Tehillim (Psa) 109
109
1For the leader. A psalm of David:
God, whom I praise, don’t remain silent!
2For wicked and deceitful men
have opened their mouths against me,
spoken against me with lying tongues,
3surrounded me with hateful words,
and attacked me without cause.
4In return for my love they became my accusers,
even though I prayed for them.
5They repay me evil for good
and hatred for my love.
6[They say,] “Appoint a wicked man over him,
may an accuser stand at his right.
7When he is tried, let him be found guilty,
may even his plea be counted a sin.
8May his days be few,
may someone else take his position.
9May his children be fatherless
and his wife a widow.
10May his children be wandering beggars,
foraging for food from their ruined homes.
11May creditors seize all he owns
and strangers make off with his earnings.
12May no one treat him kindly,
and may no one take pity on his orphaned children.
13May his posterity be cut off;
may his name be erased within a generation.
14May the wrongs of his ancestors be remembered by Adonai,
and may the sin of his mother not be erased;
15may they always be before Adonai,
so he can cut off all memory of them from the earth.
16For he did not remember to show kindness
but hounded the downtrodden, the poor
and the brokenhearted to death.
17He loved cursing; may it recoil on him!
He didn’t like blessing; may it stay far from him!
18He clothed himself with cursing
as routinely as with his coat;
May it enter inside him as easily as water,
as easily as oil into his bones.
19May it cling to him like the coat he wears,
like the belt he wraps around himself.”
20This is what my adversaries want Adonai to do,
those who speak evil against me.
21But you, God, Adonai,
treat me as your name demands;
rescue me, because your grace is good.
22For I am poor and needy,
and my heart within me is wounded.
23Like a lengthening evening shadow, I am gone;
I am shaken off like a locust.
24My knees are weak from lack of food,
my flesh wastes away for lack of nourishment.
25I have become the object of their taunts;
when they see me, they shake their heads.
26Help me, Adonai, my God!
Save me, in keeping with your grace;
27so that they will know that this comes from your hand,
that you, Adonai, have done it.
28Let them go on cursing;
but you, bless!
When they attack, let them be put to shame;
but let your servant rejoice.
29Let my adversaries be clothed with confusion,
let them wear their own shame like a robe.
30I will eagerly thank Adonai with my mouth,
I will praise him right there in the crowd,
31because he stands alongside a needy person
to defend him from unjust accusers.
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109
Help Me, O Lord My God
To the choirmaster. A Psalm of David.
1 # See Ps. 28:1 Be not silent, O #Deut. 10:21; [Ps. 71:6; Jer. 17:14]God of my praise!
2For wicked and #Ps. 52:4deceitful mouths are opened against me,
speaking against me with lying tongues.
3They encircle me with words of hate,
and attack me #See Ps. 69:4without cause.
4In return for my love they #Ps. 38:20 accuse me,
but I #[Ps. 69:13]give myself to prayer.#109:4 Hebrew but I am prayer
5So they #See Ps. 35:12reward me evil for good,
and hatred for my love.
6 # For ver. 6-15, see Ps. 35:4-8; 69:22-28 Appoint a wicked man #[1 Chr. 21:1; Zech. 3:1] against him;
let an accuser stand #Job 30:12at his right hand.
7When he is tried, let him come forth guilty;
let his #Prov. 28:9; [Prov. 15:8; 21:27]prayer be counted as sin!
8May his #[Ps. 55:23] days be few;
may #Cited Acts 1:20 another take his #Num. 4:16; [1 Chr. 24:3]office!
9May his #Ex. 22:24children be fatherless
and his wife a widow!
10May his children #[Gen. 4:12]; See Ps. 59:15 wander about and beg,
# [Ps. 37:25] seeking food far from the ruins they inhabit!
11May #[Deut. 28:43, 44]the creditor seize all that he has;
may #[Deut. 28:43, 44]strangers plunder the fruits of his toil!
12Let there be none to #[Ps. 36:10] extend kindness to him,
nor any to #[Job 5:4]pity his fatherless children!
13May his #See Ps. 21:10 posterity be cut off;
may his #Prov. 10:7name be blotted out in the second generation!
14May #Ex. 20:5 the iniquity of his fathers be remembered before the Lord,
and let not the sin of his mother be #Neh. 4:5; Jer. 18:23blotted out!
15 # [Ps. 90:8] Let them be before the Lord continually,
that he may #Ps. 34:16cut off the memory of them from the earth!
16For he did not remember to show kindness,
but pursued #ver. 22; Ps. 40:17 the poor and needy
and #See Ps. 34:18the brokenhearted, to put them to death.
17 # [Prov. 14:14; Ezek. 35:6] He loved to curse; let curses come#109:17 Revocalization; Masoretic Text curses have come upon him!
He did not delight in blessing; may it be far#109:17 Revocalization; Masoretic Text it is far from him!
18He #[ver. 29; Ps. 73:6] clothed himself with cursing as his coat;
may it #[Num. 5:22]soak#109:18 Revocalization; Masoretic Text it has soaked into his body like water,
like oil into his bones!
19May it be like a garment that he wraps around him,
like a belt that he puts on every day!
20May this be the reward of my #ver. 6, 29accusers from the Lord,
of those who speak evil against my life!
21But you, O God my Lord,
deal on my behalf #[Jer. 14:7]; See Ps. 23:3 for your name’s sake;
because your #Ps. 69:16; [Ps. 63:3]steadfast love is good, deliver me!
22For I am #ver. 16poor and needy,
and my heart is stricken within me.
23I am gone like #See Ps. 102:11 a shadow at evening;
I am #Ex. 10:19; [Neh. 5:13; Job 38:13]shaken off like a locust.
24My knees are weak #Ps. 35:13 through fasting;
my #[Job 16:8]body has become gaunt, with no fat.
25I am #Ps. 22:6; 69:19 an object of scorn to my accusers;
when they see me, they #See Ps. 22:7wag their heads.
26 #
Ps. 119:86
Help me, O Lord my God!
Save me according to your steadfast love!
27Let them #[Job 37:7]know that this is your hand;
you, O Lord, have done it!
28 # [2 Sam. 16:12] Let them curse, but you will bless!
They arise and are put to shame, but #[Isa. 65:14]your servant will be glad!
29May my accusers be #ver. 18; See Job 8:22 clothed with dishonor;
may they #Ps. 71:13; [Ps. 35:26]be wrapped in their own shame as in a cloak!
30With my mouth I will give great thanks to the Lord;
I will #[Ps. 22:25]praise him in the midst of the throng.
31For he stands #ver. 6; See Ps. 16:8at the right hand of the needy one,
to save him from those who condemn his soul to death.
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