For the end, a Psalm of David. 109:1 O
Elohim, pass not over my praise in silence;
109:2 for the mouth of the sinner and the mouth of the crafty [man] have
been opened against me: they have spoken against me with a crafty tongue.
109:3 And they have compassed me with words of hatred; and fought against me
without a cause.
109:4 Instead of loving me, they falsely accused me: but I continued to
pray.
109:5 And they rewarded me evil for good, and hatred for my love.
109:6 Set thou a sinner against him; and let the devil stand at his right
hand.
109:7 When he is judged, let him go forth condemned: and let his prayer
become sin.
109:8 Let his days be few: and let another take his office of overseer.
109:9 Let his children be orphans, and his wife a widow.
109:10 Let his children wander without a dwelling-place, and beg: let them
be cast out of their habitations.
109:11 Let [his] creditor exact all that belongs to him: and let strangers
spoil his labours.
109:12 Let him have no helper; neither let there be any one to have
compassion on his fatherless children.
109:13 Let his children be [given up] to utter destruction: in one
generation let his name be blotted out.
109:14 Let the iniquity of his fathers be remembered before Yehovah; and
let not the sin of his mother be blotted out.
109:15 Let them be before Yehovah continually; and let their memorial be
blotted out from the earth.
109:16 Because he remembered not to shew mercy, but persecuted the needy and
poor man, and [that] to slay him that was pricked in the heart.
109:17 He loved cursing also, and it shall come upon him; and he took not
pleasure in blessing, so it shall be removed far from him.
109:18 Yea, he put on cursing as a garment, and it is come as water into his
bowels, and as oil into his bones.
109:19 Let it be to him as a garment which he puts on, and as a girdle with
which he girds himself continually.
109:20 This is the dealing of Yehovah with those who falsely accuse me, and
of them that speak evil against my soul.
109:21 But thou, O Yehovah, Yehovah, deal [mercifully] with me, for thy name's
sake: for thy mercy is good.
109:22 Deliver me, for I am poor and needy; and my heart is troubled within
me.
109:23 I am removed as a shadow in its going down: I am tossed up and down
like locusts.
109:24 My knees are weakened through fasting, and my flesh is changed by
reason of [the want of] oil.
109:25 I became also a reproach to them: [when] they saw me they shook their
heads.
109:26 Help me, O Yehovah my Elohim; and save me according to thy mercy.
109:27 And let them know that this is thy hand; and [that] thou, Yehovah, hast
wrought it.
109:28 Let them curse, but thou shalt bless: let them that rise up against
me be ashamed, but let thy servant rejoice.
109:29 Let those that falsely accuse me be clothed with shame, and let them
cover themselves with their shame as with a mantle.
109:30 I will give thanks to Yehovah abundantly with my mouth; and in the
midst of many I will praise him.
109:31 For he stood on the right hand of the poor, to save [me] from them
that persecute my soul. |
To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David.
109:1 Hold not thy peace, O Elohim of my praise;
109:2 For the mouth of the wicked and the mouth of the deceitful are opened
against me: they have spoken against me with a lying tongue.
109:3 They compassed me about also with words of hatred; and fought against
me without a cause.
109:4 For my love they are my adversaries: but I give myself unto prayer.
109:5 And they have rewarded me evil for good, and hatred for my love.
109:6 Set thou a wicked man over him: and let Satan stand at his right hand.
109:7 When he shall be judged, let him be condemned: and let his prayer
become sin.
109:8 Let his days be few; and let another take his office.
109:9 Let his children be fatherless, and his wife a widow.
109:10 Let his children be continually vagabonds, and beg: let them seek
their bread also out of their desolate places.
109:11 Let the extortioner catch all that he hath; and let the strangers
spoil his labour.
109:12 Let there be none to extend mercy unto him: neither let there be any
to favour his fatherless children.
109:13 Let his posterity be cut off; and in the generation following let
their name be blotted out.
109:14 Let the iniquity of his fathers be remembered with Yehovah; and let
not the sin of his mother be blotted out.
109:15 Let them be before Yehovah continually, that he may cut off the
memory of them from the earth.
109:16 Because that he remembered not to shew mercy, but persecuted the poor
and needy man, that he might even slay the broken in heart.
109:17 As he loved cursing, so let it come unto him: as he delighted not in
blessing, so let it be far from him.
109:18 As he clothed himself with cursing like as with his garment, so let
it come into his bowels like water, and like oil into his bones.
109:19 Let it be unto him as the garment which covereth him, and for a
girdle wherewith he is girded continually.
109:20 Let this be the reward of mine adversaries from Yehovah, and of them
that speak evil against my soul.
109:21 But do thou for me, O GOD Yehovah, for thy name's sake: because thy
mercy is good, deliver thou me.
109:22 For I am poor and needy, and my heart is wounded within me.
109:23 I am gone like the shadow when it declineth: I am tossed up and down
as the locust.
109:24 My knees are weak through fasting; and my flesh faileth of fatness.
109:25 I became also a reproach unto them: when they looked upon me they
shaked their heads.
109:26 Help me, O Yehovah my Elohim: O save me according to thy mercy:
109:27 That they may know that this is thy hand; that thou, Yehovah, hast done
it.
109:28 Let them curse, but bless thou: when they arise, let them be ashamed;
but let thy servant rejoice.
109:29 Let mine adversaries be clothed with shame, and let them cover
themselves with their own confusion, as with a mantle.
109:30 I will greatly praise Yehovah with my mouth; yea, I will praise him
among the multitude.
109:31 For he shall stand at the right hand of the poor, to save him from
those that condemn his soul. |