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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The Complaint of Someone in Trouble#Ps 109 Hebrew title: A psalm by David.
1I praise you, God; don't remain silent!
2Wicked people and liars have attacked me.
They tell lies about me
3and they say evil things about me,
attacking me for no reason.
4They oppose me, even though I love them
and have prayed for them.#109.4 Probable text have prayed for them; Hebrew unclear.
5They pay me back evil for good
and hatred for love.
6Choose some corrupt judge to try my enemy,
and let one of his own enemies accuse him.
7May he be tried and found guilty;
may even his prayer be considered a crime!
8 #
Acts 1.20
May his life soon be ended;
may someone else take his job!
9May his children become orphans,
and his wife a widow!
10May his children be homeless beggars;
may they be driven from#109.10 One ancient translation be driven from; Hebrew seek. the ruins they live in!
11May his creditors take away all his property,
and may strangers get everything he worked for.
12May no one ever be kind to him
or care for the orphans he leaves behind.
13May all his descendants die,
and may his name be forgotten in the next generation.
14May the LORD remember the evil of his ancestors
and never forgive his mother's sins.
15May the LORD always remember their sins,
but may they themselves be completely forgotten!
16That man never thought of being kind;
he persecuted and killed
the poor, the needy, and the helpless.
17He loved to curse — may he be cursed!
He hated to give blessings — may no one bless him!
18He cursed as naturally as he dressed himself;
may his own curses soak into his body like water
and into his bones like oil!
19May they cover him like clothes
and always be round him like a belt!
20 LORD, punish my enemies in that way —
those who say such evil things against me!
21But my Sovereign LORD, help me as you have promised,
and rescue me because of the goodness of your love.
22I am poor and needy;
I am hurt to the depths of my heart.
23Like an evening shadow I am about to vanish;
I am blown away like an insect.
24My knees are weak from lack of food;
I am nothing but skin and bones.
25 #
Mt 27.39; Mk 15.29 When people see me, they laugh at me;
they shake their heads in scorn.
26Help me, O LORD my God;
because of your constant love, save me!
27Make my enemies know
that you are the one who saves me.
28They may curse me, but you will bless me.
May my persecutors be defeated,#109.28 One ancient translation May my persecutors be defeated; Hebrew They persecuted me and were defeated.
and may I, your servant, be glad.
29May my enemies be covered with disgrace;
may they wear their shame like a robe.
30I will give loud thanks to the LORD;
I will praise him in the assembly of the people,
31because he defends the poor
and saves them from those who condemn them to death.
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