Psalms 109
109
Prayer against an Enemy
For the choir director. A Davidic psalm.
1God of my praise, do not be silent. # Ps 28:1; 83:1
2For wicked and deceitful mouths open against me;
they speak against me with lying tongues. # Ps 10:7; 52:4; 120:2
3They surround me with hateful words
and attack me without cause. # Ps 35:7; 69:4; Jn 15:25
4In return for my love they accuse me,
but I continue to pray. # Lit but I, prayer # Ps 69:13
5They repay me evil for good,
and hatred for my love. # Ps 35:12; 38:20
6Set a wicked person over him;
let an accuser # Or adversary stand at his right hand. # Zch 3:1
7When he is judged, let him be found guilty,
and let his prayer be counted as sin. # Ps 1:5; Pr 28:9
8Let his days be few;
let another take over his position. # Ps 55:23; Ac 1:20
9Let his children be fatherless
and his wife a widow. # Ex 22:24
10Let his children wander as beggars,
searching for food far # LXX reads beggars, driven far from their demolished homes. # Jb 30:5-8; Ps 59:15
11Let a creditor seize all he has;
let strangers plunder what he has worked for. # Dt 28:43-44; Lm 5:2
12Let no one show him kindness,
and let no one be gracious to his fatherless children. # Jb 5:4
13Let the line of his descendants be cut off;
let their name be blotted out in the next generation. # Jb 18:17,19; Ps 9:5; Pr 10:7
14Let his ancestors’ guilt
be remembered before the Lord, # Ex 20:5; Nm 14:18
and do not let his mother’s sin be blotted out. # Neh 4:5; Jr 18:23
15Let their sins # Lit Let them always remain before the Lord,
and let Him erase # Or cut off all memory of them from the earth. # Ps 34:16; 90:8; Jr 16:17
16For he did not think to show kindness,
but pursued the afflicted, poor, and brokenhearted
in order to put them to death. # Ps 34:18; 94:6
17He loved cursing — let it fall on him;
he took no delight in blessing — let it be far from him. # Pr 14:14; Ezk 35:6; Mt 7:2
18He wore cursing like his coat —
let it enter his body like water
and go into his bones like oil. # Nm 5:22
19Let it be like a robe he wraps around himself,
like a belt he always wears. # Ps 73:26
20Let this be the Lord’s payment to my accusers,
to those who speak evil against me. # Ps 54:5; 94:23; Is 3:11
21But You, Yahweh my Lord,
deal kindly with me because of Your name; # Ps 79:9; 106:8
deliver me because of the goodness of Your faithful love. # Ps 69:16
22For I am afflicted and needy; # Ps 40:17; 86:1
my heart is wounded within me. # Ps 143:4
23I fade away like a lengthening shadow; # Ps 102:11
I am shaken off like a locust.
24My knees are weak from fasting,
and my body is emaciated. # Lit denied from fat # Jb 16:8; Ps 35:13
25I have become an object of ridicule to my accusers; # Lit to them
when they see me, they shake their heads in scorn. # Ps 22:6-7; 69:19
26Help me, Lord my God;
save me according to Your faithful love # Ps 119:86
27so they may know that this is Your hand
and that You, Lord, have done it. # Jb 37:7
28Though they curse, You will bless.
When they rise up, they will be put to shame,
but Your servant will rejoice. # 2Sm 16:11-12; Is 65:14
29My accusers will be clothed with disgrace;
they will wear their shame like a cloak. # Jb 8:22; Ps 35:26; 132:18
30I will fervently thank the Lord with my mouth;
I will praise Him in the presence of many. # Ps 22:22,25; 35:18; 111:1
31For He stands at the right hand of the needy
to save him from those who would condemn him. # Ps 16:8; 110:5; 121:5
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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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