109:1 O God of my praise, Do not be silent! |
109:2 For they have opened the wicked and deceitful mouth against me; They have spoken against me with a lying tongue. |
109:3 They have also surrounded me with words of hatred, And fought against me without cause. |
109:4 In return for my love they act as my accusers; But I am {in} prayer. |
109:5 Thus they have repaid me evil for good And hatred for my love. |
109:6 Appoint a wicked man over him, And let an accuser stand at his right hand. |
109:7 When he is judged, let him come forth guilty, And let his prayer become sin. |
109:8 Let his days be few; Let another take his office. |
109:9 Let his children be fatherless And his wife a widow. |
109:10 Let his children wander about and beg; And let them seek {sustenance} far from their ruined homes. |
109:11 Let the creditor seize all that he has, And let strangers plunder the product of his labor. |
109:12 Let there be none to extend lovingkindness to him, Nor any to be gracious to his fatherless children. |
109:13 Let his posterity be cut off; In a following generation let their name be blotted out. |
109:14 Let the iniquity of his fathers be remembered before the LORD, And do not let the sin of his mother be blotted out. |
109:15 Let them be before the LORD continually, That He may cut off their memory from the earth; |
109:16 Because he did not remember to show lovingkindness, But persecuted the afflicted and needy man, And the despondent in heart, to put {them} to death. |
109:17 He also loved cursing, so it came to him; And he did not delight in blessing, so it was far from him. |
109:18 But he clothed himself with cursing as with his garment, And it entered into his body like water And like oil into his bones. |
109:19 Let it be to him as a garment with which he covers himself, And for a belt with which he constantly girds himself. |
109:20 Let this be the reward of my accusers from the LORD, And of those who speak evil against my soul. |
109:21 But You, O GOD, the Lord, deal {kindly} with me for Your name's sake; Because Your lovingkindness is good, deliver me; |
109:22 For I am afflicted and needy, And my heart is wounded within me. |
109:23 I am passing like a shadow when it lengthens; I am shaken off like the locust. |
109:24 My knees are weak from fasting, And my flesh has grown lean, without fatness. |
109:25 I also have become a reproach to them; When they see me, they wag their head. |
109:26 Help me, O LORD my God; Save me according to Your lovingkindness. |
109:27 And let them know that this is Your hand; You, LORD, have done it. |
109:28 Let them curse, but You bless; When they arise, they shall be ashamed, But Your servant shall be glad. |
109:29 Let my accusers be clothed with dishonor, And let them cover themselves with their own shame as with a robe. |
109:30 With my mouth I will give thanks abundantly to the LORD; And in the midst of many I will praise Him. |
109:31 For He stands at the right hand of the needy, To save him from those who judge his soul. |