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