Psalms 109

Vengeance Invoked upon Adversaries.

For the music director. A Psalm of David.

1 ^aGod of my praise,
^bDo not be silent!
2 For they have opened a ▼

▼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 have fought against me ^gwithout cause.
4 In return ^hfor my love they act as my accusers;
But ⁱI am in prayer.
5 So they have ▼

▼Lit laid upon me

, ^krepaid me evil for good,
And ^lhatred for my love.

6 Appoint a wicked person over him,
And may an ▼

▼Or adversary, Satan

, ⁿaccuser stand at his right hand.
7 When he is judged, may he ^ocome out guilty,
And may his ^pprayer become sin.
8 May ^qhis days be few;
May ^ranother take his office.
9 May his ^schildren be fatherless,
And his ^twife a widow.
10 May his ^uchildren wander about and beg;
And may they ^vseek sustenance ▼

▼Or out of their desolate places

far from their ruined homes.
11 May ^xthe creditor ▼

▼Lit ensnare, strike at

seize everything that he has,
And may ^zstrangers plunder the product of his labor.
12 May there be none to ▼

▼Lit continue

, ^abextend kindness to him,
Nor ^acany to be gracious to his fatherless children.
13 May his ^addescendants be ▼

▼Lit for cutting off

eliminated;
May their ^afname be wiped out in a following generation.

14 May ^agthe guilt of his fathers be remembered ▼

▼Lit to

before the Lord,
And do not let the sin of his mother be ^aiwiped out.
15 May ^ajthey be before the Lord continually,
So that He may ^akeliminate their memory from the earth;
16 Because he did not remember to show mercy,
But persecuted the ^alafflicted and needy person,
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 ▼

▼Lit his inward parts

his body like water,
And like oil into his bones.
19 May it be to him as ^asa garment with which he covers himself,
And as a belt which he constantly ^atwears around himself.
20 May this be the ^aureward of my accusers from the Lord,
And of those who ^avspeak evil against my soul.

21 But You, ▼

▼Heb YHWH, usually rendered Lord

God, the Lord, deal kindly with me ^axfor the sake of Your name;
Because ^ayYour mercy is good, rescue me;
22 For ^azI am afflicted and needy,
And ▼

▼Lit one has pierced my heart within me

my heart is ^bbwounded within me.
23 I am passing ^bclike a shadow when it lengthens;
I am shaken off ^bdlike the locust.
24 My ^beknees ▼

▼Or totter

are weak from ^bgfasting,
And my flesh has grown lean, without fatness.
25 I also have become a ^bhdisgrace to them;
When they see me, they ^bishake their head.

26 ^bjHelp me, Lord my God;
Save me according to Your mercy.
27 ▼

▼Or That they may know

And may they ^blknow that this is Your hand;
You, Lord, have done it.
28 ^bmThey will curse, but You bless;
When they arise, they will be ashamed,
But Your ^bnservant will be glad.
29 ▼

▼Or My accusers will be

May ^bpmy accusers be clothed with dishonor,
And ▼

▼Or they will cover

may they ^brcover themselves with their own shame as with a robe.

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