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For the Chief Musician. A Psalm by David.

[1] God of my praise, don’t remain silent,
[2] for they have opened the mouth of the wicked and the mouth of deceit against me.
They have spoken to me with a lying tongue.
[3] They have also surrounded me with words of hatred,
and fought against me without a cause.
[4] In return for my love, they are my adversaries;
but I am in prayer.
[5] They have rewarded me evil for good,
and hatred for my love.
[6] Set a wicked man over him.
Let an adversary stand at his right hand.
[7] When he is judged, let him come out guilty.
Let his prayer be turned into sin.
[8] Let his days be few.
Let another take his office.
[9] Let his children be fatherless,
and his wife a widow.
[10] Let his children be wandering beggars.
Let them be sought from their ruins.
[11] Let the creditor seize all that he has.
Let strangers plunder the fruit of his labor.
[12] Let there be no one to extend kindness to him,
neither let there be anyone 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 by Yahweh.
Don’t let the sin of his mother be blotted out.
[15] Let them be before Yahweh continually,
that he may cut off their memory from the earth;
[16] because he didn’t remember to show kindness,
but persecuted the poor and needy man,
the broken in heart, to kill them.
[17] Yes, he loved cursing, and it came to him.
He didn’t delight in blessing, and it was far from him.
[18] He clothed himself also with cursing as with his garment.
It came into his inward parts like water,
like oil into his bones.
[19] Let it be to him as the clothing with which he covers himself,
for the belt that is always around him.
[20] This is the reward of my adversaries from Yahweh,
of those who speak evil against my soul. [21] But deal with me, Yahweh the Lord,§ for your name’s sake,
because your loving kindness is good, deliver me;
[22] for I am poor and needy.
My heart is wounded within me.
[23] I fade away like an evening shadow.
I am shaken off like a locust.
[24] My knees are weak through fasting.
My body is thin and lacks fat.
[25] I have also become a reproach to them.
When they see me, they shake their head.
[26] Help me, Yahweh, my God.
Save me according to your loving kindness;
[27] that they may know that this is your hand;
that you, Yahweh, have done it.
[28] They may curse, but you bless.
When they arise, they will be shamed,
but your servant shall rejoice.
[29] Let my adversaries be clothed with dishonor.
Let them cover themselves with their own shame as with a robe.
[30] I will give great thanks to Yahweh with my mouth.
Yes, I will praise him among the multitude.
[31] For he will stand at the right hand of the needy,
to save him from those who judge his soul.

Footnotes

  1. § 109:21 The word translated “Lord” is “Adonai.”
King James Version

To the chief Musician, H5329 A Psalm H4210 of David. H1732

[1] Hold not thy peace, H2790 O God H430 of my praise; H8416
[2] For H3588 the mouth H6310 of the wicked H7563 and the mouth H6310 of the deceitful H4820§ are opened H6605§ against me:
They have spoken H1696 against me with a lying H8267 tongue. H3956
[3] They compassed H5437 me about also with words H1697 of hatred; H8135 And fought H3898 against me without a cause. H2600
[4] For my love H160 they are my adversaries: H7853
But I give myself unto prayer. H8605
[5] And they have rewarded H7760 me evil H7451 for good, H2896
And hatred H8135 for my love. H160
[6] Set H6485 thou a wicked man H7563 over H5921 him:
And let Satan H7854§ stand H5975 at his right hand. H3225
[7] When he shall be judged, H8199 let him be H3318 condemned: H7563§
And let his prayer H8605 become sin. H2401
[8] Let his days H3117 be few; H4592
And let another H312 take H3947 his office. H6486§
[9] Let his children H1121 be fatherless, H3490
And his wife H802 a widow. H490
[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
[11] Let the extortioner H5383 catch H5367 all H3605 that he hath;
And let the strangers H2114 spoil H962 his labour. H3018
[12] Let there be none to extend H4900 mercy H2617 unto him:
Neither let there be any to favour H2603 his fatherless children. H3490
[13] Let his posterity H319 be cut off; H3772
And in the generation H1755 following H312 let their name H8034 be blotted out. H4229
[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
[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
[16] Because that he remembered H2142 not H3808 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
[17] As he loved H157 cursing, H7045 so let it come H935 unto him:
As he delighted H2654 not H3808 in blessing, H1293 so let it be far H7368 from him.
[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
[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
[20] Let this be the reward H6468 of mine adversaries H7853 from the Lord, H3068
And of them that speak H1696 evil H7451 against H5921 my soul. H5315
[21] But do H6213 thou for me, O God H3069 the Lord, H136 for H3588 thy name’s H8034 sake:
Because thy mercy H2617 is good, H2896 deliver H5337 thou me.
[22] For I am poor H6041 and needy, H34
And my heart H3820 is wounded H2490 within H7130 me.
[23] I am gone H1980 like the shadow H6738 when it declineth: H5186
I am tossed up and down H5287 as the locust. H697
[24] My knees H1290 are weak H3782 through fasting; H6685
And my flesh H1320 faileth H3584 of fatness. H8081
[25] I became also a reproach H2781 unto them:
When they looked H7200 upon me they shaked H5128 their heads. H7218
[26] Help H5826 me, O Lord H3068 my God: H430
O save H3467 me according to thy mercy: H2617
[27] That they may know H3045 that this is thy hand; H3027
That thou, Lord, H3068 hast done H6213 it.
[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
[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
[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
[31] For H3588 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§

