Psalms 109

1 To the Chief Musician. David’s. A Melody. O God of my praise, do not be silent;

For the Chief Musician. A Psalm by David. God of my praise, don’t remain silent,

2 For, the mouth of the lawless one and the mouth of the deceiver, against me, are open, They have spoken to me with false tongue;

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 And, with words of hatred, have they surrounded me, and have made war upon me without cause:

They have also surrounded me with words of hatred, and fought against me without a cause.

4 For my love, they have been accusing me, while, I, was at prayer:

In return for my love, they are my adversaries; but I am in prayer.

5 Yea they have returned unto me—Evil for good; and, Hatred for my love.

They have rewarded me evil for good, and hatred for my love.

6 Set in charge over him, one who is lawless, and let, an accuser, stand at his right hand;

Set a wicked man over him. Let an adversary stand at his right hand.

7 When he is judged, let him go out condemned, and let, his own petition, become a sin;

When he is judged, let him come out guilty. Let his prayer be turned into sin.

8 Let his days become few, his overseership, let another take;

Let his days be few. Let another take his office.

9 Let his children become fatherless, and his wife a widow;

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

10 Let his children, wander about, and beg, Let them be driven out of their ruins;

Let his children be wandering beggars. Let them be sought from their ruins.

11 Let the creditor take aim at all that he hath, and let strangers prey on the fruit of his toil;

Let the creditor seize all that he has. Let strangers plunder the fruit of his labour.

12 Let him have no one to continue lovingkindness, and there be none to favour his fatherless children;

Let there 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 for cutting off, In another generation, let their name be wiped out;

Let his posterity be cut off. In the generation following let their name be blotted out.

14 Remembered be the iniquity of his fathers against Yahweh, and, the sin of his mother, let it not be wiped out;

Let the iniquity of his fathers be remembered by the LORD. Don’t let the sin of his mother be blotted out.

15 Let them be before Yahweh continually, and let the memory of them, be cut off out of the earth.

Let them be before the LORD continually, that he may cut off their memory from the earth;

16 Because that he remembered not to show lovingkindness, but pursued the man that was oppressed and needy, that, the downhearted, he might slay.

because he didn’t remember to show kindness, but persecuted the poor and needy man, the broken in heart, to kill them.

17 Because he loved cursing, May it have come upon him, Because he delighted not in blessing, May it have kept far from him;

Yes, he loved cursing, and it came to him. He didn’t delight in blessing, and it was far from him.

18 Because he clothed himself in cursing as his outer garment, therefore may it have entered like water into his inward part, and like oil into his bones;

He clothed himself also with cursing as with his garment. It came into his inward parts like water, like oil into his bones.

19 Be it his, as a garment he shall wrap round him, and for a girdle he shall, at all times, gird on:

Let it be to him as the clothing with which he covers himself, for the belt that is always around him.

20 This, be the reward of mine accusers, from Yahweh, even of them who are speaking wrongfully against my life.

This is the reward of my adversaries from the LORD, of those who speak evil against my soul.

21 But, thou, Yahweh, Adonay, deal effectually with me, for the sake of thy Name, Since good is thy lovingkindness, O rescue me;

But deal with me, GOD the Lord, for your name’s sake, because your loving kindness is good, deliver me;

22 For, oppressed and needy, I am, and, my heart, is wounded within me.

for I am poor and needy. My heart is wounded within me.

23 As a shadow when it stretcheth out, I am gone, I am shaken off like the locust;

I fade away like an evening shadow. I am shaken off like a locust.

24 My knees, tremble from fasting, and, my flesh, faileth of fatness:

My knees are weak through fasting. My body is thin and lacks fat.

25 So, I, am become a reproach for them, They see me, they shake their head.

I have also become a reproach to them. When they see me, they shake their head.

26 Help me! O Yahweh my God, Save me, according to thy lovingkindness:

Help me, LORD, my God. Save me according to your loving kindness;

27 That they may know that, Thine own hand, this is, Thou, Yahweh, hast done it.

that they may know that this is your hand; that you, LORD, have done it.

28 They, may curse if, thou, wilt bless, —Mine assailants, shall be ashamed, but, thy servant, shall rejoice;

They may curse, but you bless. When they arise, they will be shamed, but your servant shall rejoice.

29 Mine accusers shall be clothed with confusion, and shall wrap about them, like a cloak, their own shame.

Let my adversaries be clothed with dishonour. Let them cover themselves with their own shame as with a robe.

30 I will thank Yahweh loudly with my mouth, Yea, in the midst of multitudes, will I praise him;

I will give great thanks to the LORD with my mouth. Yes, I will praise him amongst the multitude.

31 Because he standeth at the right hand of the needy, To save, from them who would pass sentence on his life.

For he will stand at the right hand of the needy, to save him from those who judge his soul.