Psalm 109
For the Chief Musician. A Psalm by David.
109:1 God of my praise, don’t remain silent, 109:2 for they have opened the mouth of the wicked and the mouth of deceit against me. They have spoken to me with a lying tongue. 109:3 They have also surrounded me with words of hatred, and fought against me without a cause. 109:4 In return for my love, they are my adversaries; but I am in prayer. 109:5 They have rewarded me evil for good, and hatred for my love. 109:6 Set a wicked man over him. Let an adversary stand at his right hand. 109:7 When he is judged, let him come forth guilty. Let his prayer be turned into sin. 109:8 Let his days be few. Let another take his office. 109:9 Let his children be fatherless, and his wife a widow. 109:10 Let his children be wandering beggars. Let them be sought from their ruins. 109:11 Let the creditor seize all that he has. Let strangers plunder the fruit of his labor. 109:12 Let there be none to extend kindness to him, neither let there be any to have pity on his fatherless children. 109:13 Let his posterity be cut off. In the generation following let their name be blotted out. 109:14 Let the iniquity of his fathers be remembered by Yahweh. Don’t let the sin of his mother be blotted out. 109:15 Let them be before Yahweh continually, that he may cut off the memory of them from the earth; 109:16 because he didn’t remember to show kindness, but persecuted the poor and needy man, the broken in heart, to kill them. 109:17 Yes, he loved cursing, and it came to him. He didn’t delight in blessing, and it was far from him. 109:18 He clothed himself also with cursing as with his garment. It came into his inward parts like water, like oil into his bones. 109:19 Let it be to him as the clothing with which he covers himself, for the belt that is always around him. 109:20 This is the reward of my adversaries from Yahweh, of those who speak evil against my soul. 109:21 But deal with me, Yahweh the Lord, for your name’s sake, because your loving kindness is good, deliver me; 109:22 for I am poor and needy. My heart is wounded within me. 109:23 I fade away like an evening shadow. I am shaken off like a locust. 109:24 My knees are weak through fasting. My body is thin and lacks fat. 109:25 I have also become a reproach to them. When they see me, they shake their head. 109:26 Help me, Yahweh, my God. Save me according to your loving kindness; 109:27 that they may know that this is your hand; that you, Yahweh, have done it. 109:28 They may curse, but you bless. When they arise, they will be shamed, but your servant shall rejoice. 109:29 Let my adversaries be clothed with dishonor. Let them cover themselves with their own shame as with a robe. 109:30 I will give great thanks to Yahweh with my mouth. Yes, I will praise him among the multitude. 109:31 For he will stand at the right hand of the needy, to save him from those who judge his soul.