NASB77 Psalms 109 Chapter
109:1
[For the choir director. A Psalm of David]. O God of my praise, Do not be silent!
109:2
For they have opened the wicked and deceitful mouth against me; They have spoken against me with a lying tongue.
109:3
They have also surrounded me with words of hatred, And fought against me without cause.
109:4
In return for my love they act as my accusers; But I am [in] prayer.
109:5
Thus they have repaid me evil for good, And hatred for my love.
109:6
Appoint a wicked man over him; And let an accuser stand at his right hand.
109:7
When he is judged, let him come forth guilty; And let his prayer become sin.
109:8
Let his days be few; Let another take his office.
109:9
Let his children be fatherless, And his wife a widow.
109:10
Let his children wander about and beg; And let them seek [sustenance] far from their ruined homes.
109:11
Let the creditor seize all that he has; And let strangers plunder the product of his labor.
109:12
Let there be none to extend lovingkindness to him, Nor any to be gracious to his fatherless children.
109:13
Let his posterity be cut off; In a following generation let their name be blotted out.
109:14
Let the iniquity of his fathers be remembered before the LORD, And do not let the sin of his mother be blotted out.
109:15
Let them be before the LORD continually, That He may cut off their memory from the earth;
109:16
Because he did not remember to show lovingkindness, But persecuted the afflicted and needy man, And the despondent in heart, to put [them] to death.
109:17
He also loved cursing, so it came to him; And he did not delight in blessing, so it was far from him.
109:18
But he clothed himself with cursing as with his garment, And it entered into his body like water, And like oil into his bones.
109:19
Let it be to him as a garment with which he covers himself, And for a belt with which he constantly girds himself.
109:20
Let this be the reward of my accusers from the LORD, And of those who speak evil against my soul.
109:21
But Thou, O God, the Lord, deal [kindly] with me for Thy name's sake; Because Thy lovingkindness is good, deliver me;
109:22
For I am afflicted and needy, And my heart is wounded within me.
109:23
I am passing like a shadow when it lengthens; I am shaken off like the locust.
109:24
My knees are weak from fasting; And my flesh has grown lean, without fatness.
109:25
I also have become a reproach to them; When they see me, they wag their head.
109:26
Help me, O LORD my God; Save me according to Thy lovingkindness.
109:27
And let them know that this is Thy hand; Thou, LORD, hast done it.
109:28
Let them curse, but do Thou bless; When they arise, they shall be ashamed, But Thy servant shall be glad.
109:29
Let my accusers be clothed with dishonor, And let them cover themselves with their own shame as with a robe.
109:30
With my mouth I will give thanks abundantly to the LORD; And in the midst of many I will praise Him.
109:31
For He stands at the right hand of the needy, To save him from those who judge his soul.