Berean Standard Bible

Psalms 109

For the choirmaster. A Psalm of David.

1O GodH430 of my praiseH8416,be notH408 silentH2790.2ForH3588 wickedH7563 H6310 and deceitfulH4820 mouthsH6310 openH6605 against meH5921;they speakH1696 against meH854 with lyingH8267 tonguesH3956.3They surround meH5437 with hatefulH8135 wordsH1697and attack meH3898 without causeH2600.4In return forH8478 my loveH160 they accuse meH7853,but IH589 am a man of prayerH8605.5They repay meH7760 H5921 evilH7451 forH8478 goodH2896,and hatredH8135 forH8478 my loveH160.

6SetH6485 over himH5921 a wicked manH7563;let an accuserH7854 standH5975 atH5921 his right handH3225.7When he is triedH8199 H3318, let him be found guiltyH7563,and may his prayerH8605 be regardedH1961 as sinH2401.8May his daysH3117 beH1961 fewH4592;may anotherH312 takeH3947 his positionH6486.19May his childrenH1121 beH1961 fatherlessH3490and his wifeH802 a widowH490.10May his childrenH1121 wanderH5128 as beggarsH7592,seeking sustenanceH1875 2 far from their ruined homesH2723.11May the creditorH5383 seizeH5367 allH3605 he owns,and strangersH2114 plunderH962 the fruits of his laborH3018.12May there beH1961 no oneH408 to extendH4900 kindnessH2617 to him,and no oneH408 to favorH2603 his fatherless childrenH3490.13May his descendantsH319 beH1961 cut offH3772;may their nameH8034 be blotted outH4229 from the nextH312 generationH1755.14May the iniquityH5771 of his fathersH1 be rememberedH2142 beforeH413 the LORDH3068,and the sinH2403 of his motherH517 neverH408 be blotted outH4229.15May their sins alwaysH8548 remainH1961 beforeH5048 the LORDH3068,that He may cut offH3772 their memoryH2143 from the earthH776.

16ForH3282 he neverH3808 thoughtH2142 to showH6213 kindnessH2617,but pursuedH7291 H376 the poorH6041 and needyH34 andH3512 brokenheartedH3824,even to their deathH4191.17The cursingH7045 that he lovedH157,may it fall on himH935;the blessingH1293 in which he refusedH3808 to delightH2654,may it be farH7368 from himH4480.18The cursingH7045 that he woreH3847 like a coatH4055,may it soak intoH935 his bodyH7130 like waterH4325,and into his bonesH6106 like oilH8081.19May it beH1961 like a robeH899 wrapped about himH5844,like a beltH4206 tiedH2296 forever around himH8548.20May thisH2063 be the LORD’sH3068 rewardH6468 to my accusersH7853 H854,to those who speakH1696 evilH7451 againstH5921 meH5315.

21But YouH859, O GODH3069, the LordH136,dealH6213 kindly with meH854 for the sake ofH4616 Your nameH8034;deliver meH5337 byH3588 the goodnessH2896 of Your loving devotionH2617.22ForH3588 IH595 am poorH6041 and needyH34;my heartH3820 is woundedH2490 within meH7130.23I am fading awayH1980 like a lengtheningH5186 shadowH6738;I am shaken offH5287 like a locustH697.24My kneesH1290 are weakH3782 from fastingH6685,and my bodyH1320 grows leanH3584 and gauntH8081.25IH589 amH1961 an object of scornH2781 to my accusers;when they see meH7200, they shakeH5128 their headsH7218.

26Help meH5826, O LORDH3068 my GodH430;save meH3467 according to Your loving devotionH2617.27Let them knowH3045 that thisH3588 is Your handH3027,thatH2063 YouH859, O LORDH3068, have done itH6213.28Though theyH1992 curseH7043, YouH859 will blessH1288.When they rise upH6965, they will be put to shameH954,but Your servantH5650 will rejoiceH8055.29May my accusersH7853 be clothedH3847 with disgraceH3639;may they wearH5844 their shameH1322 like a robeH4598.30With my mouthH6310 I will thankH3034 the LORDH3068 profuselyH3966;I will praise HimH1984 in the presenceH8432 of manyH7227.31ForH3588 He standsH5975 at the right handH3225 of the needy oneH34,to save himH3467 from the condemnersH8199 of his soulH5315.