109:1 [For the music director. A Psalm of David.]
God of my praise,
Do not be silent!
109:2 For they have opened a ①wicked and deceitful mouth against me;
They have spoken ②against me with a lying tongue.
▷ ①Lit wicked mouth and the deceitful ②Lit with
109:3 They have also surrounded me with words of hatred,
And have fought against me without cause.
109:4 In return for my love they act as my accusers;
But I am in prayer.
109:5 So they have ①repaid me evil for good,
And hatred for my love.
▷ ①Lit laid upon me
109:6 Appoint a wicked person over him,
And may an ①accuser stand at his right hand.
▷ ①Or adversary, Satan
109:7 When he is judged, may he come out guilty,
And may his prayer become sin.
109:8 May his days be few;
May another take his office.
109:9 May his children be fatherless,
And his wife a widow.
109:10 May his children wander about and beg;
And may they seek sustenance ①far from their ruined homes.
▷ ①Or out of their desolate places
109:11 May the creditor ①seize everything that he has,
And may strangers plunder the product of his labor.
▷ ①Lit ensnare, strike at
109:12 May there be none to ①extend kindness to him,
Nor any to be gracious to his fatherless children.
▷ ①Lit continue
109:13 May his descendants be ①eliminated;
May their name be wiped out in a following generation.
▷ ①Lit for cutting off
109:14 May the guilt of his fathers be remembered ①before the LORD,
And do not let the sin of his mother be wiped out.
▷ ①Lit to
109:15 May they be before the LORD continually,
So that He may eliminate their memory from the earth;
109:16 Because he did not remember to show mercy,
But persecuted the afflicted and needy person,
And the despondent in heart, to put them to death.
109:17 He also loved cursing, so it came to him;
And he did not delight in blessing, so it was far from him.
109:18 But he clothed himself with cursing as with his garment,
And it entered ①his body like water,
And like oil into his bones.
▷ ①Lit his inward parts
109:19 May it be to him as a garment with which he covers himself,
And as a belt which he constantly wears around himself.
109:20 May this be the reward of my accusers from the LORD,
And of those who speak evil against my soul.
109:21 But You, ①GOD, the Lord, deal kindly with me for the sake of Your name;
Because Your mercy is good, rescue me;
▷ ①Heb YHWH, usually rendered LORD
109:22 For I am afflicted and needy,
And ①my heart is wounded within me.
▷ ①Lit one has pierced my heart within me
109:23 I am passing like a shadow when it lengthens;
I am shaken off like the locust.
109:24 My knees ①are weak from fasting,
And my flesh has grown lean, without fatness.
▷ ①Or totter
109:25 I also have become a disgrace to them;
When they see me, they shake their head.
109:26 Help me, LORD my God;
Save me according to Your mercy.
109:27 ①And may they know that this is Your hand;
You, LORD, have done it.
▷ ①Or That they may know
109:28 They will curse, but You bless;
When they arise, they will be ashamed,
But Your servant will be glad.
109:29 ①May my accusers be clothed with dishonor,
And ②may they cover themselves with their own shame as with a robe.
▷ ①Or My accusers will be ②Or they will cover
109:30 With my mouth I will give thanks abundantly to the LORD;
And I will praise Him in the midst of many.
109:31 For He stands at the right hand of the needy,
To save him from those who judge his soul.