Psalms 109
1 For the Chief Musician. A Psalm by David. God of my praise, don’t remain silent,
| למנצח לדוד מזמור אלהי תהלתי אל-תחרש |
2 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.
| כי פי רשע ופי-מרמה--עלי פתחו דברו אתי לשון שקר |
3 They have also surrounded me with words of hatred, and fought against me without a cause.
| ודברי שנאה סבבוני וילחמוני חנם |
4 In return for my love, they are my adversaries; but I am in prayer.
| תחת-אהבתי ישטנוני ואני תפלה |
5 They have rewarded me evil for good, and hatred for my love.
| וישימו עלי רעה תחת טובה ושנאה תחת אהבתי |
6 Set a wicked man over him. Let an adversary stand at his right hand.
| הפקד עליו רשע ושטן יעמד על-ימינו |
7 When he is judged, let him come out guilty. Let his prayer be turned into sin.
| בהשפטו יצא רשע ותפלתו תהיה לחטאה |
8 Let his days be few. Let another take his office.
| יהיו-ימיו מעטים פקדתו יקח אחר |
9 Let his children be fatherless, and his wife a widow.
| יהיו-בניו יתומים ואשתו אלמנה |
10 Let his children be wandering beggars. Let them be sought from their ruins.
| ונוע ינועו בניו ושאלו ודרשו מחרבותיהם |
11 Let the creditor seize all that he has. Let strangers plunder the fruit of his labor.
| ינקש נושה לכל-אשר-לו ויבזו זרים יגיעו |
12 Let there be no one to extend kindness to him, neither let there be anyone to have pity on his fatherless children.
| אל-יהי-לו משך חסד ואל-יהי חונן ליתומיו |
13 Let his posterity be cut off. In the generation following let their name be blotted out.
| יהי-אחריתו להכרית בדור אחר ימח שמם |
14 Let the iniquity of his fathers be remembered by Yahweh. Don’t let the sin of his mother be blotted out.
| יזכר עון אבתיו--אל-יהוה וחטאת אמו אל-תמח |
15 Let them be before Yahweh continually, that he may cut off their memory from the earth;
| יהיו נגד-יהוה תמיד ויכרת מארץ זכרם |
16 because he didn’t remember to show kindness, but persecuted the poor and needy man, the broken in heart, to kill them.
| יען-- אשר לא זכר עשות חסד וירדף איש-עני ואביון--ונכאה לבב למותת |
17 Yes, he loved cursing, and it came to him. He didn’t delight in blessing, and it was far from him.
| ויאהב קללה ותבואהו ולא-חפץ בברכה ותרחק ממנו |
18 He clothed himself also with cursing as with his garment. It came into his inward parts like water, like oil into his bones.
| וילבש קללה כמדו ותבא כמים בקרבו וכשמן בעצמותיו |
19 Let it be to him as the clothing with which he covers himself, for the belt that is always around him.
| תהי-לו כבגד יעטה ולמזח תמיד יחגרה |
20 This is the reward of my adversaries from Yahweh, of those who speak evil against my soul.
| זאת פעלת שטני מאת יהוה והדברים רע על-נפשי |
21 But deal with me, Yahweh the Lord, for your name’s sake, because your loving kindness is good, deliver me;
| ואתה יהוה אדני-- עשה-אתי למען שמך כי-טוב חסדך הצילני |
22 for I am poor and needy. My heart is wounded within me.
| כי-עני ואביון אנכי ולבי חלל בקרבי |
23 I fade away like an evening shadow. I am shaken off like a locust.
| כצל-כנטותו נהלכתי ננערתי כארבה |
24 My knees are weak through fasting. My body is thin and lacks fat.
| ברכי כשלו מצום ובשרי כחש משמן |
25 I have also become a reproach to them. When they see me, they shake their head.
| ואני הייתי חרפה להם יראוני יניעון ראשם |
26 Help me, Yahweh, my God. Save me according to your loving kindness;
| עזרני יהוה אלהי הושיעני כחסדך |
27 that they may know that this is your hand; that you, Yahweh, have done it.
| וידעו כי-ידך זאת אתה יהוה עשיתה |
28 They may curse, but you bless. When they arise, they will be shamed, but your servant shall rejoice.
| יקללו-המה ואתה תברך קמו ויבשו--ועבדך ישמח |
29 Let my adversaries be clothed with dishonor. Let them cover themselves with their own shame as with a robe.
| ילבשו שוטני כלמה ויעטו כמעיל בשתם |
30 I will give great thanks to Yahweh with my mouth. Yes, I will praise him among the multitude.
| אודה יהוה מאד בפי ובתוך רבים אהללנו |
31 For he will stand at the right hand of the needy, to save him from those who judge his soul.
| כי-יעמד לימין אביון-- להושיע משפטי נפשו |
