The In-Dept Study of the Bible
Psalms 109
For the Chief Musician. A Psalm by David.
1 God of my praise, don’t remain silent,
2 for they have opened the mouth of
the wicked and the mouth of deceit
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 a
cause.
4 In return for my love, they are my adversaries;
but I am in prayer.
5 They have rewarded me evil for good,
and hatred for my love.
6 Set a wicked man over him.
Let an adversary stand at his right
hand.
7 When he is judged, let him come out
guilty. Let his prayer be turned into sin.
8 Let his days be few.
Let another take his office.
9 Let his children be fatherless,
and his wife a widow.
10 Let his children be wandering beggars.
Let them be sought from their ruins.
11 Let the creditor seize all that he has.
Let strangers plunder the fruit of his
labor.
12 Letthere be no one to extend kindness to
him, neither let there be anyone to have
pity on his fatherless children.
13 Let his posterity be cut off.
In the generation following let their
name be blotted out.
14 Let the iniquity of his fathers be remembered by Yahweh.
Don’t let 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 didn’t remember to show
kindness, but persecuted the poor and needy
man, the broken in heart, to kill them.
17 Yes, he loved cursing, and it came to him.
He didn’t delight in blessing, and it
was far from him.
18 He clothed himself also with cursing as
with his garment. It came into his inward parts like water,
like oil into his bones.
19 Let it be to him as the clothing with
which he covers himself, for the belt that is always around him.
20 This is the reward of my adversaries
from Yahweh, of those who speak evil against my
soul.
21 But deal with me, Yahweh the Lord,† for
your name’s sake, because your loving kindness is good,
deliver me;
22 for I am poor and needy.
My heart is wounded within me.
23 I fade away like an evening shadow.
I am shaken off like a locust.
24 My knees are weak through fasting.
My body is thin and lacks fat.
25 I have also become a reproach to them.
When they see me, they shake their
head.
26 Help me, Yahweh, my God.
Save me according to your loving
kindness;
27 that they may know that this is your
hand; that you, Yahweh, have done it.
28 They may curse, but you bless.
When they arise, they will be shamed,
but your servant shall rejoice.
29 Let my adversaries be clothed with dishonor.
Let them cover themselves with their
own shame as with a robe.
30 I will give great thanks to Yahweh with
my mouth. Yes, I will praise him among the multitude.
31 For he will stand at the right hand of the
needy, to save him from those who judge his
soul.