Psalm 109
109
To the Chief Musician. A Psalm of David.
1 O GOD of my praise! Keep not silence,
2 For the mouths of the wicked and the mouth of deceit are opened against me; they have spoken to me and against me with lying tongues.
3 They have compassed me about also with words of hatred and have fought against me without a cause.
4 In return for my love they are my adversaries, but I resort to prayer.
5 And they have rewarded and laid upon me evil for good, and hatred for my love.
6 Set a wicked man over him [as a judge], and let [a malicious] accuser stand at his right hand.
7 When [the wicked] is judged, let him be condemned, and let his prayer [for leniency] be turned into a sin.
8 Let his days be few; and let another take his office and charge. [Acts 1:20.]
9 Let his children be fatherless and his wife a widow.
10 Let his children be continual vagabonds [as was Cain] and beg; let them seek their bread and be driven far from their ruined homes. [Gen. 4:12.]
11 Let the creditor and extortioner seize all that he has; and let strangers (barbarians and foreigners) plunder the fruits of his labor.
12 Let there be none to extend or continue mercy and kindness to him, neither let there be any to have pity on his fatherless children.
13 Let his posterity be cut off, and in the generation following let their names be blotted out.
14 Let the iniquity of his fathers be remembered by the Lord; and let not the sin of his mother be blotted out.
15 Let them be before the Lord continually, that He may cut off the memory of them from the earth!–
16 Because the man did not [earnestly] remember to show mercy, but pursued and persecuted the poor and needy man, and the broken in heart [he was ready] to slay.
17 Yes, he loved cursing, and it came [back] upon him; he delighted not in blessing, and it was far from him.
18 He clothed himself also with cursing as with his garment, and it seeped into his inward [life] like water, and like oil into his bones.
19 Let it be to him as the raiment with which he covers himself and as the girdle with which he is girded continually.
20 Let this be the reward of my adversaries from the Lord, and of those who speak evil against my life.
21 But You deal with me and act for me, O God the Lord, for Your name's sake; because Your mercy and loving-kindness are good, O deliver me.
22 For I am poor and needy, and my heart is wounded and stricken within me.
23 I am gone like the shadow when it lengthens and declines; I toss up and down and am shaken off as the locust.
24 My knees are weak and totter from fasting; and my body is gaunt and has no fatness.
25 I have become also a reproach and a taunt to others; when they see me, they shake their heads. [Matt. 26:39.]
26 Help me, O Lord my God; O save me according to Your mercy and loving-kindness!–
27 That they may know that this is Your hand, that You, Lord, have done it.
28 Let them curse, but do You bless. When adversaries arise, let them be put to shame, but let Your servant rejoice.
29 Let my adversaries be clothed with shame and dishonor, and let them cover themselves with their own disgrace and confusion as with a robe.
30 I will give great praise and thanks to the Lord with my mouth; yes, and I will praise Him among the multitude.
31 For He will stand at the right hand of the poor and needy, to save him from those who condemn his life.
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Psalms 109
109
The Complaint of Someone in Trouble#Ps 109 Hebrew title: A psalm by David.
1I praise you, God; don't remain silent!
2Wicked people and liars have attacked me.
They tell lies about me
3and they say evil things about me,
attacking me for no reason.
4They oppose me, even though I love them
and have prayed for them.#109.4 Probable text have prayed for them; Hebrew unclear.
5They pay me back evil for good
and hatred for love.
6Choose some corrupt judge to try my enemy,
and let one of his own enemies accuse him.
7May he be tried and found guilty;
may even his prayer be considered a crime!
8 #
Acts 1.20
May his life soon be ended;
may someone else take his job!
9May his children become orphans,
and his wife a widow!
10May his children be homeless beggars;
may they be driven from#109.10 One ancient translation be driven from; Hebrew seek. the ruins they live in!
11May his creditors take away all his property,
and may strangers get everything he worked for.
12May no one ever be kind to him
or care for the orphans he leaves behind.
13May all his descendants die,
and may his name be forgotten in the next generation.
14May the LORD remember the evil of his ancestors
and never forgive his mother's sins.
15May the LORD always remember their sins,
but may they themselves be completely forgotten!
16That man never thought of being kind;
he persecuted and killed
the poor, the needy, and the helpless.
17He loved to curse — may he be cursed!
He hated to give blessings — may no one bless him!
18He cursed as naturally as he dressed himself;
may his own curses soak into his body like water
and into his bones like oil!
19May they cover him like clothes
and always be round him like a belt!
20 LORD, punish my enemies in that way —
those who say such evil things against me!
21But my Sovereign LORD, help me as you have promised,
and rescue me because of the goodness of your love.
22I am poor and needy;
I am hurt to the depths of my heart.
23Like an evening shadow I am about to vanish;
I am blown away like an insect.
24My knees are weak from lack of food;
I am nothing but skin and bones.
25 #
Mt 27.39; Mk 15.29 When people see me, they laugh at me;
they shake their heads in scorn.
26Help me, O LORD my God;
because of your constant love, save me!
27Make my enemies know
that you are the one who saves me.
28They may curse me, but you will bless me.
May my persecutors be defeated,#109.28 One ancient translation May my persecutors be defeated; Hebrew They persecuted me and were defeated.
and may I, your servant, be glad.
29May my enemies be covered with disgrace;
may they wear their shame like a robe.
30I will give loud thanks to the LORD;
I will praise him in the assembly of the people,
31because he defends the poor
and saves them from those who condemn them to death.
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Good News Bible with Deuterocanonicals/Apocrypha. Scripture taken from the Good News Bible (r) (Today's English Version Second Edition, UK/British Edition). Copyright © 1992 British & Foreign Bible Society. Used by permission.