The Psalms (WEB)

Psalm 109

For the Chief Musician. A Psalm by David.

 ^109:1God of my praise, don't remain silent,
      ^109:2For they have opened the mouth of the wicked and the mouth of deceit against me.
      They have spoken to me with a lying tongue.

 ^109:3They have also surrounded me with words of hatred,
      And fought against me without a cause.

 ^109:4In return for my love, they are my adversaries;
      But I am in prayer.

 ^109:5They have rewarded me evil for good,
      And hatred for my love.

 ^109:6Set a wicked man over him.
      Let an adversary stand at his right hand.

 ^109:7When he is judged, let him come forth guilty.
      Let his prayer be turned into sin.

 ^109:8Let his days be few.
      Let another take his office.

 ^109:9Let his children be fatherless,
      And his wife a widow.

 ^109:10Let his children be wandering beggars.
      Let them be sought from their ruins.

 ^109:11Let the creditor seize all that he has.
      Let strangers plunder the fruit of his labor.

 ^109:12Let there be none to extend kindness to him,
      Neither let there be any to have pity on his fatherless children.

 ^109:13Let his posterity be cut off.
      In the generation following let their name be blotted out.

 ^109:14Let the iniquity of his fathers be remembered by Yahweh.
      Don't let the sin of his mother be blotted out.

 ^109:15Let them be before Yahweh continually,
      That he may cut off the memory of them from the earth;

 ^109:16Because he didn't remember to show kindness,
      But persecuted the poor and needy man,
      The broken in heart, to kill them.

 ^109:17Yes, he loved cursing, and it came to him.
      He didn't delight in blessing, and it was far from him.

 ^109:18He clothed himself also with cursing as with his garment.
      It came into his inward parts like water,
      Like oil into his bones.

 ^109:19Let it be to him as the clothing with which he covers himself,
      For the belt that is always around him.

 ^109:20This is the reward of my adversaries from Yahweh,
      Of those who speak evil against my soul.

  ^109:21But deal with me, Yahweh the Lord, for your name's sake,
      Because your lovingkindness is good, deliver me;
      ^109:22For I am poor and needy.
      My heart is wounded within me.

 ^109:23I fade away like an evening shadow.
      I am shaken off as the locust.

 ^109:24My knees are weak through fasting.
      My body is thin and lacks fat.

 ^109:25I have also become a reproach to them.
      When they see me, they shake their head.

 ^109:26Help me, Yahweh, my God.
      Save me according to your lovingkindness;

 ^109:27That they may know that this is your hand;
      That you, Yahweh, have done it.

 ^109:28They may curse, but you bless.
      When they arise, they will be put to shame,
      But your servant shall rejoice.

 ^109:29Let my adversaries be clothed with dishonor.
      Let them cover themselves with their own shame as with a robe.

 ^109:30I will give great thanks to Yahweh with my mouth.
      Yes, I will praise him among the multitude.

 ^109:31For he will stand at the right hand of the needy,
      To save him from those who judge his soul.

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