Psalms 109
1 For the end, a Psalm of David. For the end, a Psalm of David. O God, pass not over my praise in silence;
| למנצח לדוד מזמור אלהי תהלתי אל תחרש׃ |
2 for the mouth of the sinner and the mouth of the crafty [man] have been opened against me: they have spoken against me with a crafty tongue.
| כי פי רשע ופי מרמה עלי פתחו דברו אתי לשון שקר׃ |
3 And they have compassed me with words of hatred; and fought against me without a cause.
| ודברי שנאה סבבוני וילחמוני חנם׃ |
4 Instead of loving me, they falsely accused me: but I continued to pray.
| תחת אהבתי ישטנוני ואני תפלה׃ |
5 And they rewarded me evil for good, and hatred for my love.
| וישימו עלי רעה תחת טובה ושנאה תחת אהבתי׃ |
6 Set thou a sinner against him; and let the devil stand at his right hand.
| הפקד עליו רשע ושטן יעמד על ימינו׃ |
7 When he is judged, let him go forth condemned: and let his prayer become sin.
| בהשפטו יצא רשע ותפלתו תהיה לחטאה׃ |
8 Let his days be few: and let another take his office of overseer.
| יהיו ימיו מעטים פקדתו יקח אחר׃ |
9 Let his children be orphans, and his wife a widow.
| יהיו בניו יתומים ואשתו אלמנה׃ |
10 Let his children wander without a dwelling-place, and beg: let them be cast out of their habitations.
| ונוע ינועו בניו ושאלו ודרשו מחרבותיהם׃ |
11 Let [his] creditor exact all that belongs to him: and let strangers spoil his labours.
| ינקש נושה לכל אשר לו ויבזו זרים יגיעו׃ |
12 Let him have no helper; neither let there be any one to have compassion on his fatherless children.
| אל יהי לו משך חסד ואל יהי חונן ליתומיו׃ |
13 Let his children be [given up] to utter destruction: in one generation let his name be blotted out.
| יהי אחריתו להכרית בדור אחר ימח שמם׃ |
14 Let the iniquity of his fathers be remembered before the Lord; and let not the sin of his mother be blotted out.
| יזכר עון אבתיו אל יהוה וחטאת אמו אל תמח׃ |
15 Let them be before the Lord continually; and let their memorial be blotted out from the earth.
| יהיו נגד יהוה תמיד ויכרת מארץ זכרם׃ |
16 Because he remembered not to shew mercy, but persecuted the needy and poor man, and [that] to slay him that was pricked in the heart.
| יען אשר לא זכר עשות חסד וירדף איש עני ואביון ונכאה לבב למותת׃ |
17 He loved cursing also, and it shall come upon him; and he took not pleasure in blessing, so it shall be removed far from him.
| ויאהב קללה ותבואהו ולא חפץ בברכה ותרחק ממנו׃ |
18 Yea, he put on cursing as a garment, and it is come as water into his bowels, and as oil into his bones.
| וילבש קללה כמדו ותבא כמים בקרבו וכשמן בעצמותיו׃ |
19 Let it be to him as a garment which he puts on, and as a girdle with which he girds himself continually.
| תהי לו כבגד יעטה ולמזח תמיד יחגרה׃ |
20 This is the dealing of the Lord with those who falsely accuse me, and of them that speak evil against my soul.
| זאת פעלת שטני מאת יהוה והדברים רע על נפשי׃ |
21 But thou, O Lord, Lord, deal [mercifully] with me, for thy name's sake: for thy mercy is good.
| ואתה יהוה אדני עשה אתי למען שמך כי טוב חסדך הצילני׃ |
22 Deliver me, for I am poor and needy; and my heart is troubled within me.
| כי עני ואביון אנכי ולבי חלל בקרבי׃ |
23 I am removed as a shadow in its going down: I am tossed up and down like locusts.
| כצל כנטותו נהלכתי ננערתי כארבה׃ |
24 My knees are weakened through fasting, and my flesh is changed by reason of [the want of] oil.
| ברכי כשלו מצום ובשרי כחש משמן׃ |
25 I became also a reproach to them: [when] they saw me they shook their heads.
| ואני הייתי חרפה להם יראוני יניעון ראשם׃ |
26 Help me, O Lord my God; and save me according to thy mercy.
| עזרני יהוה אלהי הושיעני כחסדך׃ |
27 And let them know that this is thy hand; and [that] thou, Lord, hast wrought it.
| וידעו כי ידך זאת אתה יהוה עשיתה׃ |
28 Let them curse, but thou shalt bless: let them that rise up against me be ashamed, but let thy servant rejoice.
| יקללו המה ואתה תברך קמו ויבשו ועבדך ישמח׃ |
29 Let those that falsely accuse me be clothed with shame, and let them cover themselves with their shame as with a mantle.
| ילבשו שוטני כלמה ויעטו כמעיל בשתם׃ |
30 I will give thanks to the Lord abundantly with my mouth; and in the midst of many I will praise him.
| אודה יהוה מאד בפי ובתוך רבים אהללנו׃ |
31 For he stood on the right hand of the poor, to save [me] from them that persecute my soul.
| כי יעמד לימין אביון להושיע משפטי נפשו׃ |
