, they are my adversaries; but I am in prayer.
5 And they have put on me evil in place of good and hatred in place of love my.
They have 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 a wicked man over him. Let an adversary 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 come out guilty. Let his prayer be turned into cause for sacrifice for sin ·missing the goal·.
8 May they be days his few office his may he take another.
Let his days be few. Let another take his office.
9 May they be children his fatherless ones and wife his a widow.
Let his children be fatherless, 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 be wandering beggars. Let them be sought from their ruins.
11 May he strike a creditor to all that [belongs] to him and may they plunder strangers property his.
Let the creditor seize all that he has. Let strangers plunder the fruit of his labor.
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 there be no one to extend kindness to him, neither let there be anyone to have pity on his orphan children.
13 May it be posterity his to cut off in a generation another may it be wiped out name their.
Let his posterity be cut off. In the generation following let their 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 depravity (moral evil) of his fathers be remembered by Adonai. Don’t let the habitual sin ·missing the mark· 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 Adonai continually, that he may cut off their memory 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 didn’t remember to show kindness, but persecuted the poor and needy man, the broken in heart, to kill them.
17 And he loved a curse and it came to him and not he delighted in blessing and it was far from him.
Yes, he 'ahav ·affectionately loved· cursing, and it came to him. He didn’t delight in blessing, and it was 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.
He clothed himself also with cursing as with his garment. It came into his inward parts like water, like 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 the clothing with which he covers himself, for the belt that is always around him.
20 This [be] [the] wage[s] of accusers my from with Yahweh and those [who] speak evil on self my.
This is the reward of my adversaries from Adonai, of those who 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 deal with me, Adonai the 'Adonay [Yahweh the Lord], for your name’s sake, because your chesed ·loving-kindness· is good, deliver me;
22 For [am] poor and needy I and heart my someone has pierced in inner being my.
for I am poor and needy. My heart is wounded within me.
23 Like a shadow when stretches out it I have vanished I have been shaken off like locust.
I fade away like an evening shadow. I am shaken off like a locust.
24 Knees my they have staggered from fasting and flesh my it has become lean from fatness.
My knees are weak through fasting. My body is thin and lacks fat.
25 And I - I have become a reproach to them they see me they shake! head their.
I have also become a reproach to them. When they see me, they shake their head.
26 Help me O Yahweh God my save me according to covenant loyalty your.
Help me, Adonai, my God. Save me according to your chesed ·loving-kindness·;
27 So they may know that [is] hand your this you O Yahweh you have done it.
that they may know that this is your hand; that you, Adonai, have done 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.
They may curse, but you bless. When they arise, they will be shamed, but your servant shall rejoice.
29 May they be clothed accusers my ignominy and may they be wrapped like robe shame their.
Let my adversaries be clothed with dishonor. Let them cover themselves with their own shame as with a robe.
30 I will give thanks to Yahweh exceedingly with mouth my and in among many [people] I will praise him.
I will give great thanks to Adonai with my mouth. Yes, I will yadah ·extend hands in thankful praise· to him among the multitude.
31 For he stands to [the] right [hand] of [the] needy to save [him] from [those who] judge self his.
For he will stand at the right hand of the needy, to save him from those who judge his soul.
