Psalms 109

¹Hold not thy peace, O God of my praise;

²For the mouth of the wicked and the mouth of deceit have they opened against me: They have spoken unto me with a lying tongue.

³They have compassed me about also with words of hatred, And fought against me without a cause.

⁴For my love they are my adversaries: But Igive myself untoprayer.

⁵And they have rewarded me evil for good, And hatred for my love.

⁶Set thou a wicked man over him; And let an adversary stand at his right hand.

⁷When he is judged, let him come forth guilty; And let his prayer be turned into sin.

⁸Let his days be few; Andlet another take his office.

⁹Let his children be fatherless, And his wife a widow.

¹⁰Let his children be vagabonds, and beg; And let them seek their bread out of their desolate places.

¹¹Let the extortioner catch all that he hath; And let strangers make spoil of his labor.

¹²Let there be none to extend kindness unto him; Neither let there be any to have pity on his fatherless children.

¹³Let his posterity be cut off; In the generation following let their name be blotted out.

¹⁴Let the iniquity of his fathers be remembered with Jehovah; And let not the sin of his mother be blotted out.

¹⁵Let them be before Jehovah continually, That he may cut off the memory of them from the earth;

¹⁶Because he remembered not to show kindness, But persecuted the poor and needy man, And the broken in heart, to slay them.

¹⁷Yea, he loved cursing, and it came unto him; And he delighted not in blessing, and it was far from him.

¹⁸He clothed himself also with cursing as with his garment, And it came into his inward parts like water, And like oil into his bones.

¹⁹Let it be unto him as the raiment wherewith he covereth himself, And for the girdle wherewith he is girded continually.

²⁰This is the reward of mine adversaries from Jehovah, And of them that speak evil against my soul.

²¹But deal thou with me, O Jehovah the Lord, for thy name’s sake: Because thy lovingkindness is good, deliver thou me;

²²For I am poor and needy, And my heart is wounded within me.

²³I am gone like the shadow when it declineth: I am tossed up and down as the locust.

²⁴My knees are weak through fasting; And my flesh faileth of fatness.

²⁵I am become also a reproach unto them: When they see me, they shake their head.

²⁶Help me, O Jehovah my God; Oh save me according to thy lovingkindness:

²⁷That they may know that this is thy hand; That thou, Jehovah, hast done it.

²⁸Let them curse, but bless thou: When they arise, they shall be put to shame, But thy servant shall rejoice.

²⁹Let mine adversaries be clothed with dishonor, And let them cover themselves with their own shame as with a robe.

³⁰I will give great thanks unto Jehovah with my mouth; Yea, I will praise him among the multitude.

³¹For he will stand at the right hand of the needy, To save him from them that judge his soul.

Psalms 109

¹O God of my praise, be not silent.

²For wicked and deceitful mouths open against me; they speak against me with lying tongues.

³They surround me with hateful words and attack me without cause.

⁴In return for my love they accuse me, but I am a man of prayer.

⁵They repay me evil for good, and hatred for my love.

⁶Set over him a wicked man; let an accuser stand at his right hand.

⁷When he is tried, let him be found guilty, and may his prayer be regarded as sin.

⁸May his days be few; may another take his position.

⁹May his children be fatherless and his wife a widow.

¹⁰May his children wander as beggars, seeking sustenance far from their ruined homes.

¹¹May the creditor seize all he owns, and strangers plunder the fruits of his labor.

¹²May there be no one to extend kindness to him, and no one to favor his fatherless children.

¹³May his descendants be cut off; may their name be blotted out from the next generation.

¹⁴May the iniquity of his fathers be remembered before the LORD, and the sin of his mother never be blotted out.

¹⁵May their sins always remain before the LORD, that He may cut off their memory from the earth.

¹⁶For he never thought to show kindness, but pursued the poor and needy and brokenhearted, even to their death.

¹⁷The cursing that he loved, may it fall on him; the blessing in which he refused to delight, may it be far from him.

¹⁸The cursing that he wore like a coat, may it soak into his body like water, and into his bones like oil.

¹⁹May it be like a robe wrapped about him, like a belt tied forever around him.

²⁰May this be the LORD’s reward to my accusers, to those who speak evil against me.

²¹But You, O GOD, the Lord, deal kindly with me for the sake of Your name; deliver me by the goodness of Your loving devotion.

²²For I am poor and needy; my heart is wounded within me.

²³I am fading away like a lengthening shadow; I am shaken off like a locust.

²⁴My knees are weak from fasting, and my body grows lean and gaunt.

²⁵I am an object of scorn to my accusers; when they see me, they shake their heads.

²⁶Help me, O LORD my God; save me according to Your loving devotion.

²⁷Let them know that this is Your hand, that You, O LORD, have done it.

²⁸Though they curse, You will bless. When they rise up, they will be put to shame, but Your servant will rejoice.

²⁹May my accusers be clothed with disgrace; may they wear their shame like a robe.

³⁰With my mouth I will thank the LORD profusely; I will praise Him in the presence of many.

³¹For He stands at the right hand of the needy one, to save him from the condemners of his soul.