Psalms 109
1 To the choirmaster of David a psalm O God of praise my may not you be silent.
God, you are the one whom I praise, [So please] answer [my prayer],
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 people slander me and tell [MTY] lies about me.
3 And words of hatred they have surrounded me and they have fought against me without cause.
They are constantly saying that they hate me, and they say evil things about me for no reason.
4 In place of love my they accuse me and I [am] prayer.
I show them that I want to be their friends and I pray for them, but [instead of being kind to me], they say that I have done evil things.
5 And they have put on me evil in place of good and hatred in place of love my.
In return for my doing good things for them and loving them, they do evil things to me and hate me.
6 Appoint on him a wicked [person] and an accuser let him stand on right [hand] his.
They said, “Appoint a wicked [judge] who will judge him, and bring in one of his enemies who will stand up and accuse him.
7 When is judged he let him come forth guilty and prayer his let it become sin.
And cause that when the trial [ends], [the judge will] declare that he is guilty, and that [even] his prayer will be considered to be a sin.
8 May they be days his few office his may he take another.
[Then], cause that he will soon die and that someone else will have his job/work (OR, possessions).
9 May they be children his fatherless ones and wife his a widow.
Cause that his children will not have a father any more and that his wife will become a widow.
10 And really may they wander children his and they will beg and they will seek away from ruins their.
Cause that his children will be forced to leave the ruined homes that they have been living in and wander around begging for food.
11 May he strike a creditor to all that [belongs] to him and may they plunder strangers property his.
Cause that all the people to whom he owed money will seize all his property; Cause that strangers will take away everything that he worked to acquire.
12 May not it belong to him [one who] prolongs loyalty and may not it belong [one who] shows favor to fatherless children his.
Cause that [while he is still living] no one will be kind to him, and [after he dies], cause that no one will pity his children.
13 May it be posterity his to cut off in a generation another may it be wiped out name their.
Cause that all his descendants will die and that his grandchildren will not remember who he [MTY] was.
14 May it be remembered - [the] iniquity of ancestors his to Yahweh and [the] sin of mother his may not it be wiped out.
Yahweh, remember [and do not forgive] his ancestors for the evil things that they did, and do not [even] forgive the sins that his mother committed;
15 Let them be before Yahweh continually and may he cut off from [the] earth memory their.
think about his sins continually, and cause that his name will be completely forgotten.
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.
He never was kind to anyone; he (persecuted/cause problems for) poor and needy [people] and even killed helpless [people].
17 And he loved a curse and it came to him and not he delighted in blessing and it was far from him.
He liked to curse [people]. [So] cause those terrible things that he requested to happen to others to happen to him! He did not want to bless [others], [so] cause that no one will bless 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 cursed other people [as often/easily] as he put on his clothes [SIM]; cause that the terrible things that he wanted to happen to others will [happen to him and] enter his body like water [that he drinks] [SIM], like [olive] oil soaks into a person’s bones [when it is rubbed on his skin] [SIM].
19 May it be for him like a garment [which] he wraps himself and to a waistband [which] continually he girds on it.
Cause that those terrible things will cling to him like his clothes and be around him like the belt that he wears every day.”
20 This [be] [the] wage[s] of accusers my from with Yahweh and those [who] speak evil on self my.
Yahweh, I want you to punish all my enemies that way, those who say evil things about 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 Yahweh, my God, do good things for me in order that I may honor you; rescue me [from my enemies] because your faithfully loving me is good.
22 For [am] poor and needy I and heart my someone has pierced in inner being my.
[I ask you to do this] because I am poor and needy and my inner being is (full of pain/very troubled/discouraged).
23 Like a shadow when stretches out it I have vanished I have been shaken off like locust.
[I think that] my time [to remain alive] is short, like an evening shadow [that will soon disappear] [SIM]. I will be blown away like a locust/grasshopper is blown [by the wind].
24 Knees my they have staggered from fasting and flesh my it has become lean from fatness.
My knees are weak because I have (fasted/abstained from eating food) very often, and my body has become very thin.
25 And I - I have become a reproach to them they see me they shake! head their.
The people who accuse me make fun of me; when they see me, they [insult me by] shaking their heads [at me as though I were an evil man].
26 Help me O Yahweh God my save me according to covenant loyalty your.
Yahweh, my God, help me! Because you faithfully love [me], rescue me!
27 So they may know that [is] hand your this you O Yahweh you have done it.
[When you save me], cause my enemies to know that you are the one who has 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 me, but I ask that you bless me. Cause those who (persecute/cause problems for) me [to be defeated and as a result] to be disgraced/ashamed, and cause me to be glad/happy!
29 May they be clothed accusers my ignominy and may they be wrapped like robe shame their.
Cause those who accuse me to be completely disgraced; cause [other people to see] that they are disgraced, as [easily as they see] the clothes that they wear [SIM]!
30 I will give thanks to Yahweh exceedingly with mouth my and in among many [people] I will praise him.
But I will thank Yahweh very greatly; I will praise him [when I am] among the crowd [of people who are worshiping him].
31 For he stands to [the] right [hand] of [the] needy to save [him] from [those who] judge self his.
[I will do that] because he defends [MTY] needy [people like me], and saves us from those who have decided/declared that we must be executed.
