Psalms 109

1 God of my praise, let my prayer be answered;

1Hold not thy peace, O God of my praise;

1A psalm for David. The Lord said to my Lord: Sit thou at my right hand: Until I make thy enemies thy footstool.

2For the mouth of the sinner is open against me in deceit: his tongue has said false things against me.

2For the mouth of the wicked and the mouth of deceit have they opened against me: They have spoken unto me with a lying tongue.

2The Lord will send forth the sceptre of thy power out of Sion: rule thou in the midst of thy enemies.

3Words of hate are round about me; they have made war against me without cause.

3They have compassed me about also with words of hatred, And fought against me without a cause.

3With thee is the principality in the day of thy strength: in the brightness of the saints: from the womb before the day star I begot thee.

4For my love they give me back hate; but I have given myself to prayer.

4For my love they are my adversaries: But Igive myself untoprayer.

4The Lord hath sworn, and he will not repent: Thou art a priest for ever according to the order of Melchisedech.

5They have put on me evil for good; hate in exchange for my love.

5And they have rewarded me evil for good, And hatred for my love.

5The Lord at thy right hand hath broken kings in the day of his wrath.

6Put an evil man over him; and let one be placed at his right hand to say evil of him.

6Set thou a wicked man over him; And let an adversary stand at his right hand.

6He shall judge among nations, he shall fill ruins: he shall crush the heads in the land of many.

7When he is judged, let the decision go against him; and may his prayer become sin.

7When he is judged, let him come forth guilty; And let his prayer be turned into sin.

7He shall drink of the torrent in the way: therefore shall he lift up the head.

8Let his life be short; let another take his position of authority.

8Let his days be few; Andlet another take his office.

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9Let his children have no father, and his wife be made a widow.

9Let his children be fatherless, And his wife a widow.

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10Let his children be wanderers, looking to others for their food; let them be sent away from the company of their friends.

10Let his children be vagabonds, and beg; And let them seek their bread out of their desolate places.

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11Let his creditor take all his goods; and let others have the profit of his work.

11Let the extortioner catch all that he hath; And let strangers make spoil of his labor.

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12Let no man have pity on him, or give help to his children when he is dead.

12Let there be none to extend kindness unto him; Neither let there be any to have pity on his fatherless children.

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13Let his seed be cut off; in the coming generation let their name go out of memory.

13Let his posterity be cut off; In the generation following let their name be blotted out.

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14Let the Lord keep in mind the wrongdoing of his fathers; and may the sin of his mother have no forgiveness.

14Let the iniquity of his fathers be remembered with Jehovah; And let not the sin of his mother be blotted out.

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15Let them be ever before the eyes of the Lord, so that the memory of them may be cut off from the earth.

15Let them be before Jehovah continually, That he may cut off the memory of them from the earth;

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16Because he had no mercy, but was cruel to the low and the poor, designing the death of the broken-hearted.

16Because he remembered not to show kindness, But persecuted the poor and needy man, And the broken in heart, to slay them.

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17As he took pleasure in cursing, so let it come on him; and as he had no delight in blessing, let it be far from him.

17Yea, he loved cursing, and it came unto him; And he delighted not in blessing, and it was far from him.

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18He put on cursing like a robe, and it has come into his body like water, and into his bones like oil.

18He clothed himself also with cursing as with his garment, And it came into his inward parts like water, And like oil into his bones.

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19Let it be to him as a robe which he puts on, let it be like a band which is round him at all times.

19Let it be unto him as the raiment wherewith he covereth himself, And for the girdle wherewith he is girded continually.

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20Let this be the reward given to my haters from the Lord, and to those who say evil of my soul.

20This is the reward of mine adversaries from Jehovah, And of them that speak evil against my soul.

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21But, O Lord God, give me your help, because of your name; take me out of danger, because your mercy is good.

21But deal thou with me, O Jehovah the Lord, for thy name’s sake: Because thy lovingkindness is good, deliver thou me;

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22For I am poor and in need, and my heart is wounded in me.

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

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23I am gone like the shade when it is stretched out: I am forced out of my place like a locust.

23I am gone like the shadow when it declineth: I am tossed up and down as the locust.

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24My knees are feeble for need of food; there is no fat on my bones.

24My knees are weak through fasting; And my flesh faileth of fatness.

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25As for me, they make sport of me; shaking their heads when they see me.

25I am become also a reproach unto them: When they see me, they shake their head.

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26Give me help, O Lord my God; in your mercy be my saviour;

26Help me, O Jehovah my God; Oh save me according to thy lovingkindness:

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27So that they may see that it is the work of your hand; that you, Lord, have done it.

27That they may know that this is thy hand; That thou, Jehovah, hast done it.

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28They may give curses but you give blessing; when they come up against me, put them to shame; but let your servant be glad.

28Let them curse, but bless thou: When they arise, they shall be put to shame, But thy servant shall rejoice.

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29Let my haters be clothed with shame, covering themselves with shame as with a robe.

29Let mine adversaries be clothed with dishonor, And let them cover themselves with their own shame as with a robe.

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30I will give the Lord great praise with my mouth; yes, I will give praise to him among all the people.

30I will give great thanks unto Jehovah with my mouth; Yea, I will praise him among the multitude.

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31For he is ever at the right hand of the poor, to take him out of the hands of those who go after his soul.

31For he will stand at the right hand of the needy, To save him from them that judge his soul.

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