Psalm 109 :: English Standard Version (ESV)

Help Me, O Lord My God

Psa 109:1

Psa 109:1To the choirmaster. A Psalm of David.
Be not silent, O God of my praise!

Psa 109:2

Psa 109:2For wicked and deceitful mouths are opened against me,
speaking against me with lying tongues.

Psa 109:3

Psa 109:3They encircle me with words of hate,
and attack me without cause.

Psa 109:4

Psa 109:4In return for my love they accuse me,
but I give myself to prayer.[fn]

Psa 109:5

Psa 109:5So they reward me evil for good,
and hatred for my love.

Psa 109:6

Psa 109:6Appoint a wicked man against him;
let an accuser stand at his right hand.

Psa 109:7

Psa 109:7When he is tried, let him come forth guilty;
let his prayer be counted as sin!

Psa 109:8

Psa 109:8May his days be few;
may another take his office!

Psa 109:9

Psa 109:9May his children be fatherless
and his wife a widow!

Psa 109:10

Psa 109:10May his children wander about and beg,
seeking food far from the ruins they inhabit!

Psa 109:11

Psa 109:11May the creditor seize all that he has;
may strangers plunder the fruits of his toil!

Psa 109:12

Psa 109:12Let there be none to extend kindness to him,
nor any to pity his fatherless children!

Psa 109:13

Psa 109:13May his posterity be cut off;
may his name be blotted out in the second generation!

Psa 109:14

Psa 109:14May the iniquity of his fathers be remembered before the LORD,
and let not the sin of his mother be blotted out!

Psa 109:15

Psa 109:15Let them be before the LORD continually,
that he may cut off the memory of them from the earth!

Psa 109:16

Psa 109:16For he did not remember to show kindness,
but pursued the poor and needy
and the brokenhearted, to put them to death.

Psa 109:17

Psa 109:17He loved to curse; let curses come[fn] upon him!
He did not delight in blessing; may it be far[fn] from him!

Psa 109:18

Psa 109:18He clothed himself with cursing as his coat;
may it soak[fn] into his body like water,
like oil into his bones!

Psa 109:19

Psa 109:19May it be like a garment that he wraps around him,
like a belt that he puts on every day!

Psa 109:20

Psa 109:20May this be the reward of my accusers from the LORD,
of those who speak evil against my life!

Psa 109:21

Psa 109:21But you, O GOD my Lord,
deal on my behalf for your name’s sake;
because your steadfast love is good, deliver me!

Psa 109:22

Psa 109:22For I am poor and needy,
and my heart is stricken within me.

Psa 109:23

Psa 109:23I am gone like a shadow at evening;
I am shaken off like a locust.

Psa 109:24

Psa 109:24My knees are weak through fasting;
my body has become gaunt, with no fat.

Psa 109:25

Psa 109:25I am an object of scorn to my accusers;
when they see me, they wag their heads.

Psa 109:26

Psa 109:26Help me, O LORD my God!
Save me according to your steadfast love!

Psa 109:27

Psa 109:27Let them know that this is your hand;
you, O LORD, have done it!

Psa 109:28

Psa 109:28Let them curse, but you will bless!
They arise and are put to shame, but your servant will be glad!

Psa 109:29

Psa 109:29May my accusers be clothed with dishonor;
may they be wrapped in their own shame as in a cloak!

Psa 109:30

Psa 109:30With my mouth I will give great thanks to the LORD;
I will praise him in the midst of the throng.

Psa 109:31

Psa 109:31For he stands at the right hand of the needy one,
to save him from those who condemn his soul to death.

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ESV Footnotes

(109:4)

Hebrew but I am prayer

(109:17)

Revocalization; Masoretic Text curses have come

(109:17)

Revocalization; Masoretic Text it is far

(109:18)

Revocalization; Masoretic Text it has soaked

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