Psalms 109
109
PSALM 109
Common Meter: 8,6,8,6
To the chief Musician,
A Psalm of David.
1O thou the God of all my praise,
do thou not hold thy peace;
2For mouths of wicked men to speak
against me do not cease:
The mouths of vile deceitful men
against me open'd be;
And with a false and lying tongue
they have accused me.
3They did beset me round about
with words of hateful spight:
And though to them no cause I gave,
against me they did fight.
4They for my love became my foes,
but I me set to pray.
5Evil for good, hatred for love,
to me they did repay.
6Set thou the wicked over him;
and upon his right hand
Give thou his greatest enemy,
ev'n Satan, leave to stand.
7And when by thee he shall be judg'd,
let him condemned be;
And let his pray'r be turn'd to sin,
when he shall call on thee.
8Few be his days, and in his room
his charge another take.
9His children let be fatherless,
his wife a widow make.
10His children let be vagabonds,
and beg continually;
And from their places desolate
seek bread for their supply.
11Let covetous extortioners
catch all he hath away:
Of all for which he labour'd hath
let strangers make a prey.
12Let there be none to pity him,
let there be none at all
That on his children fatherless
will let his mercy fall.
13Let his posterity from earth
cut off for ever be,
And in the foll'wing age their name
be blotted out by thee.
14Let God his father's wickedness
still to remembrance call;
And never let his mother's sin
be blotted out at all.
15But let them all before the Lord
appear continually,
That he may wholly from the earth
cut off their memory.
16Because he mercy minded not,
but persecuted still
The poor and needy, that he might
the broken-hearted kill.
17As he in cursing pleasure took,
so let it to him fall;
As he delighted not to bless,
so bless him not at all.
18As cursing he like clothes put on,
into his bowels so,
Like water, and into his bones,
like oil, down let it go.
19Like to the garment let it be
which doth himself array,
And for a girdle, wherewith he
is girt about alway.
20From God let this be their reward
that en'mies are to me,
And their reward that speak against
my soul maliciously.
21But do thou, for thine own name's sake,
O God the Lord, for me:
Sith good and sweet thy mercy is,
from trouble set me free.
22For I am poor and indigent,
afflicted sore am I,
My heart within me also is
wounded exceedingly.
23I pass like a declining shade,
am like the locust tost:
24My knees through fasting weaken'd are,
my flesh hath fatness lost.
25I also am a vile reproach
unto them made to be;
And they that did upon me look
did shake their heads at me.
26O do thou help and succour me,
who art my God and Lord:
And, for thy tender mercy's sake,
safety to me afford:
27That thereby they may know that this
is thy almighty hand;
And that thou, Lord, hast done the same,
they may well understand.
28Although they curse with spite, yet, Lord,
bless thou with loving voice:
Let them asham'd be when they rise;
thy servant let rejoice.
29Let thou mine adversaries all
with shame be clothed over;
And let their own confusion
them, as a mantle, cover.
30But as for me, I with my mouth
will greatly praise the Lord;
And I among the multitude
his praises will record.
31For he shall stand at his right hand
who is in poverty,
To save him from all those that would
condemn his soul to die.
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Tehillim (Psalms) 109
109
1Do not be silent, O Elohim of my praise!
2For the mouth of the wrong And the mouth of the deceiver Have opened against me; They have spoken against me with a false tongue.
3They have surrounded me with words of hatred, And they attack me without a cause.
4In return for my love they accuse me, While I am in prayer.
5And they repay me evil for good, And hatred for my love.
6Appoint over him one who is wrong, And let an accuser stand at his right hand.
7When he is judged, let him be found wrong, And let his prayer become sin.
8Let his days be few, Let another take his office.
9Let his children be fatherless, And his wife a widow.
10And let his children always wander and beg, And seek food out of their ruins.
11Let the creditor lay a snare for all that he has, And let strangers plunder his labour.
12Let him have no one to extend loving-commitment, Nor any to show favour to his fatherless children.
13Let his descendants be cut off, Their name be blotted out in the next generation.
14Let the crookedness of his fathers Be remembered before יהוה, And let not the sin of his mother be blotted out.
15Let them always be before יהוה, And let Him cut off their remembrance from the earth;
16Because he did not remember to show loving-commitment, But persecuted the poor and needy man; And the broken-hearted, to put to death.
17He also loved cursing, so let it come to him; And he did not delight in blessing, so let it be far from him.
18And he put cursing on as with his garment, So let it enter his inward parts like water, Into his bones and like oil.
19Let it be to him like a cloak he wraps around him, And as a girdle that he always girds on.
20This is the reward of my accusers from יהוה, And to those speaking evil against my being.
21But You, O יהוה, Master, Deal with me for Your Name’s sake; Because Your loving-commitment is good, deliver me.
22For I am poor and needy, And my heart is pierced within me.
23I have gone like a lengthening shadow, I have been driven away like a locust.
24My knees are weak through fasting, And my flesh grows lean from fatness.
25And I, I have become a reproach to them; They see me, they shake their heads.
26Help me, O יהוה my Elohim! Save me according to Your loving-commitment,
27And let them know that this is Your hand. You, יהוה, You have done it!
28Let them curse, but You bless. They shall arise, but be ashamed, And let Your servant rejoice.
29Let my accusers put on shame, And be wrapped in their own confusion as in a cloak.
30I greatly thank יהוה with my mouth, And I praise Him in the midst of the throng.
31For He stands at the right hand of the poor, To save from those judging his being.
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