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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109
The Song of the Slandered
For the choirmaster. A Psalm of David.
1O God of my praise,
be not silent.
2For wicked and deceitful mouths open against me;
they speak against me with lying tongues.
3They surround me with hateful words
and attack me without cause.
4In return for my love they accuse me,
but I am a man of prayer.
5They repay me evil for good,
and hatred for my love.
6Set over him a wicked man;
let an accuser stand at his right hand.
7When he is tried, let him be found guilty,
and may his prayer be regarded as sin.
8May his days be few;
may another take his position.#109:8 Cited in Acts 1:20
9May his children be fatherless
and his wife a widow.
10May his children wander as beggars,
seeking sustenance #109:10 Hebrew; LXX may they be driven far from their ruined homes.
11May the creditor seize all he owns,
and strangers plunder the fruits of his labor.
12May there be no one to extend kindness to him,
and no one to favor his fatherless children.
13May his descendants be cut off;
may their name be blotted out from the next generation.
14May the iniquity of his fathers be remembered before the Lord,
and the sin of his mother never be blotted out.
15May their sins always remain before the Lord,
that He may cut off their memory from the earth.
16For he never thought to show kindness,
but pursued the poor and needy and brokenhearted,
even to their death.
17The cursing that he loved,
may it fall on him;
the blessing in which he refused to delight,
may it be far from him.
18The cursing that he wore like a coat,
may it soak into his body like water,
and into his bones like oil.
19May it be like a robe wrapped about him,
like a belt tied forever around him.
20May this be the Lord’s reward to my accusers,
to those who speak evil against me.
21But You, O GOD, the Lord,
deal kindly with me for the sake of Your name;
deliver me by the goodness of Your loving devotion.
22For I am poor and needy;
my heart is wounded within me.
23I am fading away like a lengthening shadow;
I am shaken off like a locust.
24My knees are weak from fasting,
and my body grows lean and gaunt.
25I am an object of scorn to my accusers;
when they see me, they shake their heads.
26Help me, O Lord my God;
save me according to Your loving devotion.
27Let them know that this is Your hand,
that You, O Lord, have done it.
28Though they curse, You will bless.
When they rise up, they will be put to shame,
but Your servant will rejoice.
29May my accusers be clothed with disgrace;
may they wear their shame like a robe.
30With my mouth I will thank the Lord profusely;
I will praise Him in the presence of many.
31For He stands at the right hand of the needy one,
to save him from the condemners of his soul.
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