Psalms 109
1 Unto the end. A Psalm of David.
| למנצח לדוד מזמור אלהי תהלתי אל תחרש׃ |
2 O God, do not be silent toward my praise, for the mouth of the sinner and the mouth of the deceitful one have been opened against me.
| כי פי רשע ופי מרמה עלי פתחו דברו אתי לשון שקר׃ |
3 They have spoken against me with deceitful tongues, and they have surrounded me with hateful words, and they fought against me over nothing.
| ודברי שנאה סבבוני וילחמוני חנם׃ |
4 Instead of choosing to act on my behalf, they detracted me. But I gave myself to prayer.
| תחת אהבתי ישטנוני ואני תפלה׃ |
5 And they set evil against me, instead of good, and hatred, in return for my love.
| וישימו עלי רעה תחת טובה ושנאה תחת אהבתי׃ |
6 Establish the sinner over him, and let the devil stand at his right hand.
| הפקד עליו רשע ושטן יעמד על ימינו׃ |
7 When he is judged, may he go forth in condemnation, and may his prayer be counted as sin.
| בהשפטו יצא רשע ותפלתו תהיה לחטאה׃ |
8 May his days be few, and let another take his episcopate.
| יהיו ימיו מעטים פקדתו יקח אחר׃ |
9 May his sons be orphans, and his wife a widow.
| יהיו בניו יתומים ואשתו אלמנה׃ |
10 May his sons be carried by those who walk unsteadily, and may they go begging. And may they be cast out of their dwelling places.
| ונוע ינועו בניו ושאלו ודרשו מחרבותיהם׃ |
11 May the money lenders scrutinize all his belongings, and let foreigners plunder his labors.
| ינקש נושה לכל אשר לו ויבזו זרים יגיעו׃ |
12 May there be no one to assist him, nor anyone to be compassionate to his orphaned children.
| אל יהי לו משך חסד ואל יהי חונן ליתומיו׃ |
13 May his posterity be in utter ruin. In one generation, may his name be wiped away.
| יהי אחריתו להכרית בדור אחר ימח שמם׃ |
14 May the iniquity of his fathers return in memory before the sight of the Lord, and do not let the sin of his mother be wiped away.
| יזכר עון אבתיו אל יהוה וחטאת אמו אל תמח׃ |
15 May these be opposite the Lord always, but let their memory perish from the earth.
| יהיו נגד יהוה תמיד ויכרת מארץ זכרם׃ |
16 For certain things are not remembered about them, in order to be merciful.
| יען אשר לא זכר עשות חסד וירדף איש עני ואביון ונכאה לבב למותת׃ |
17 And so the destitute man was pursued, with the beggar and the remorseful in heart, so as to be put to death.
| ויאהב קללה ותבואהו ולא חפץ בברכה ותרחק ממנו׃ |
18 And he loved a curse, and it came to him. And he was unwilling to have a blessing, and it went far from him. And he clothed himself with curses like a garment, and it entered his inner self like water, and it entered his bones like oil.
| וילבש קללה כמדו ותבא כמים בקרבו וכשמן בעצמותיו׃ |
19 May it be to him like a garment that covers him, and like a belt that always cinches him.
| תהי לו כבגד יעטה ולמזח תמיד יחגרה׃ |
20 This is the work of those who detract me with the Lord and who speak evils against my soul.
| זאת פעלת שטני מאת יהוה והדברים רע על נפשי׃ |
21 But as for you, Lord, O Lord: act on my behalf for your name’s sake. For your mercy is sweet.
| ואתה יהוה אדני עשה אתי למען שמך כי טוב חסדך הצילני׃ |
22 Free me, for I am destitute and poor, and my heart has been disquieted within me.
| כי עני ואביון אנכי ולבי חלל בקרבי׃ |
23 I have been taken away like a shadow when it declines, and I have been shaken off like locusts.
| כצל כנטותו נהלכתי ננערתי כארבה׃ |
24 My knees have been weakened by fasting, and my flesh has been replaced by oil.
| ברכי כשלו מצום ובשרי כחש משמן׃ |
25 And I have become a disgrace to them. They saw me, and they shook their heads.
| ואני הייתי חרפה להם יראוני יניעון ראשם׃ |
26 Help me, O Lord, my God. Save me according to your mercy.
| עזרני יהוה אלהי הושיעני כחסדך׃ |
27 And let them know that this is your hand, and that you, O Lord, have done this.
| וידעו כי ידך זאת אתה יהוה עשיתה׃ |
28 They will curse, and you will bless. May those who rise up against me be confounded. But your servant will rejoice.
| יקללו המה ואתה תברך קמו ויבשו ועבדך ישמח׃ |
29 May those who detract me be clothed with shame, and may they be covered with their confusion, as if with a double cloak.
| ילבשו שוטני כלמה ויעטו כמעיל בשתם׃ |
30 I will confess exceedingly to the Lord with my mouth. And I will praise him in the midst of the multitude.
| אודה יהוה מאד בפי ובתוך רבים אהללנו׃ |
31 For he stands at the right hand of the poor, in order to save my soul from persecutors.
| כי יעמד לימין אביון להושיע משפטי נפשו׃ |
