Psa 109:1
For the choir director. Of David. A Psalm.
O God H430 of my praise H8416,
Do not be H2790 silent H2790!
Psa 109:2
For they have opened H6605 a wicked H7563 mouth H6310 and a deceitful H4820 mouth H6310 against H5921 me;
They have spoken H1696 to H854 me with a lying H8267 tongue H3956.
Psa 109:3
They have also surrounded H5437 me with words H1697 of hatred H8135,
And fought H3898 against me without H2600 cause H2600.
Psa 109:4
In H8478 return H8478 for H8478 my love H160 they accuse H7853 me;
But I am in prayer H8605.
Psa 109:5
Thus they have set H7760 upon me evil H7451 for good H2896
And hatred H8135 for my love H160.
Psa 109:6
Appoint H6485 a wicked H7563 man H7563 over H5921 him,
And let an [fn]accuser H7854 stand H5975 at his right H3225 hand H3225.
Psa 109:7
When he is judged H8199, let him come H3318 forth H3318 a wicked H7563 man,
And let his prayer H8605 become H1961 sin H2401.
Psa 109:8
Let his days H3117 be few H4592;
Let another H312 take H3947 his office H6486.
Psa 109:9
Let his sons H1121 be orphans H3490
And his wife H802 a widow H490.
Psa 109:10
Let his sons H1121 wander H5128 aimlessly H5128 and beg H7592;
And let them search H1875 for food [fn]from their ruined H2723 homes H2723.
Psa 109:11
Let the creditor H5383 [fn]seize H5367 all H3605 that he has,
And let strangers H2114 plunder H962 the fruit H3018 of H3018 his labor H3018.
Psa 109:12
Let there be none H408 to [fn]extend H4900 lovingkindness H2617 to him,
And H408 let there be none to be H2603 gracious H2603 to his orphans H3490.
Psa 109:13
Let those who follow H319 him be [fn]cut H3772 off H3772;
In a following H312 generation H1755 let their name H8034 be blotted H4229 out H4229.
Psa 109:14
Let the iniquity H5771 of his fathers H1 be remembered H2142 [fn]before H413 Yahweh H3068,
And let not the sin H2403 of his mother H517 be blotted H4229 out H4229.
Psa 109:15
Let them be before H5048 Yahweh H3068 continually H8548,
That He may cut H3772 off H3772 their memory H2143 from the earth H776;
Psa 109:16
Because H3282 he did not remember H2142 to show H6213 lovingkindness H2617,
But persecuted H7291 the afflicted H6041, the needy H34 man H376,
And the disheartened H3512 H3824 to put H4191 them to H4191 death H4191.
Psa 109:17
He also loved H157 cursing H7045, so it came H935 to him;
And he did not delight H2654 in blessing H1293, so it was H7368 far H7368 from him.
Psa 109:18
But he clothed H3847 himself with cursing H7045 as his garment H4055,
And it came H935 into his inward H7130 parts H7130 like water H4325
And like oil H8081 into his bones H6106.
Psa 109:19
Let it be to him as a garment H899 with which he wraps H5844 himself,
And for a belt H4206 with which he constantly H8548 girds H2296 himself.
Psa 109:20
This H2088 is the reward H6468 of my accusers H7853 from Yahweh H3068,
And of those who speak H1696 evil H7451 against H5921 my soul H5315.
Psa 109:21
But as for You, O Yahweh H3068, O Lord H136, deal H6213 with me for Your name’s H8034 sake H4616;
Because H3588 Your lovingkindness H2617 is good H2896, deliver H5337 me;
Psa 109:22
For I am afflicted H6041 and needy H34,
And [fn]my heart H3820 is pierced H2490 within H7130 me.
Psa 109:23
I am passing H1980 like a shadow H6738 when it is stretched H5186 out H5186;
I am shaken H5287 off H5287 like the locust H697.
Psa 109:24
My knees H1290 are H3782 feeble H3782 from fasting H6685,
And my flesh H1320 has grown H3584 lean H3584, without H4480 fatness H8081.
Psa 109:25
As for me, I have become H1961 a reproach H2781 to them;
They see H7200 me, they wag H5128 their head H7218.
Psa 109:26
Help H5826 me, O Yahweh H3068 my God H430;
Save H3467 me according to Your lovingkindness H2617.
Psa 109:27
[fn]And let them know H3045 that this H2088 is Your hand H3027;
You, O Yahweh H3068, have done H6213 it.
Psa 109:28
Let them curse H7043, but You bless H1288;
They arise H6965 and will be put H954 to H954 shame H954,
But Your slave H5650 shall be H8055 glad H8055.
Psa 109:29
[fn]Let my accusers H7853 be clothed H3847 with dishonor H3639,
And [fn]let them wrap H5844 themselves with their own shame H1322 as with a robe H4598.
Psa 109:30
With my mouth H6310 I will give H3034 thanks H3034 abundantly H3966 to Yahweh H3068;
And in the midst H8432 of many H7227 I will praise H1984 Him.
Psa 109:31
For He stands H5975 at the right H3225 hand H3225 of the needy H34,
To save H3467 him from those who judge H8199 his soul H5315.
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