Psalms 109
109
Psalm 109
For the choir director; a psalm by David.
1O God, whom I praise, do not turn a deaf ear to me.
2Wicked and deceitful people have opened their mouths against me.
They speak against me with lying tongues.
3They surround me with hateful words.
They fight against me for no reason.
4In return for my love, they accuse me,
but I pray for them.#109:4 Or “but I am a man of prayer.”
5They reward me with evil instead of good
and with hatred instead of love.
6 ⌞I said,⌟ “Appoint the evil one to oppose him.
Let Satan stand beside him.
7When he stands trial,
let him be found guilty.
Let his prayer be considered sinful.
8Let his days be few ⌞in number⌟.
Let someone else take his position.
9“Let his children become fatherless and his wife a widow.
10Let his children wander around and beg.
Let them seek help far from their ruined homes.
11Let a creditor take everything he owns.
Let strangers steal what he has worked for.
12Let no one be kind to him anymore.
Let no one show any pity to his fatherless children.
13Let his descendants be cut off
and their family name be wiped out by the next generation.
14Let the Lord remember the guilt of his ancestors
and not wipe out his mother’s sin.
15Let their guilt and sin always remain on record
in front of the Lord.
Let the Lord remove every memory of him #109:15 Or “them.” from the earth,
16because he did not remember to be kind.
“He drove oppressed, needy,
and brokenhearted people to their graves.
17He loved to put curses ⌞on others⌟,
so he, too, was cursed.
He did not like to bless ⌞others⌟,
so he never received a blessing.
18He wore cursing as though it were clothing,
so cursing entered his body like water
and his bones like oil.
19Let cursing be his clothing,
a belt he always wears.”
20This is how the Lord rewards those who accuse me,
those who say evil things against me.
21O Lord Almighty, deal with me out of the goodness of your name.
Rescue me because of your mercy.
22I am oppressed and needy.
I can feel the pain in my heart.
23I fade away like a lengthening shadow.
I have been shaken off like a grasshopper.
24My knees give way because I have been fasting.
My body has become lean, without any fat.
25I have become the victim of my enemies’ insults.
They look at me and shake their heads.
26Help me, O Lord my God.
Save me because of your mercy.
27Then they will know that this is your doing,
that you, O Lord, are the one who saved me.
28They may curse, but you will bless.
Let those who attack me be ashamed,
but let me rejoice.
29Let those who accuse me wear disgrace as though it were clothing.
Let them be wrapped in their shame as though it were a robe.
30With my mouth I will give many thanks to the Lord.
I will praise him among many people,
31because he stands beside needy people
to save them from those who would condemn them to death.
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Psalms 109
109
To the Overseer. — A Psalm of David.
1O 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 me — A 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 I — prayer!
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 heart — to 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 apparel — he 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 I — I 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.
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