Psalms 109:6-8 - Compare All Versions
Psalms 109:6-8 NIV (New International Version)
Appoint someone evil to oppose my enemy; let an accuser stand at his right hand. When he is tried, let him be found guilty, and may his prayers condemn him. May his days be few; may another take his place of leadership.
Psalms 109:6-8 ESV (English Standard Version 2025)
Appoint a wicked man against him; let an accuser stand at his right hand. When he is tried, let him come forth guilty; let his prayer be counted as sin! May his days be few; may another take his office!
Psalms 109:6-8 NLT (New Living Translation)
They say, “Get an evil person to turn against him. Send an accuser to bring him to trial. When his case comes up for judgment, let him be pronounced guilty. Count his prayers as sins. Let his years be few; let someone else take his position.
Psalms 109:6-8 CSB (Christian Standard Bible)
Set a wicked person over him; let an accuser stand at his right hand. When he is judged, let him be found guilty, and let his prayer be counted as sin. Let his days be few; let another take over his position.
Psalms 109:6-8 KJV (King James Version)
Set thou a wicked man over him: And let Satan stand at his right hand. When he shall be judged, let him be condemned: And let his prayer become sin. Let his days be few; And let another take his office.
Psalms 109:6-8 NKJV (New King James Version)
Set a wicked man over him, And let an accuser stand at his right hand. When he is judged, let him be found guilty, And let his prayer become sin. Let his days be few, And let another take his office.
Psalms 109:6-20 MSG (The Message)
Send the Evil One to accuse my accusing judge; dispatch Satan to prosecute him. When he’s judged, let the verdict be “Guilty,” and when he prays, let his prayer turn to sin. Give him a short life, and give his job to somebody else. Make orphans of his children, dress his wife in widow’s black; Turn his children into begging street urchins, evicted from their homes—homeless. May the bank foreclose and wipe him out, and strangers, like vultures, pick him clean. May there be no one around to help him out, no one willing to give his orphans a break. Chop down his family tree so that nobody even remembers his name. But erect a memorial to the sin of his father, and make sure his mother’s name is there, too— Their sins recorded forever before GOD, but they themselves sunk in oblivion. That’s all he deserves since he was never once kind, hounded the afflicted and heartbroken to their graves. Since he loved cursing so much, let curses rain down; Since he had no taste for blessing, let blessings flee far from him. He dressed up in curses like a fine suit of clothes; he drank curses, took his baths in curses. So give him a gift—a costume of curses; he can wear curses every day of the week! That’s what they’ll get, those out to get me— an avalanche of just deserts from GOD.
Psalms 109:6-8 NASB2020 (New American Standard Bible - NASB)
¶Appoint a wicked person over him, And may an accuser stand at his right hand. When he is judged, may he come out guilty, And may his prayer become sin. May his days be few; May another take his office.
Psalms 109:6-8 AMP (Amplified Bible)
¶Appoint a wicked man against him, And let an attacker stand at his right hand [to kill him]. When he enters into dispute, let wickedness come about. Let his prayer [for help] result [only] in sin. Let his days be few; And let another take his office. [Acts 1:20]
Psalms 109:6-8 NET (New English Translation)
Appoint an evil man to testify against him! May an accuser stand at his right side! When he is judged, he will be found guilty! Then his prayer will be regarded as sinful. May his days be few! May another take his job!