109:1
To the chief Musician[H5329], A Psalm[H4210] of David[H1732]. Hold not thy peace[H2790], O God[H430] of my praise[H8416];
109:2
For the mouth[H6310] of the wicked[H7563] and the mouth of the deceitful[H4820] are opened[H6605] against me: they have spoken[H1696] against me with a lying[H8267] tongue[H3956].
109:3
They compassed[H5437] me about also with words[H1697] of hatred[H8135]; and fought[H3898] against me without a cause[H2600].
109:4
For my love[H160] they are my adversaries[H7853]: but I give myself unto prayer[H8605].
109:5
And they have rewarded[H7760] me evil[H7451] for good[H2896], and hatred[H8135] for my love[H160].
109:6
Set[H6485] thou a wicked man[H7563] over him: and let Satan[H7854] stand[H5975] at his right hand[H3225].
109:7
When he shall be[H3318] judged[H8199], let him be condemned[H7563]: and let his prayer[H8605] become sin[H2401].
109:8
Let his days[H3117] be few[H4592]; and let another[H312] take[H3947] his office[H6486].
109:9
Let his children[H1121] be fatherless[H3490], and his wife[H802] a widow[H490].
109:10
Let his children[H1121] be continually[H5128] vagabonds[H5128], and beg[H7592]: let them seek[H1875] their bread also out of their desolate places[H2723].
109:11
Let the extortioner[H5383] catch[H5367] all that he hath; and let the strangers[H2114] spoil[H962] his labour[H3018].
109:12
Let there be none to extend[H4900] mercy[H2617] unto him: neither let there be any to favour[H2603] his fatherless children[H3490].
109:13
Let his posterity[H319] be cut off[H3772]; and in the generation[H1755] following[H312] let their name[H8034] be blotted out[H4229].
109:14
Let the iniquity[H5771] of his fathers[H1] be remembered[H2142] with the LORD[H3068]; and let not the sin[H2403] of his mother[H517] be blotted out[H4229].
109:15
Let them be before the LORD[H3068] continually[H8548], that he may cut off[H3772] the memory[H2143] of them from the earth[H776].
109:16
Because that he remembered[H2142] not to shew[H6213] mercy[H2617], but persecuted[H7291] the poor[H6041] and needy[H34] man[H376], that he might even slay[H4191] the broken[H3512] in heart[H3824].
109:17
As he loved[H157] cursing[H7045], so let it come[H935] unto him: as he delighted[H2654] not in blessing[H1293], so let it be far[H7368] from him.
109:18
As he clothed[H3847] himself with cursing[H7045] like as with his garment[H4055], so let it come[H935] into his bowels[H7130] like water[H4325], and like oil[H8081] into his bones[H6106].
109:19
Let it be unto him as the garment[H899] which covereth[H5844] him, and for a girdle[H4206] wherewith he is girded[H2296] continually[H8548].
109:20
Let this be the reward[H6468] of mine adversaries[H7853] from the LORD[H3068], and of them that speak[H1696] evil[H7451] against my soul[H5315].
109:21
But do[H6213] thou for me, O GOD[H3069] the Lord[H136], for thy name's[H8034] sake: because thy mercy[H2617] is good[H2896], deliver[H5337] thou me.
109:22
For I am poor[H6041] and needy[H34], and my heart[H3820] is wounded[H2490] within[H7130] me.
109:23
I am gone[H1980] like the shadow[H6738] when it declineth[H5186]: I am tossed up and down[H5287] as the locust[H697].
109:24
My knees[H1290] are weak[H3782] through fasting[H6685]; and my flesh[H1320] faileth[H3584] of fatness[H8081].
109:25
I became also a reproach[H2781] unto them: when they looked[H7200] upon me they shaked[H5128] their heads[H7218].
109:26
Help[H5826] me, O LORD[H3068] my God[H430]: O save[H3467] me according to thy mercy[H2617]:
109:27
That they may know[H3045] that this is thy hand[H3027]; that thou, LORD[H3068], hast done[H6213] it.
109:28
Let them curse[H7043], but bless[H1288] thou: when they arise[H6965], let them be ashamed[H954]; but let thy servant[H5650] rejoice[H8055].
109:29
Let mine adversaries[H7853] be clothed[H3847] with shame[H3639], and let them cover[H5844] themselves with their own confusion[H1322], as with a mantle[H4598].
109:30
I will greatly[H3966] praise[H3034] the LORD[H3068] with my mouth[H6310]; yea, I will praise[H1984] him among[H8432] the multitude[H7227].
109:31
For he shall stand[H5975] at the right hand[H3225] of the poor[H34], to save[H3467] him from those that condemn[H8199] his soul[H5315].