Psalms 109
1 To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David. Hold not thy peace, O God of my praise;
To the Overseer. — A Psalm of David. O God of my praise, be not silent,
2 For the mouth of the wicked and the mouth of the deceitful are opened against me: they have spoken against me with a lying tongue.
For the mouth of wickedness, and the mouth of deceit, Against me they have opened, They have spoken with me — A tongue of falsehood, and words of hatred!
3 They encompassed me also with words of hatred; and fought against me without a cause.
They have compassed me about, And they fight me without cause.
4 For my love they are my adversaries: but I [give myself to] prayer.
For my love they oppose me, and I — prayer!
5 And they have rewarded me evil for good, and hatred for my love.
And they set against me evil for good, And hatred for my love.
6 Set thou a wicked man over him: and let Satan stand at his right hand.
Appoint Thou over him the wicked, And an adversary standeth at his right hand.
7 When he shall be judged, let him be condemned: and let his prayer become sin.
In his being judged, he goeth forth wicked, And his prayer is for sin.
8 Let his days be few; [and] let another take his office.
His days are few, his oversight another taketh,
9 Let his children be fatherless, and his wife a widow.
His sons are fatherless, and his wife a widow.
10 Let his children be continually vagabonds, and beg: let them seek [their bread] also out of their desolate places.
And wander continually do his sons, Yea, they have begged, And have sought out of their dry places.
11 Let the extortioner catch all that he hath; and let strangers spoil his labor.
An exactor layeth a snare for all that he hath, And strangers spoil his labour.
12 Let there be none to extend mercy to him: neither let there be any to favor his fatherless children.
He hath none to extend kindness, Nor is there one showing favour to his orphans.
13 Let his posterity be cut off; [and] in the generation following let their name be blotted out.
His posterity is for cutting off, In another generation is their name blotted out.
14 Let the iniquity of his fathers be remembered with the LORD; and let not the sin of his mother be blotted out.
The iniquity of his fathers Is remembered unto Jehovah, And the sin of his mother is not blotted out.
15 Let them be before the LORD continually, that he may cut off the memory of them from the earth.
They are before Jehovah continually, And He cutteth off from earth their memorial.
16 Because that he remembered not to show mercy, but persecuted the poor and needy man, that he might even slay the broken in heart.
Because that he hath not remembered to do kindness, And pursueth the poor man and needy, And the smitten of heart — to slay,
17 As he loved cursing, so let it come to him: as he delighted not in blessing, so let it be far from him.
And he loveth reviling, and it meeteth him, And he hath not delighted in blessing, And it is far from him.
18 As he clothed himself with cursing like as with his garment, so let it come into his bowels like water, and like oil into his bones.
And he putteth on reviling as his robe, And it cometh in as water into his midst, And as oil into his bones.
19 Let it be to him as the garment [which] covereth him, and for a girdle with which he is girded continually.
It is to him as apparel — he covereth himself, And for a continual girdle he girdeth it on.
20 [Let] this [be] the reward of my adversaries from the LORD, and of them that speak evil against my soul.
This [is] the wage of mine accusers from Jehovah, And of those speaking evil against my soul.
21 But do thou for me, O GOD the Lord, for thy name's sake: because thy mercy [is] good, deliver thou me.
And Thou, O Jehovah Lord, Deal with me for Thy name's sake, Because Thy kindness [is] good, deliver me.
22 For I [am] poor and needy, and my heart is wounded within me.
For I [am] poor and needy, And my heart hath been pierced in my midst.
23 I am gone like the shadow when it declineth: I am tossed up and down as the locust.
As a shadow when it is stretched out I have gone, I have been driven away as a locust.
24 My knees are weak through fasting; and my flesh faileth of fatness.
My knees have been feeble from fasting, And my flesh hath failed of fatness.
25 I became also a reproach to them: [when] they looked upon me they shook their heads.
And I — I have been a reproach to them, They see me, they shake their head.
26 Help me, O LORD my God: O save me according to thy mercy:
Help me, O Jehovah my God, Save me, according to Thy kindness.
27 That they may know that this [is] thy hand; [that] thou, LORD, hast done it.
And they know that this [is] Thy hand, Thou, O Jehovah, Thou hast done it.
28 Let them curse, but bless thou: when they arise, let them be ashamed; but let thy servant rejoice.
They revile, and Thou dost bless, They have risen, and are ashamed, And Thy servant doth rejoice.
29 Let my adversaries be clothed with shame, and let them cover themselves with their own confusion, as with a mantle.
Mine accusers put on blushing, and are covered, As an upper robe [is] their shame.
30 I will greatly praise the LORD with my mouth; yes, I will praise him among the multitude.
I thank Jehovah greatly with my mouth, And in the midst of many I praise Him,
31 For he will stand at the right hand of the poor, to save [him] from those that condemn his soul.
For He standeth at the right hand of the needy, To save from those judging his soul.
