Psalms 109
109
God, It’s Time for Vengeance
To the Pure and Shining One
A poetic song by King David
1God of all my praise, don’t stand silently by, aloof to my pain,
2while the wicked slander me with their lies.
Even right in front of my face they lie through their teeth.
3I’ve done nothing to them, but they still surround me
with their venomous words of hatred and vitriol.
4Though I love them, they stand accusing me like Satan
for what I’ve never done.
I will pray until I become prayer itself. # 109:4 In the face of accusation and slander, David wrote in Hebrew literally “I am prayer!”
5They continually repay me with evil when I show them good.
They give me hatred when I show them love.
6-7Show him how it feels! Let accusing liars be raised up against him,
like Satan himself standing right next to him.
And let him be declared guilty by a wicked judge.
May even his prayers be seen as sinful!
8Shorten his life and let another replace him!
9Make his wife a widow and his children orphans!
10Let them wander as beggars in the street,
like homeless vagabonds, evicted from their ruins!
11Let the creditors seize his entire estate,
and strangers, like vultures, take all that’s left!
12Let no one be kind to him by showing pity to his fatherless children!
13May all his posterity die with him! Cut down his family tree!
14-15And may all the sins of his ancestors be recorded,
remembered before you, forever!
Cut off even the memory of his family from the face of the earth,
16because he never once showed love or kindness to others,
but persecuted the poor, the brokenhearted, and afflicted ones,
even putting them to death!
17Since he enjoyed cursing them,
may all his curses now come raining back on him
until it all overwhelms him with misfortune!
Since he refused to bless others,
God, withhold every single blessing from him!
18Bitterness, such vile vindictiveness, was upon everything he did.
Cursing was his lifestyle.
19-20So smother him now with his own curses as his just reward.
This will be the Lord’s punishment upon him and
all my lying accusers who speak evil against me.
21But now, O Yahweh-God, make yourself real to me
like you promised me you would. # 109:21 The Hebrew text reads “for your name’s sake.”
Because of your constant love and your heart-melting kindness, come be my hero and deliver me!
22I’m so broken, needy and hurting.
My heart is pierced through and I’m so wounded.
23I’m slipping down a dark slope, shaken to the core, and helpless.
24All my fasting has left me so weak I can hardly stand.
Now I’m shriveled up, nothing but skin and bones.
25I’m the example of failure and shame to all who see me.
They just walk by me, shaking their heads.
26You have to help me, O Lord God!
My true hero, come to my rescue and save me,
for you are loving and kind.
27Then everyone will know that you have won my victory,
and they will all say to the Lord, “You have finished it!”
28So let them curse me if they want,
but I know you will bless me!
All their efforts to destroy me will fail,
but I will succeed and be glad.
29So let my Satan-like accusers fail!
Make them look ridiculous if they try to come against me.
Clothe them with a robe of guilty shame from this day on!
30But I will give my thanks to you over and over,
and everyone will hear my lavish praises.
31For you stand right next to the broken ones
as their saving hero to rescue them from all their accusers!
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Psalm 109
Prayer against an Enemy
For the choir director. A psalm of David.
1God of my praise, do not be silent.#Ps 28:1; 83:1
2For wicked and deceitful mouths open against me;
they speak against me with lying tongues.#Ps 10:7; 52:4; 120:2
3They surround me with hateful words
and attack me without cause.#Ps 35:7; 69:4; Jn 15:25
4In return for my love they accuse me,
but I continue to pray.#109:4 Lit but I, prayer#Ps 69:13
5They repay me evil for good,
and hatred for my love.#Ps 35:12; 38:20
6Set a wicked person over him;
let an accuser#109:6 Or adversary stand at his right hand.#Zch 3:1
7When he is judged, let him be found guilty,
and let his prayer be counted as sin.#Ps 1:5; Pr 28:9
8Let his days be few;
let another take over his position.#Ps 55:23; Ac 1:20
9Let his children be fatherless
and his wife a widow.#Ex 22:24
10Let his children wander as beggars,
searching for food far#109:10 LXX reads beggars, driven far from their demolished homes.#Jb 30:5–8; Ps 59:15
11Let a creditor seize all he has;
let strangers plunder what he has worked for.#Dt 28:43–44; Lm 5:2
12Let no one show him kindness,
and let no one be gracious to his fatherless children.#Jb 5:4
13Let the line of his descendants be cut off;
let their name be blotted out in the next generation.#Jb 18:17,19; Ps 9:5; Pr 10:7
14Let the iniquity of his fathers
be remembered before the Lord,#Ex 20:5; Nm 14:18
and do not let his mother’s sin be blotted out.#Neh 4:5; Jr 18:23
15Let their sins#109:15 Lit Let them always remain before the Lord,
and let him remove#109:15 Or cut off all memory of them from the earth.#Ps 34:16; 90:8; Jr 16:17
16For he did not think to show kindness,
but pursued the suffering, needy, and brokenhearted
in order to put them to death.#Ps 34:18; 94:6
17He loved cursing — let it fall on him;
he took no delight in blessing — let it be far from him.#Pr 14:14; Ezk 35:6; Mt 7:2
18He wore cursing like his coat —
let it enter his body like water
and go into his bones like oil.#Nm 5:22
19Let it be like a robe he wraps around himself,
like a belt he always wears.#Ps 73:26
20Let this be the Lord’s payment to my accusers,
to those who speak evil against me.#Ps 54:5; 94:23; Is 3:11
21But you, Lord, my Lord,
deal kindly with me for your name’s sake;#Ps 79:9; 106:8
because your faithful love is good, rescue me.#Ps 69:16
22For I am suffering and needy;#Ps 40:17; 86:1
my heart is wounded within me.#Ps 143:4
23I fade away like a lengthening shadow;#Ps 102:11
I am shaken off like a locust.
24My knees are weak from fasting,
and my body is emaciated.#109:24 Lit denied from fat#Jb 16:8; Ps 35:13
25I have become an object of ridicule to my accusers;#109:25 Lit to them
when they see me, they shake their heads in scorn.#Ps 22:6–7; 69:19
26Help me, Lord my God;
save me according to your faithful love#Ps 119:86
27so they may know that this is your hand
and that you, Lord, have done it.#Jb 37:7
28Though they curse, you will bless.
When they rise up, they will be put to shame,
but your servant will rejoice.#2Sm 16:11–12; Is 65:14
29My accusers will be clothed with disgrace;
they will wear their shame like a cloak.#Jb 8:22; Ps 35:26; 132:18
30I will fervently thank the Lord with my mouth;
I will praise him in the presence of many.#Ps 22:22,25; 35:18; 111:1
31For he stands at the right hand of the needy
to save him from those who would condemn him.#Ps 16:8; 110:5; 121:5
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