Psalms 109

1 Unto the end, a psalm for David.

For the end, a Psalm of David. For the end, a Psalm of David. O God, pass not over my praise in silence;

2 O God, be not thou silent in thy praise: for the mouth of the wicked and the mouth of the deceitful man is opened against me.

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.

3 They have spoken against with deceitful tongues; and they have compassed me about with words of hatred; and have fought against me without cause.

And they have compassed me with words of hatred; and fought against me without a cause.

4 Instead of making me a return of love, they detracted me: but I gave myself to prayer.

Instead of loving me, they falsely accused me: but I continued to pray.

5 And they repaid me evil for good: and hatred for my love.

And they rewarded me evil for good, and hatred for my love.

6 Set thou the sinner over him: and may the devil stand at his right hand.

Set you a sinner against him; and let the devil stand at his right hand.

7 When he is judged, may he go out condemned; and may his prayer be turned to sin.

When he is judged, let him go forth condemned: and let his prayer become sin.

8 May his days be few: and his bishopric let another take.

Let his days be few: and let another take his office of overseer.

9 May his children be fatherless, and his wife a widow.

Let his children be orphans, and his wife a widow.

10 Let his children be carried about vagabonds, and beg; and let them be cast out of their dwellings.

Let his children wander without a dwelling-place, and beg: let them be cast out of their habitations.

11 May the userer search all his substance: and let strangers plunder his labours.

Let [his] creditor exact all that belongs to him: and let strangers spoil his labours.

12 May there be none to help him: nor none to pity his fatherless offspring.

Let him have no helper; neither let there be any one to have compassion on his fatherless children.

13 May his posterity be cut off; in one generation may his name be blotted out.

Let his children be [given up] to utter destruction: in one generation let his name be blotted out.

14 May the iniquity of his fathers be remembered in the sight of the Lord: and let not the sin of his mother be blotted out.

Let the iniquity of his fathers be remembered before the Lord; and let not the sin of his mother be blotted out.

15 May they be before the lord continually, and let the memory of them perish from the earth:

Let them be before the Lord continually; and let their memorial be blotted out from the earth.

16 Because he remembered not to show mercy,

Because he remembered not to show mercy, but persecuted the needy and poor man, and [that] to kill him that was pricked in the heart.

17 But persecuted the poor man and the beggar; and the broken in heart, to put him to death.

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.

18 And he loved cursing, and it shall come unto him: and he would not have blessing, and it shall be far from him. And he put on cursing, like a garment: and it went in like water into his entrails, and like oil in his bones.

Yes, he put on cursing as a garment, and it is come as water into his bowels, and as oil into his bones.

19 May it be unto him like a garment which covereth him; and like a girdle with which he is girded continually.

Let it be to him as a garment which he puts on, and as a girdle with which he girds himself continually.

20 This is the work of them who detract me before the Lord; and who speak evils against my soul.

This is the dealing of the Lord with those who falsely accuse me, and of them that speak evil against my soul.

21 But thou, O Lord, do with for thy names sake: because thy mercy is sweet. Do thou deliver me.

But you, O Lord, Lord, deal [mercifully] with me, for your name's sake: for your mercy is good.

22 For I am poor and needy, and my heart is troubled within me.

Deliver me, for I am poor and needy; and my heart is troubled within me.

23 I am taken away like the shadow when it declineth: and I am shaken off as locusts.

I am removed as a shadow in its going down: I am tossed up and down like locusts.

24 My knees are weakened through fasting: and my flesh is changed for oil.

My knees are weakened through fasting, and my flesh is changed by reason of [the lack of] oil.

25 And I am become a reproach to them: they saw me and they shaked their heads,

I became also a reproach to them: [when] they saw me they shook their heads.

26 Help me, O Lord my God; save me according to thy mercy.

Help me, O Lord my God; and save me according to your mercy.

27 And let them know that this is thy hand: and that thou, O Lord, hast done it.

And let them know that this is your hand; and [that] you, Lord, have wrought it.

28 They will curse and thou will bless: let them that rise up against me be confounded: but thy servant shall rejoice.

Let them curse, but you shall bless: let them that rise up against me be ashamed, but let your servant rejoice.

29 Let them that detract me be clothed with shame: and let them be covered with the their confusion as with a double cloak.

Let those that falsely accuse me be clothed with shame, and let them cover themselves with their shame as with a mantle.

30 I will give great thanks to the Lord with my mouth: and in the midst of many I will praise him.

I will give thanks to the Lord abundantly with my mouth; and in the midst of many I will praise him.

31 Because he hath stood at the right hand of the poor, to save my soul from persecutors.

For he stood on the right hand of the poor, to save [me] from them that persecute my soul.