Psalms 109
1 God, you are the one whom I praise, [So please] answer [my prayer],
| למנצח לדוד מזמור אלהי תהלתי אל-תחרש |
2 because wicked people slander me and tell [MTY] lies about me.
| כי פי רשע ופי-מרמה--עלי פתחו דברו אתי לשון שקר |
3 They are constantly saying that they hate me, and they say evil things about me for no reason.
| ודברי שנאה סבבוני וילחמוני חנם |
4 I show them that I want to be their friends and I pray for them, but [instead of being kind to me], they say that I have done evil things.
| תחת-אהבתי ישטנוני ואני תפלה |
5 In return for my doing good things for them and loving them, they do evil things to me and hate me.
| וישימו עלי רעה תחת טובה ושנאה תחת אהבתי |
6 They said, “Appoint a wicked [judge] who will judge him, and bring in one of his enemies who will stand up and accuse him.
| הפקד עליו רשע ושטן יעמד על-ימינו |
7 And cause that when the trial [ends], [the judge will] declare that he is guilty, and that [even] his prayer will be considered to be a sin.
| בהשפטו יצא רשע ותפלתו תהיה לחטאה |
8 [Then], cause that he will soon die and that someone else will have his job/work (OR, possessions).
| יהיו-ימיו מעטים פקדתו יקח אחר |
9 Cause that his children will not have a father any more and that his wife will become a widow.
| יהיו-בניו יתומים ואשתו אלמנה |
10 Cause that his children will be forced to leave the ruined homes that they have been living in and wander around begging for food.
| ונוע ינועו בניו ושאלו ודרשו מחרבותיהם |
11 Cause that all the people to whom he owed money will seize all his property; Cause that strangers will take away everything that he worked to acquire.
| ינקש נושה לכל-אשר-לו ויבזו זרים יגיעו |
12 Cause that [while he is still living] no one will be kind to him, and [after he dies], cause that no one will pity his children.
| אל-יהי-לו משך חסד ואל-יהי חונן ליתומיו |
13 Cause that all his descendants will die and that his grandchildren will not remember who he [MTY] was.
| יהי-אחריתו להכרית בדור אחר ימח שמם |
14 Yahweh, remember [and do not forgive] his ancestors for the evil things that they did, and do not [even] forgive the sins that his mother committed;
| יזכר עון אבתיו--אל-יהוה וחטאת אמו אל-תמח |
15 think about his sins continually, and cause that his name will be completely forgotten.
| יהיו נגד-יהוה תמיד ויכרת מארץ זכרם |
16 He never was kind to anyone; he (persecuted/cause problems for) poor and needy [people] and even killed helpless [people].
| יען-- אשר לא זכר עשות חסד וירדף איש-עני ואביון--ונכאה לבב למותת |
17 He liked to curse [people]. [So] cause those terrible things that he requested to happen to others to happen to him! He did not want to bless [others], [so] cause that no one will bless him!
| ויאהב קללה ותבואהו ולא-חפץ בברכה ותרחק ממנו |
18 He cursed other people [as often/easily] as he put on his clothes [SIM]; cause that the terrible things that he wanted to happen to others will [happen to him and] enter his body like water [that he drinks] [SIM], like [olive] oil soaks into a person’s bones [when it is rubbed on his skin] [SIM].
| וילבש קללה כמדו ותבא כמים בקרבו וכשמן בעצמותיו |
19 Cause that those terrible things will cling to him like his clothes and be around him like the belt that he wears every day.”
| תהי-לו כבגד יעטה ולמזח תמיד יחגרה |
20 Yahweh, I want you to punish all my enemies that way, those who say evil things about me.
| זאת פעלת שטני מאת יהוה והדברים רע על-נפשי |
21 But Yahweh, my God, do good things for me in order that I may honor you; rescue me [from my enemies] because your faithfully loving me is good.
| ואתה יהוה אדני-- עשה-אתי למען שמך כי-טוב חסדך הצילני |
22 [I ask you to do this] because I am poor and needy and my inner being is (full of pain/very troubled/discouraged).
| כי-עני ואביון אנכי ולבי חלל בקרבי |
23 [I think that] my time [to remain alive] is short, like an evening shadow [that will soon disappear] [SIM]. I will be blown away like a locust/grasshopper is blown [by the wind].
| כצל-כנטותו נהלכתי ננערתי כארבה |
24 My knees are weak because I have (fasted/abstained from eating food) very often, and my body has become very thin.
| ברכי כשלו מצום ובשרי כחש משמן |
25 The people who accuse me make fun of me; when they see me, they [insult me by] shaking their heads [at me as though I were an evil man].
| ואני הייתי חרפה להם יראוני יניעון ראשם |
26 Yahweh, my God, help me! Because you faithfully love [me], rescue me!
| עזרני יהוה אלהי הושיעני כחסדך |
27 [When you save me], cause my enemies to know that you are the one who has done it!
| וידעו כי-ידך זאת אתה יהוה עשיתה |
28 They may curse me, but I ask that you bless me. Cause those who (persecute/cause problems for) me [to be defeated and as a result] to be disgraced/ashamed, and cause me to be glad/happy!
| יקללו-המה ואתה תברך קמו ויבשו--ועבדך ישמח |
29 Cause those who accuse me to be completely disgraced; cause [other people to see] that they are disgraced, as [easily as they see] the clothes that they wear [SIM]!
| ילבשו שוטני כלמה ויעטו כמעיל בשתם |
30 But I will thank Yahweh very greatly; I will praise him [when I am] among the crowd [of people who are worshiping him].
| אודה יהוה מאד בפי ובתוך רבים אהללנו |
31 [I will do that] because he defends [MTY] needy [people like me], and saves us from those who have decided/declared that we must be executed.
| כי-יעמד לימין אביון-- להושיע משפטי נפשו |
