Psa 109 | NASB1995 | STEP | For the choir director. A Psalm of David. O God of my praise , Do not be silent !

Psalms 109

Vengeance Invoked upon Adversaries.

For the choir director. A Psalm of David.

1 O ^aGod of my praise,
^bDo not be silent!
2 For they have opened the ^{▼▼ Lit wicked mouth and the deceitful}wicked and ^ddeceitful mouth against me;
They have spoken ^{▼▼ Lit with}against me with a ^flying tongue.
3 They have also surrounded me with words of hatred,
And fought against me ^gwithout cause.
4 In return ^hfor my love they act as my accusers;
But ⁱI am in prayer.
5 Thus they have ^{▼▼ Lit laid upon me
,} ^krepaid me evil for good
And ^lhatred for my love.

6 Appoint a wicked man over him,
And let an ^{▼▼ Or adversary, Satan
,} ⁿaccuser stand at his right hand.
7 When he is judged, let him ^ocome forth guilty,
And let his ^pprayer become sin.
8 Let ^qhis days be few;
Let ^ranother take his office.
9 Let his ^schildren be fatherless
And his ^twife a widow.
10 Let his ^uchildren wander about and beg;
And let them ^vseek sustenance ^{▼▼ Or out of their desolate places}far from their ruined homes.
11 Let ^xthe creditor ^{▼▼ Lit ensnare, strike at}seize all that he has,
And let ^zstrangers plunder the product of his labor.
12 Let there be none to ^{▼▼ Lit continue
,} ^abextend lovingkindness to him,
Nor ^acany to be gracious to his fatherless children.
13 Let his ^adposterity be ^{▼▼ Lit for cutting off}cut off;
In a following generation let their ^afname be blotted out.

14 Let ^agthe iniquity of his fathers be remembered ^{▼▼ Lit to}before the Lord,
And do not let the sin of his mother be ^aiblotted out.
15 Let ^ajthem be before the Lord continually,
That He may ^akcut off their memory from the earth;
16 Because he did not remember to show lovingkindness,
But persecuted the ^alafflicted and needy man,
And the ^amdespondent in heart, to ^anput them to death.
17 He also loved cursing, so ^aoit came to him;
And he did not delight in blessing, so it was far from him.
18 But he ^apclothed himself with cursing as with his garment,
And it ^aqentered into ^{▼▼ Lit his inward parts}his body like water
And like oil into his bones.
19 Let it be to him as ^asa garment with which he covers himself,
And for a belt with which he constantly ^atgirds himself.
20 ^{▼▼ Lit This is}Let this be the ^avreward of my accusers from the Lord,
And of those who ^awspeak evil against my soul.

21 But You, O ^{▼▼ Heb YHWH, usually rendered Lord}God, the Lord, deal kindly with me ^ayfor Your name’s sake;
Because ^azYour lovingkindness is good, deliver me;
22 For ^baI am afflicted and needy,
And ^{▼▼ Lit one has pierced my heart within me}my heart is ^bcwounded within me.
23 I am passing ^bdlike a shadow when it lengthens;
I am shaken off ^belike the locust.
24 My ^bfknees ^{▼▼ Or totter}are weak from ^bhfasting,
And my flesh has grown lean, without fatness.
25 I also have become a ^bireproach to them;
When they see me, they ^bjwag their head.

26 ^bkHelp me, O Lord my God;
Save me according to Your lovingkindness.
27 ^{▼▼ Or That they may know}And let them ^bmknow that this is Your hand;
You, Lord, have done it.
28 ^bnLet them curse, but You bless;
When they arise, they shall be ashamed,
But Your ^boservant shall be glad.
29 ^{▼▼ Or My accusers will be}Let ^bqmy accusers be clothed with dishonor,
And ^{▼▼ Or they will cover}let them ^bscover themselves with their own shame as with a robe.

30 With my mouth I will give thanks abundantly to the Lord;
And in the midst of many ^btI will praise Him.
31 For He stands ^buat the right hand of the needy,
To save him from those who ^bvjudge his soul.