Psalm 109

Help Me, O Lord My God

To the choirmaster. A Psalm of David.

1  Be not silent, O God of my praise!
2  For wicked and deceitful mouths are opened against me,
speaking against me with lying tongues.
3  They encircle me with words of hate,
and attack me without cause.
4  In return for my love they accuse me,
but I give myself to prayer.t
5  So they reward me evil for good,
and hatred for my love.

6  Appoint a wicked man against him;
let an accuser stand at his right hand.
7  When he is tried, let him come forth guilty;
let his prayer be counted as sin!
8  May his days be few;
may another take his office!
9  May his children be fatherless
and his wife a widow!
10  May his children wander about and beg,
seeking food far from the ruins they inhabit!
11  May the creditor seize all that he has;
may strangers plunder the fruits of his toil!
12  Let there be none to extend kindness to him,
nor any to pity his fatherless children!
13  May his posterity be cut off;
may his name be blotted out in the second generation!
14  May the iniquity of his fathers be remembered before the Lord,
and let not the sin of his mother be blotted out!
15  Let them be before the Lord continually,
that he may cut off the memory of them from the earth!

16  For he did not remember to show kindness,
but pursued the poor and needy
and the brokenhearted, to put them to death.
17  He loved to curse; let curses comet upon him!
He did not delight in blessing; may it be fart from him!
18  He clothed himself with cursing as his coat;
may it soakt into his body like water,
like oil into his bones!
19  May it be like a garment that he wraps around him,
like a belt that he puts on every day!
20  May this be the reward of my accusers from the Lord,
of those who speak evil against my life!

21  But you, O God my Lord,
deal on my behalf for your name's sake;
because your steadfast love is good, deliver me!
22  For I am poor and needy,
and my heart is stricken within me.
23  I am gone like a shadow at evening;
I am shaken off like a locust.
24  My knees are weak through fasting;
my body has become gaunt, with no fat.
25  I am an object of scorn to my accusers;
when they see me, they wag their heads.

26  Help me, O Lord my God!
Save me according to your steadfast love!
27  Let them know that this is your hand;
you, O Lord, have done it!
28  Let them curse, but you will bless!
They arise and are put to shame, but your servant will be glad!
29  May my accusers be clothed with dishonor;
may they be wrapped in their own shame as in a cloak!

30  With my mouth I will give great thanks to the Lord;
I will praise him in the midst of the throng.
31  For he stands at the right hand of the needy one,
to save him from those who condemn his soul to death.

Psalm 109

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

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

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

4 For my love they are my adversaries: But I give myself unto prayer.

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

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

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

8 Let his days be few; And let another take his office.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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