Ψαλμοί 109
1 «Εις τον πρώτον μουσικόν. Ψαλμός του Δαβίδ.» Θεέ της αινέσεώς μου, μη σιωπήσης·
God, you are the one whom I praise, [So please] answer [my prayer],
2 διότι στόμα ασεβούς και στόμα δολίου ηνοίχθησαν επ' εμέ· ελάλησαν κατ' εμού με γλώσσαν ψευδή·
because wicked people slander me and tell [MTY] lies about me.
3 και με λόγους μίσους με περιεκύκλωσαν και με επολέμησαν αναιτίως.
They are constantly saying that they hate me, and they say evil things about me for no reason.
4 Αντί της αγάπης μου είναι αντίδικοι εις εμέ· εγώ δε προσεύχομαι.
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 Και ανταπέδωκαν εις εμέ κακόν αντί καλού, και μίσος αντί της αγάπης μου.
In return for my doing good things for them and loving them, they do evil things to me and hate me.
6 Κατάστησον ασεβή επ' αυτόν· και διάβολος ας στέκη εκ δεξιών αυτού.
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 Όταν κρίνηται, ας εξέλθη καταδεδικασμένος· και η προσευχή αυτού ας γείνη εις αμαρτίαν.
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 Ας γείνωσιν αι ημέραι αυτού ολίγαι· άλλος ας λάβη την επισκοπήν αυτού.
[Then], cause that he will soon die and that someone else will have his job/work (OR, possessions).
9 Ας γείνωσιν οι υιοί αυτού ορφανοί και η γυνή αυτού χήρα.
Cause that his children will not have a father any more and that his wife will become a widow.
10 Και ας περιπλανώνται πάντοτε οι υιοί αυτού και ας γείνωσιν επαίται, και ας ζητώσιν εκ των ερειπίων αυτών.
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 Ας παγιδεύση ο δανειστής πάντα τα υπάρχοντα αυτού· και ας διαρπάσωσιν οι ξένοι τους κόπους αυτού.
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 Ας μη υπάρχη ο ελεών αυτόν, και ας μη ήναι ο οικτείρων τα ορφανά αυτού.
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 Ας εξολοθρευθώσιν οι έκγονοι αυτού· εν τη επερχομένη γενεά ας εξαλειφθή το όνομα αυτών.
Cause that all his descendants will die and that his grandchildren will not remember who he [MTY] was.
14 Ας έλθη εις ενθύμησιν ενώπιον του Κυρίου η ανομία των πατέρων αυτού· και η αμαρτία της μητρός αυτού ας μη εξαλειφθή·
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 Ας ήναι πάντοτε ενώπιον του Κυρίου, διά να εκκόψη από της γης το μνημόσυνον αυτών.
think about his sins continually, and cause that his name will be completely forgotten.
16 Διότι δεν ενεθυμήθη να κάμη έλεος· αλλά κατέτρεξεν άνθρωπον πένητα και πτωχόν, διά να θανατώση τον συντετριμμένον την καρδίαν.
He never was kind to anyone; he (persecuted/cause problems for) poor and needy [people] and even killed helpless [people].
17 Επειδή ηγάπησε κατάραν, ας έλθη επ' αυτόν· επειδή δεν ηθέλησεν ευλογίαν, ας απομακρυνθή απ' αυτού.
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 Επειδή ενεδύθη κατάραν ως ιμάτιον αυτού, ας εισέλθη ως ύδωρ εις τα εντόσθια αυτού και ως έλαιον εις τα οστά αυτού·
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 Ας γείνη εις αυτόν ως το ιμάτιον, το οποίον ενδύεται και ως η ζώνη, την οποίαν πάντοτε περιζώννυται.
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 Αύτη ας ήναι των αντιδίκων μου η αμοιβή παρά του Κυρίου, και των λαλούντων κακά κατά της ψυχής μου.
Yahweh, I want you to punish all my enemies that way, those who say evil things about me.
21 Αλλά συ, Κύριε Θεέ, ενέργησον μετ' εμού διά το όνομά σου· επειδή είναι αγαθόν το έλεός σου, λύτρωσόν με.
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 Διότι πτωχός και πένης είμαι, και η καρδία μου είναι πεπληγωμένη εντός μου.
[I ask you to do this] because I am poor and needy and my inner being is (full of pain/very troubled/discouraged).
23 Παρήλθον ως σκιά, όταν εκκλίνη· εκτινάζομαι ως η ακρίς.
[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 Τα γόνατά μου ητόνησαν από της νηστείας και η σαρξ μου εξέπεσεν από του πάχους αυτής.
My knees are weak because I have (fasted/abstained from eating food) very often, and my body has become very thin.
25 Και εγώ έγεινα όνειδος εις αυτούς· ότε με είδον, εκίνησαν τας κεφαλάς αυτών.
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 Βοήθησόν μοι, Κύριε ο Θεός μου· σώσον με κατά το έλεός σου·
Yahweh, my God, help me! Because you faithfully love [me], rescue me!
27 και ας γνωρίσωσιν ότι η χειρ σου είναι τούτο· ότι συ, Κύριε, έκαμες αυτό.
[When you save me], cause my enemies to know that you are the one who has done it!
28 Αυτοί θέλουσι καταράσθαι, συ δε θέλεις ευλογεί· θέλουσι σηκωθή, πλην θέλουσι καταισχυνθή· ο δε δούλός σου θέλει ευφραίνεσθαι.
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 Ας ενδυθώσιν εντροπήν οι αντίδικοί μου· και ας φορέσωσιν ως επένδυμα την αισχύνην αυτών.
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 Θέλω δοξολογεί σφόδρα τον Κύριον διά του στόματός μου, και εν μέσω πολλών θέλω υμνολογεί αυτόν·
But I will thank Yahweh very greatly; I will praise him [when I am] among the crowd [of people who are worshiping him].
31 Διότι ίσταται εν τη δεξιά του πτωχού, διά να λυτρόνη αυτόν εκ των καταδικαζόντων την ψυχήν αυτού.
[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.
