Psalms 109
109
Prayer Against an Accuser
1For the music director, a psalm of David. O God of my praise, be not silent.
2For the wicked and the deceitful have opened their mouth against me. They spoke to me with a lying tongue,
3with hateful words surrounded me, and fought against me without cause.
4In return for my love they are my accusers, but I am in prayer.
5They repay me evil for good, and hatred for my love.
6Set a wicked man over him, let an accuser stand at his right hand.
7When he is judged, let him be found guilty, and may his prayer be as sin.
8Let his days be few, let another take his position.
9May his children be fatherless, and his wife a widow.
10Let his children wander and beg and may they search in their ruins.
11Let a creditor seize all he has, and may strangers plunder his labor.
12Let no one show him mercy, or take pity on his fatherless children.
13Let his posterity be cut off, and his name be blotted out in the next generation.
14May the guilt of his fathers be remembered before Adonai, the sin of his mother never blotted out.
15Let their sins be before Adonai continually, that He may cut off the memory of them from the earth.
16For he never remembered to show mercy. But he persecuted a poor and needy man, crushed in spirit, to put him to death.
17How he loved cursing—may it fall on him! He had no pleasure in blessing— may it be far from him!
18He wore cursing like his robe, until it filled his belly like water, and his bones like oil.
19May it be like a cloak wrapped around him, like a belt tied around him always.
20Let this be Adonai’s reward to my accusers, and to those who speak evil against me.
21But You, Adonai my Lord, deal with me for Your Name’s sake. Because Your lovingkindness is good, deliver me.
22For I am afflicted and needy, and my heart is wounded within me.
23I fade away like an evening shadow, shaken off like a locust.
24My knees totter from fasting, and my flesh is lean, with no fat.
25And I have become a taunt to them. When they see me, they wag their head.
26Help me, Adonai my God, Save me through Your lovingkindness.
27Let them know that it is Your hand— that You, Adonai, have done it.
28They may curse, but You bless. When they arise, they will be ashamed, but Your servant will rejoice.
29My accusers will be clothed in disgrace, and wrapped in shame as in a cloak.
30I will greatly thank Adonai with my mouth, and in the midst of a throng will I praise Him.
31For He stands at the right hand of the needy, to save him from those who condemn his soul.
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Psalm 109
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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