Footnotes

  1. § 109:2a Heb. of deceit
  2. § 109:2b Heb. have opened themselves
  3. § 109:6 Or, an adversary
  4. § 109:7 Heb. go out guilty, or wicked
  5. § 109:8 Or, charge
  6. § 109:18 Heb. within him
  7. § 109:31 Heb. from the judges of his soul
Septuaginta
[1] ‡Εἰς G1519 τὸ G3588 τέλος· G5056 τῷ G3588 Δαυιδ G1138 ψαλμός. G5568 Ὁ G3588 θεός, G2316 τὴν G3588 αἴνεσίν G133 μου G3450 μὴ G3361 παρασιωπήσῃς, [2] ‡ὅτι G3754 στόμα G4750 ἁμαρτωλοῦ G268 καὶ G2532 στόμα G4750 δολίου G1386 ἐπ’ G1909 ἐμὲ G1691 ἠνοίχθη, G455 ἐλάλησαν G2980 κατ’ G2596 ἐμοῦ G1699 γλώσσῃ G1100 δολίᾳ G1386 [3] ‡καὶ G2532 λόγοις G3056 μίσους ἐκύκλωσάν G2944 με G3165 καὶ G2532 ἐπολέμησάν G4170 με G3165 δωρεάν. G1431 [4] ‡Ἀντὶ G473 τοῦ G3588 ἀγαπᾶν G25 με G3165 ἐνδιέβαλλόν με, G3165 ἐγὼ G1473 δὲ G1161 προσευχόμην· G4336 [5] ‡καὶ G2532 ἔθεντο G5087 κατ’ G2596 ἐμοῦ G1699 κακὰ G2556 ἀντὶ G473 ἀγαθῶν G18 καὶ G2532 μῖσος ἀντὶ G473 τῆς G3588 ἀγαπήσεώς μου. G3450 [6] ‡Κατάστησον G2525 ἐπ’ G1909 αὐτὸν G846 ἁμαρτωλόν, G268 καὶ G2532 διάβολος G1228 στήτω G2476 ἐκ G1537 δεξιῶν G1188 αὐτοῦ· G846 [7] ‡ἐν G1722 τῷ G3588 κρίνεσθαι G2919 αὐτὸν G846 ἐξέλθοι G1831 καταδεδικασμένος, G2613 καὶ G2532 ἡ G3588 προσευχὴ G4335 αὐτοῦ G846 γενέσθω G1096 εἰς G1519 ἁμαρτίαν. G266 [8] ‡Γενηθήτωσαν G1096 αἱ G3588 ἡμέραι G2250 αὐτοῦ G846 ὀλίγαι, G3641 καὶ G2532 τὴν G3588 ἐπισκοπὴν G1984 αὐτοῦ G846 λάβοι G2983 ἕτερος· G2087 [9] ‡γενηθήτωσαν G1096 οἱ G3588 υἱοὶ G5207 αὐτοῦ G846 ὀρφανοὶ G3737 καὶ G2532 ἡ G3588 γυνὴ G1135 αὐτοῦ G846 χήρα· G5503 [10] ‡σαλευόμενοι G4531 μεταναστήτωσαν οἱ G3588 υἱοὶ G5207 αὐτοῦ G846 καὶ G2532 ἐπαιτησάτωσαν, G1871 ἐκβληθήτωσαν G1544 ἐκ G1537 τῶν G3588 οἰκοπέδων αὐτῶν. G846 [11] ‡Ἐξερευνησάτω G1830 δανειστὴς G1157 πάντα, G3956 ὅσα G3745 ὑπάρχει G5225 αὐτῷ, G846 διαρπασάτωσαν G1283 ἀλλότριοι G245 τοὺς G3588 πόνους G4192 αὐτοῦ· G846 [12] ‡μὴ G3361 ὑπαρξάτω αὐτῷ G846 ἀντιλήμπτωρ, μηδὲ G3366 γενηθήτω G1096 οἰκτίρμων G3629 τοῖς G3588 ὀρφανοῖς G3737 αὐτοῦ· G846 [13] ‡γενηθήτω G1096 τὰ G3588 τέκνα G5043 αὐτοῦ G846 εἰς G1519 ἐξολέθρευσιν, ἐν G1722 γενεᾷ G1074 μιᾷ G3391 ἐξαλειφθήτω G1813 τὸ G3588 ὄνομα G3686 αὐτοῦ. G846 [14] ‡Ἀναμνησθείη G363 ἡ G3588 ἀνομία G458 τῶν G3588 πατέρων G3962 αὐτοῦ G846 ἔναντι G1725 κυρίου, G2962 καὶ G2532 ἡ G3588 ἁμαρτία G266 τῆς G3588 μητρὸς G3384 αὐτοῦ G846 μὴ G3361 ἐξαλειφθείη· G1813 [15] ‡γενηθήτωσαν G1096 ἔναντι G1725 κυρίου G2962 διὰ G1223 παντός, G3956 καὶ G2532 ἐξολεθρευθείη G1842 ἐκ G1537 γῆς G1093 τὸ G3588 μνημόσυνον G3422 αὐτῶν, G846 [16] ‡ἀνθ’ G473 ὧν G3739 οὐκ G3756 ἐμνήσθη G3415 τοῦ G3588 ποιῆσαι G4160 ἔλεος G1656 καὶ G2532 κατεδίωξεν G2614 ἄνθρωπον G444 πένητα G3993 καὶ G2532 πτωχὸν G4434 καὶ G2532 κατανενυγμένον G2660 τῇ G3588 καρδίᾳ G2588 τοῦ G3588 θανατῶσαι. G2289 [17] ‡Καὶ G2532 ἠγάπησεν G25 κατάραν, G2671 καὶ G2532 ἥξει G2240 αὐτῷ· G846 καὶ G2532 οὐκ G3756 ἠθέλησεν G2309 εὐλογίαν, G2129 καὶ G2532 μακρυνθήσεται ἀπ’ G575 αὐτοῦ. G846 [18] ‡Καὶ G2532 ἐνεδύσατο G1746 κατάραν G2671 ὡς G5613 ἱμάτιον, G2440 καὶ G2532 εἰσῆλθεν G1525 ὡς G5613 ὕδωρ G5204 εἰς G1519 τὰ G3588 ἔγκατα αὐτοῦ G846 καὶ G2532 ὡσεὶ G5616 ἔλαιον G1637 ἐν G1722 τοῖς G3588 ὀστέοις G3747 αὐτοῦ· G846 [19] ‡γενηθήτω G1096 αὐτῷ G846 ὡς G5613 ἱμάτιον, G2440 ὃ G3739 περιβάλλεται, G4016 καὶ G2532 ὡσεὶ G5616 ζώνη, G2223 ἣν G3739 διὰ G1223 παντὸς G3956 περιζώννυται. G4024 [20] ‡Τοῦτο G5124 τὸ G3588 ἔργον G2041 τῶν G3588 ἐνδιαβαλλόντων με G3165 παρὰ G3844 κυρίου G2962 καὶ G2532 τῶν G3588 λαλούντων G2980 πονηρὰ G4190 κατὰ G2596 τῆς G3588 ψυχῆς G5590 μου. G3450 [21] ‡Καὶ G2532 σύ, G4771 κύριε G2962 κύριε, G2962 ποίησον G4160 μετ’ G3326 ἐμοῦ G1699 ἔλεος G1656 ἕνεκεν G1752 τοῦ G3588 ὀνόματός G3686 σου, G4675 ὅτι G3754 χρηστὸν G5543 τὸ G3588 ἔλεός G1656 σου. G4675 [22] ‡Ῥῦσαί G4506 με, G3165 ὅτι G3754 πτωχὸς G4434 καὶ G2532 πένης G3993 ἐγώ G1473 εἰμι, G1510 καὶ G2532 ἡ G3588 καρδία G2588 μου G3450 τετάρακται G5015 ἐντός G1787 μου. G3450 [23] ‡Ὡσεὶ G5616 σκιὰ G4639 ἐν G1722 τῷ G3588 ἐκκλῖναι G1578 αὐτὴν G846 ἀντανῃρέθην, ἐξετινάχθην G1621 ὡσεὶ G5616 ἀκρίδες. G200 [24] ‡Τὰ G3588 γόνατά G1119 μου G3450 ἠσθένησαν G770 ἀπὸ G575 νηστείας, G3521 καὶ G2532 ἡ G3588 σάρξ G4561 μου G3450 ἠλλοιώθη δι’ G1223 ἔλαιον. G1637 [25] ‡Καὶ G2532 ἐγὼ G1473 ἐγενήθην G1096 ὄνειδος G3681 αὐτοῖς· G846 εἴδοσάν G1492 με, G3165 ἐσάλευσαν G4531 κεφαλὰς G2776 αὐτῶν. G846 [26] ‡Βοήθησόν G997 μοι, G3427 κύριε G2962 ὁ G3588 θεός G2316 μου, G3450 σῶσόν G4982 με G3165 κατὰ G2596 τὸ G3588 ἔλεός G1656 σου, G4675 [27] ‡καὶ G2532 γνώτωσαν G1097 ὅτι G3754 ἡ G3588 χείρ G5495 σου G4675 αὕτη G3778 καὶ G2532 σύ, G4771 κύριε, G2962 ἐποίησας G4160 αὐτήν. G846 [28] ‡Καταράσονται G2672 αὐτοί, G846 καὶ G2532 σὺ G4771 εὐλογήσεις· G2127 οἱ G3588 ἐπανιστανόμενοί G1881 μοι G3427 αἰσχυνθήτωσαν, G153 ὁ G3588 δὲ G1161 δοῦλός G1401 σου G4675 εὐφρανθήσεται. G2165 [29] ‡Ἐνδυσάσθωσαν G1746 οἱ G3588 ἐνδιαβάλλοντές με G3165 ἐντροπὴν G1791 καὶ G2532 περιβαλέσθωσαν G4016 ὡσεὶ G5616 διπλοίδα αἰσχύνην G152 αὐτῶν. G846 [30] ‡Ἐξομολογήσομαι G1843 τῷ G3588 κυρίῳ G2962 σφόδρα G4970 ἐν G1722 τῷ G3588 στόματί G4750 μου G3450 καὶ G2532 ἐν G1722 μέσῳ G3319 πολλῶν G4183 αἰνέσω G134 αὐτόν, G846 [31] ‡ὅτι G3754 παρέστη G3936 ἐκ G1537 δεξιῶν G1188 πένητος G3993 τοῦ G3588 σῶσαι G4982 ἐκ G1537 τῶν G3588 καταδιωκόντων G2614 τὴν G3588 ψυχήν G5590 μου. G3450
Septuaginta, in place of Byzantine Greek New Testament

