1 Psalm 109 O God, Do Not Be Silent For the choir director. Of David. A Psalm.O God of my praise,Do not be silent!
2 For they have opened a wicked mouth and a deceitful mouth against me;They have spoken to me with a lying tongue.
3 They have also surrounded me with words of hatred,And fought against me without cause.
4 In return for my love they accuse me;But I aminprayer.
5 Thus they have set upon me evil for goodAnd hatred for my love.
6 ¶Appoint a wicked man over him,And let an 109:6Or adversary, Satan accuser stand at his right hand.
7 When he is judged, let him come forth a wicked man,And let his prayer become sin.
8 Let his days be few;Let another take his office.
9 Let his sons be orphansAnd his wife a widow.
10 Let his sons wander aimlessly and beg;And let them searchfor food 109:10Or out of their waste places from their ruined homes.
11 Let the creditor 109:11Lit ensnare, strike at seize all that he has,And let strangers plunder the fruit of his labor.
12 Let there be none to 109:12Lit continue extend lovingkindness to him,And let there be none to be gracious to his orphans.
13 Letthose whofollow him be 109:13Lit for cutting off cut off;In a following generation let their name be blotted out.
14 ¶Let the iniquity of his fathers be remembered 109:14Lit to before Yahweh,And let not the sin of his mother be blotted out.
15 Let them be before Yahweh continually,That He may cut off their memory from the earth;
16 Because he did not remember to show lovingkindness,But persecuted the afflicted, the needy man,And the disheartened to putthemto death.
17 He also loved cursing, so it came to him;And he did not delight in blessing, so it was far from him.
18 But he clothed himself with cursing as his garment,And it came into his inward parts like waterAnd like oil into his bones.
19 Let it be to him as a garment with which he wraps himself,And for a belt with which he constantly girds himself.
20 This is the reward of my accusers from Yahweh,And of those who speak evil against my soul.
21 ¶But as for You, O Yahweh, O Lord, deal with me for Your name’s sake;Because Your lovingkindness is good, deliver me;
22 For I am afflicted and needy,And 109:22Lit one has pierced my heart within me my heart is pierced within me.
23 I am passing like a shadow when it is stretched out;I am shaken off like the locust.
24 My knees are feeble from fasting,And my flesh has grown lean, without fatness.
25 As for me, I have become a reproach to them;They see me, they wag their head.
26 ¶Help me, O Yahweh my God;Save me according to Your lovingkindness.
27 109:27Or That they may know And let them know that this is Your hand;You, O Yahweh, have done it.
28 Let them curse, but You bless;They arise and will be put to shame,But Your slave shall be glad.
29 109:29Or My accusers will be Let my accusers be clothed with dishonor,And 109:29Or they will cover let them wrap themselves with their own shame as with a robe.
30 ¶With my mouth I will give thanks abundantly to Yahweh;And in the midst of many I will praise Him.
31 For He stands at the right hand of the needy,To save him from those who judge his soul.