Tehillim (Psalms) 109
109
1Do not be silent, O Elohim of my praise!
2For the mouth of the wrong And the mouth of the deceiver Have opened against me; They have spoken against me with a false tongue.
3They have surrounded me with words of hatred, And they attack me without a cause.
4In return for my love they accuse me, While I am in prayer.
5And they repay me evil for good, And hatred for my love.
6Appoint over him one who is wrong, And let an accuser stand at his right hand.
7When he is judged, let him be found wrong, And let his prayer become sin.
8Let his days be few, Let another take his office.
9Let his children be fatherless, And his wife a widow.
10And let his children always wander and beg, And seek food out of their ruins.
11Let the creditor lay a snare for all that he has, And let strangers plunder his labour.
12Let him have no one to extend loving-commitment, Nor any to show favour to his fatherless children.
13Let his descendants be cut off, Their name be blotted out in the next generation.
14Let the crookedness of his fathers Be remembered before יהוה, And let not the sin of his mother be blotted out.
15Let them always be before יהוה, And let Him cut off their remembrance from the earth;
16Because he did not remember to show loving-commitment, But persecuted the poor and needy man; And the broken-hearted, to put to death.
17He also loved cursing, so let it come to him; And he did not delight in blessing, so let it be far from him.
18And he put cursing on as with his garment, So let it enter his inward parts like water, Into his bones and like oil.
19Let it be to him like a cloak he wraps around him, And as a girdle that he always girds on.
20This is the reward of my accusers from יהוה, And to those speaking evil against my being.
21But You, O יהוה, Master, Deal with me for Your Name’s sake; Because Your loving-commitment is good, deliver me.
22For I am poor and needy, And my heart is pierced within me.
23I have gone like a lengthening shadow, I have been driven away like a locust.
24My knees are weak through fasting, And my flesh grows lean from fatness.
25And I, I have become a reproach to them; They see me, they shake their heads.
26Help me, O יהוה my Elohim! Save me according to Your loving-commitment,
27And let them know that this is Your hand. You, יהוה, You have done it!
28Let them curse, but You bless. They shall arise, but be ashamed, And let Your servant rejoice.
29Let my accusers put on shame, And be wrapped in their own confusion as in a cloak.
30I greatly thank יהוה with my mouth, And I praise Him in the midst of the throng.
31For He stands at the right hand of the poor, To save from those judging his being.
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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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