Psalms 109
1 God, you are the one whom I praise, [So please] answer [my prayer],
In finem. Psalmus David.
2 because wicked people slander me and tell [MTY] lies about me.
Deus, laudem meam ne tacueris, quia os peccatoris et os dolosi super me apertum est.
3 They are constantly saying that they hate me, and they say evil things about me for no reason.
Locuti sunt adversum me lingua dolosa, et sermonibus odii circumdederunt me: et expugnaverunt me gratis.
4 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.
Pro eo ut me diligerent, detrahebant mihi; ego autem orabam.
5 In return for my doing good things for them and loving them, they do evil things to me and hate me.
Et posuerunt adversum me mala pro bonis, et odium pro dilectione mea.
6 They said, “Appoint a wicked [judge] who will judge him, and bring in one of his enemies who will stand up and accuse him.
Constitue super eum peccatorem, et diabolus stet a dextris ejus.
7 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.
Cum judicatur, exeat condemnatus; et oratio ejus fiat in peccatum.
8 [Then], cause that he will soon die and that someone else will have his job/work (OR, possessions).
Fiant dies ejus pauci, et episcopatum ejus accipiat alter.
9 Cause that his children will not have a father any more and that his wife will become a widow.
Fiant filii ejus orphani, et uxor ejus vidua.
10 Cause that his children will be forced to leave the ruined homes that they have been living in and wander around begging for food.
Nutantes transferantur filii ejus et mendicent, et ejiciantur de habitationibus suis.
11 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.
Scrutetur fœnerator omnem substantiam ejus, et diripiant alieni labores ejus.
12 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.
Non sit illi adjutor, nec sit qui misereatur pupillis ejus.
13 Cause that all his descendants will die and that his grandchildren will not remember who he [MTY] was.
Fiant nati ejus in interitum; in generatione una deleatur nomen ejus.
14 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;
In memoriam redeat iniquitas patrum ejus in conspectu Domini, et peccatum matris ejus non deleatur.
15 think about his sins continually, and cause that his name will be completely forgotten.
Fiant contra Dominum semper, et dispereat de terra memoria eorum:
16 He never was kind to anyone; he (persecuted/cause problems for) poor and needy [people] and even killed helpless [people].
pro eo quod non est recordatus facere misericordiam,
17 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!
et persecutus est hominem inopem et mendicum, et compunctum corde, mortificare.
18 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].
Et dilexit maledictionem, et veniet ei; et noluit benedictionem, et elongabitur ab eo. Et induit maledictionem sicut vestimentum; et intravit sicut aqua in interiora ejus, et sicut oleum in ossibus ejus.
19 Cause that those terrible things will cling to him like his clothes and be around him like the belt that he wears every day.”
Fiat ei sicut vestimentum quo operitur, et sicut zona qua semper præcingitur.
20 Yahweh, I want you to punish all my enemies that way, those who say evil things about me.
Hoc opus eorum qui detrahunt mihi apud Dominum, et qui loquuntur mala adversus animam meam.
21 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.
Et tu, Domine, Domine, fac mecum propter nomen tuum, quia suavis est misericordia tua.
22 [I ask you to do this] because I am poor and needy and my inner being is (full of pain/very troubled/discouraged).
Libera me, quia egenus et pauper ego sum, et cor meum conturbatum est intra me.
23 [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].
Sicut umbra cum declinat ablatus sum, et excussus sum sicut locustæ.
24 My knees are weak because I have (fasted/abstained from eating food) very often, and my body has become very thin.
Genua mea infirmata sunt a jejunio, et caro mea immutata est propter oleum.
25 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].
Et ego factus sum opprobrium illis; viderunt me, et moverunt capita sua.
26 Yahweh, my God, help me! Because you faithfully love [me], rescue me!
Adjuva me, Domine Deus meus; salvum me fac secundum misericordiam tuam.
27 [When you save me], cause my enemies to know that you are the one who has done it!
Et sciant quia manus tua hæc, et tu, Domine, fecisti eam.
28 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!
Maledicent illi, et tu benedices: qui insurgunt in me confundantur; servus autem tuus lætabitur.
29 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]!
Induantur qui detrahunt mihi pudore, et operiantur sicut diploide confusione sua.
30 But I will thank Yahweh very greatly; I will praise him [when I am] among the crowd [of people who are worshiping him].
Confitebor Domino nimis in ore meo, et in medio multorum laudabo eum:
31 [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.
quia astitit a dextris pauperis, ut salvam faceret a persequentibus animam meam.
