Book of Psalms, No. 109
Psalms 109 ASV - American Standard VersionNo. 109 of the Psalms—American Standard Version (ASV)
- ¶ Hold not thy peace, O God of my praise;
- ¶ For the mouth of the wicked and the mouth of deceit have they opened against me:
¶ They have spoken [a]unto me with a lying tongue. - ¶ They have compassed me about also with words of hatred,
¶ And fought against me without a cause. - ¶ For my love they are my adversaries:
¶ But I give myself unto prayer. - ¶ And they have [b]rewarded me evil for good,
¶ And hatred for my love. - ¶ Set thou a wicked man over him;
¶ And let [c]an adversary stand at his right hand. - ¶ When he is judged, let him come forth guilty;
¶ And let his prayer [d]be turned into sin. - ¶ Let his days be few;
¶ And let another take his office. - ¶ Let his children be fatherless,
¶ And his wife a widow. - ¶ Let his children be vagabonds, and beg;
¶ And let them seek their bread [e]out of their desolate places. - ¶ Let the extortioner [f]catch all that he hath;
¶ And let strangers make spoil of his labor. - ¶ Let there be none to [g]extend kindness unto him;
¶ Neither let there be any to have pity on his fatherless children. - ¶ Let his posterity be cut off;
¶ In the generation following let their name be blotted out. - ¶ Let the iniquity of his fathers be remembered with Jehovah;
¶ And let not the sin of his mother be blotted out. - ¶ Let them be before Jehovah continually,
¶ That he may cut off the memory of them from the earth; - ¶ Because he remembered not to show kindness,
¶ But persecuted the poor and needy man,
¶ And the broken in heart, to slay them. - ¶ Yea, he loved cursing, and it came unto him;
¶ And he delighted not in blessing, and it was far from him. - ¶ He clothed himself also with cursing as with his garment,
¶ And it came into his inward parts like water,
¶ And like oil into his bones. - ¶ Let it be unto him as the raiment wherewith he covereth himself,
¶ And for the girdle wherewith he is girded continually. - ¶ This is the reward of mine adversaries from Jehovah,
¶ And of them that speak evil against my soul. - ¶ But deal thou with me, O Jehovah the Lord, for thy name’s sake:
¶ Because thy lovingkindness is good, deliver thou me; - ¶ For I am poor and needy,
¶ And my heart is wounded within me. - ¶ I am gone like the shadow when it [h]declineth:
¶ I am tossed up and down as the locust. - ¶ My knees [i]are weak through fasting;
¶ And my flesh faileth of fatness. - ¶ I am become also a reproach unto them:
¶ When they see me, they shake their head. - ¶ Help me, O Jehovah my God;
¶ Oh save me according to thy lovingkindness: - ¶ That they may know that this is thy hand;
¶ That thou, Jehovah, hast done it. - ¶ Let them curse, but bless thou:
¶ When they arise, they shall be put to shame,
¶ But thy servant shall rejoice. - ¶ [j]Let mine adversaries be clothed with dishonor,
¶ And let them cover themselves with their own shame as with a robe. - ¶ I will give great thanks unto Jehovah with my mouth;
¶ Yea, I will praise him among the multitude. - ¶ For he will stand at the right hand of the needy,
¶ To save him from them that judge his soul.
FOOTNOTES
- ^ Or, against
- ^ Hebrew laid upon me.
- ^ Or, Satan. Or, an accuser
- ^ Or, become
- ^ Or, far from
- ^ Hebrew snare.
- ^ Or, continue
- ^ Or, is stretched out
- ^ Or, totter
- ^ Or, Mine adversaries shall be clothed . . . And they shall cover etc.
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