PSALM 109
To the chief Musician, A Psalm of
David.
1 Hold not
thy peace, O God of my praise; 2 For the mouth of the wicked and
the mouth of the deceitfula are opened against me: they have
spoken against me with a lying tongue. 3 They 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.
6Set thou
a wicked man over him: and let Satanb stand at his right
hand. 7 When he shall be judged, let him be condemnedc:
and let his prayer become sin. 8 Let his days be few; and
let another take his officed. 9 Let his children be
fatherless, and his wife a widow. 10 Let his children be
continually vagabonds, and beg: let them seek their bread also out of
their desolate places. 11 Let the extortioner catch all that he
hath; and let the strangers spoil his labour. 12 Let there be none
to extend mercy unto him: neither let there be any to favour his fatherless
children. 13 Let his posterity be cut off; and in the
generation following let their name be blotted out. 14 Let the iniquity
of his fathers be remembered with 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 Because that
he remembered not to shew mercy, but persecuted the poor and needy man, that he
might even slay the broken in heart. 17 As he loved cursing, so
let it come unto him: as he delighted not in blessing, so let it be far from
him. 18 As he clothed himself with cursing like as with his
garment, so let it come into his bowelse like water, and like
oil into his bones. 19 Let it be unto him as the garment which
covereth him, and for a girdle wherewith he is girded continually. 20
Let this be the reward of mine adversaries from the LORD, and of
them that speak evil against my soul.
21But do
thou for me, O GOD the Lord, for thy name’s sake: because thy mercy 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 became
also a reproach unto them: when they looked upon me they shaked their
heads. 26 Help me, O LORD my God: O save me according to thy
mercy: 27 That they may know that this is thy hand; that
thou, LORD, hast done it. 28 Let them curse, but bless thou: when
they arise, let them be ashamed; but let thy servant rejoice. 29
Let mine adversaries be clothed with shame, and let them cover themselves with
their own confusion, as with a mantle. 30 I will greatly praise
the LORD with my mouth; yea, I will praise him among the multitude. 31
For he shall stand at the right hand of the poor, to save him from
those that condemn his soul.
The Holy Bible
King James Version
The Holy Bible : King James Version. 1995. Oak
Harbor, WA: Logos Research Systems, Inc.
a of
the deceitful: Heb. of deceit
b Satan:
or, an adversary
c be
condemned: Heb. go out guilty, or, wicked
d office:
or, charge
e into
his bowels: Heb. within him
