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

¹To the Overseer. A Psalm of David. O God of my praise, be not silent,

²For the mouth of wickedness, and the mouth of deceit, Against me they have opened, They have spoken with meA tongue of falsehood, and words of hatred!

³They have compassed me about, And they fight me without cause.

⁴For my love they oppose me, and Iprayer!

⁵And they set against me evil for good, And hatred for my love.

⁶Appoint Thou over him the wicked, And an adversary standeth at his right hand.

⁷In his being judged, he goeth forth wicked, And his prayer is for sin.

⁸His days are few, his oversight another taketh,

⁹His sons are fatherless, and his wife a widow.

¹⁰And wander continually do his sons, Yea, they have begged, And have sought out of their dry places.

¹¹An exactor layeth a snare for all that he hath, And strangers spoil his labour.

¹²He hath none to extend kindness, Nor is there one showing favour to his orphans.

¹³His posterity is for cutting off, In another generation is their name blotted out.

¹⁴The iniquity of his fathers Is remembered unto Jehovah, And the sin of his mother is not blotted out.

¹⁵They are before Jehovah continually, And He cutteth off from earth their memorial.

¹⁶Because that he hath not remembered to do kindness, And pursueth the poor man and needy, And the smitten of heartto slay,

¹⁷And he loveth reviling, and it meeteth him, And he hath not delighted in blessing, And it is far from him.

¹⁸And he putteth on reviling as his robe, And it cometh in as water into his midst, And as oil into his bones.

¹⁹It is to him as apparelhe covereth himself, And for a continual girdle he girdeth it on.

²⁰This is the wage of mine accusers from Jehovah, And of those speaking evil against my soul.

²¹And Thou, O Jehovah Lord, Deal with me for Thy name's sake, Because Thy kindness is good, deliver me.

²²For I am poor and needy, And my heart hath been pierced in my midst.

²³As a shadow when it is stretched out I have gone, I have been driven away as a locust.

²⁴My knees have been feeble from fasting, And my flesh hath failed of fatness.

²⁵And II have been a reproach to them, They see me, they shake their head.

²⁶Help me, O Jehovah my God, Save me, according to Thy kindness.

²⁷And they know that this is Thy hand, Thou, O Jehovah, Thou hast done it.

²⁸They revile, and Thou dost bless, They have risen, and are ashamed, And Thy servant doth rejoice.

²⁹Mine accusers put on blushing, and are covered, As an upper robe is their shame.

³⁰I thank Jehovah greatly with my mouth, And in the midst of many I praise Him,

³¹For He standeth at the right hand of the needy, To save from those judging his soul.