Footnotes

  1. ‡ 109:1 Originally verse 108:1.
  2. ‡ 109:2 Originally verse 108:2.
  3. ‡ 109:3 Originally verse 108:3.
  4. ‡ 109:4 Originally verse 108:4.
  5. ‡ 109:5 Originally verse 108:5.
  6. ‡ 109:6 Originally verse 108:6.
  7. ‡ 109:7 Originally verse 108:7.
  8. ‡ 109:8 Originally verse 108:8.
  9. ‡ 109:9 Originally verse 108:9.
  10. ‡ 109:10 Originally verse 108:10.
  11. ‡ 109:11 Originally verse 108:11.
  12. ‡ 109:12 Originally verse 108:12.
  13. ‡ 109:13 Originally verse 108:13.
  14. ‡ 109:14 Originally verse 108:14.
  15. ‡ 109:15 Originally verse 108:15.
  16. ‡ 109:16 Originally verse 108:16.
  17. ‡ 109:17 Originally verse 108:17.
  18. ‡ 109:18 Originally verse 108:18.
  19. ‡ 109:19 Originally verse 108:19.
  20. ‡ 109:20 Originally verse 108:20.
  21. ‡ 109:21 Originally verse 108:21.
  22. ‡ 109:22 Originally verse 108:22.
  23. ‡ 109:23 Originally verse 108:23.
  24. ‡ 109:24 Originally verse 108:24.
  25. ‡ 109:25 Originally verse 108:25.
  26. ‡ 109:26 Originally verse 108:26.
  27. ‡ 109:27 Originally verse 108:27.
  28. ‡ 109:28 Originally verse 108:28.
  29. ‡ 109:29 Originally verse 108:29.
  30. ‡ 109:30 Originally verse 108:30.
  31. ‡ 109:31 Originally verse 108:31.