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
A Prayer Against an Enemy
For the director of music. A psalm of David.
1God, I praise you.
Do not be silent.
2Wicked people and liars have spoken against me;
they have told lies about me.
3They have said hateful things about me
and attack me for no reason.
4They attacked me, even though I loved them
and prayed for them.
5I was good to them, but they repay me with evil.
I loved them, but they hate me in return.
6They say about me, “Have an evil person work against him,
and let an accuser stand against him.
7When he is judged, let him be found guilty,
and let even his prayers show his guilt.
8Let his life be cut short,
and let another man replace him as leader.
9Let his children become orphans
and his wife a widow.
10Make his children wander around, begging for food.
Let them be forced out of the ruins in which they live.
11Let the people to whom he owes money take everything he owns,
and let strangers steal everything he has worked for.
12Let no one show him love
or have mercy on his orphaned children.
13Let all his descendants die
and be forgotten by those who live after him.
14Lord, remember how wicked his ancestors were,
and don’t let the sins of his mother be wiped out.
15Lord, always remember their sins.
Then make people forget about them completely.
16“He did not remember to be loving.
He hurt the poor, the needy, and those who were sad
until they were nearly dead.
17He loved to put curses on others,
so let those same curses fall on him.
He did not like to bless others,
so do not let good things happen to him.
18He cursed others as often as he wore clothes.
Cursing others filled his body and his life,
like drinking water and using olive oil.
19So let curses cover him like clothes
and wrap around him like a belt.”
20May the Lord do these things to those who accuse me,
to those who speak evil against me.
21But you, Lord God,
be kind to me so others will know you are good.
Because your love is good, save me.
22I am poor and helpless
and very sad.
23I am dying like an evening shadow;
I am shaken off like a locust.
24My knees are weak from fasting,
and I have grown thin.
25My enemies insult me;
they look at me and shake their heads.
26Lord my God, help me;
because you are loving, save me.
27Then they will know that your power has done this;
they will know that you have done it, Lord.
28They may curse me, but you bless me.
They may attack me, but they will be disgraced.
Then I, your servant, will be glad.
29Let those who accuse me be disgraced
and covered with shame like a coat.
30I will thank the Lord very much;
I will praise him in front of many people.
31He defends the helpless
and saves them from those who accuse them.
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