Psa 109 | ABEn | STEP | To the director; a psalm to David. O God of my praise, you should not remain silent;

Psalms 109

PSALM 109

The LORD Judges the Sinner

To the director; a psalm to David.

1 O God of my praise, you should not remain silent; 2 for the mouth of the sinner, and the mouth of the deceitful one [²against ³me ¹opened]; they spoke against me [²tongue ¹with a deceitful]; 3 and with words of hatred they encircled me; and they waged war against me without charge. 4 Instead of the loving me, they slandered me; but I prayed. 5 And they placed against me bad things for good things; and hatred for my affection. 6 Place [²against ³him ¹the sinner], and let the devil stand at his right hand! 7 In his being judged, may he go forth having been condemned; and [²his prayer ¹let] become as sin! 8 Let [²become ¹his days] few, and [⁴his overseeing ¹may ³take ²another]! 9 Let [²become ¹his sons] orphans, and his wife a widow! 10 In being shaken up, let [²change residence ¹his sons], and let them beg! Let them be cast out from their areas! 11 Let [²search out ¹the money-lender] all as much as exists to him, and let [²plunder ¹strangers] his toils! 12 Let there not exist to him a shielder, nor let there be one pitying his orphans! 13 Let [²be ¹his children] given for devastation! In [²generation ¹one] let [²be wiped away ¹his name]! 14 May [⁴be called to mind ¹the ²lawlessness ³of his fathers] before the lord; and [²the ³sin ⁴of his mother ⁵not ¹may] be wiped away. 15 Let them be before the lord always! and may [²be utterly destroyed ³from ⁴the land ¹their memorial]. 16 Because he did not remember to perform mercy, but pursued [⁴man ¹a needy ²and ³poor], and vexing the heart to kill him. 17 And he loved a curse, and it shall come to him; and he did not want a blessing, and it shall be far from him. 18 And he put on the curse as a cloak, and it entered as water into his insides, and as oil in his bones. 19 Let it be to him as a cloak which he puts around, and as a belt which he always girds himself! 20 This is the work of the ones slandering me by the lord, and the ones speaking evil against my soul. 21 And you, O lord, O Lord, deal with me because of your name, for [²is gracious ¹your mercy]! 22 Rescue me, for [²poor ³and ⁴needy ¹I am]! and my heart is disturbed within me. 23 As shade in its turning aside, I was taken away in return; I was shaken away as locusts. 24 My knees weakened from fasting, and my flesh was changed through want of oil. 25 And I became scorn to them; they beheld me; they shook their heads. 26 Help me, O lord my God, and deliver me according to your mercy! 27 And let them know that [²your hand ¹this is]! and you, O lord, did it. 28 They shall curse themselves, but you shall bless. The ones rising up against me, let them be ashamed! but your servant shall be glad. 29 Let [⁴put on ¹the ones ²slandering ³me] shame, and let them put [²around ³as ⁴a garment ¹their shame]! 30 I will make acknowledgment to the lord -- exceedingly. With my mouth and in the midst of many I will praise him. 31 For he stands at the right hand of the needy, to deliver from the ones pursuing my soul.