Psalm 109

Legacy Standard Bible

⁶ Appoint a wicked man over him,
And let an ^[a](J)accuser stand at his right hand.
⁷ When he is judged, let him ^(K)come forth a wicked man,
And let his ^(L)prayer become sin.
⁸ Let ^(M)his days be few;
Let ^(N)another take his office.
⁹ Let his ^(O)sons be orphans
And his ^(P)wife a widow.
¹⁰ Let his ^(Q)sons wander aimlessly and beg;
And let them ^(R)search for food ^[b]from their ruined homes.
¹¹ Let ^(S)the creditor ^[c]seize all that he has,
And let ^(T)strangers plunder the fruit of his labor.
¹² Let there be none to ^[d](U)extend lovingkindness to him,
And ^(V)let there be none to be gracious to his orphans.
¹³ Let those who ^(W)follow him be ^[e]cut off;
In a following generation let their ^(X)name be blotted out.

¹⁴ Let ^(Y)the iniquity of his fathers be remembered ^[f]before Yahweh,
And let not the sin of his mother be ^(Z)blotted out.
¹⁵ Let ^(AA)them be before Yahweh continually,
That He may ^(AB)cut off their memory from the earth;
¹⁶ Because he did not remember to show lovingkindness,
But persecuted the ^(AC)afflicted, the needy man,
And the ^(AD)disheartened to ^(AE)put them to death.
¹⁷ He also loved cursing, so ^(AF)it came to him;
And he did not delight in blessing, so it was far from him.
¹⁸ But he ^(AG)clothed himself with cursing as his garment,
And it ^(AH)came into his inward parts like water
And like oil into his bones.
¹⁹ Let it be to him as ^(AI)a garment with which he wraps himself,
And for a belt with which he constantly ^(AJ)girds himself.
²⁰ This is the ^(AK)reward of my accusers from Yahweh,
And of those who ^(AL)speak evil against my soul.

²¹ But as for You, O Yahweh, O Lord, deal with me ^(AM)for Your name’s sake;
Because ^(AN)Your lovingkindness is good, deliver me;
²² For ^(AO)I am afflicted and needy,
And ^[g]my heart is ^(AP)pierced within me.
²³ I am passing ^(AQ)like a shadow when it is stretched out;
I am shaken off ^(AR)like the locust.
²⁴ My ^(AS)knees are feeble from ^(AT)fasting,
And my flesh has grown lean, without fatness.
²⁵ As for me, I have become a ^(AU)reproach to them;
They see me, they ^(AV)wag their head.

^26 (AW)Help me, O Yahweh my God;
Save me according to Your lovingkindness.
^27 [h]And let them ^(AX)know that this is Your hand;
You, O Yahweh, have done it.
^28 (AY)Let them curse, but You bless;
They arise and will be put to shame,
But Your ^(AZ)slave shall be glad.
^29 [i]Let ^(BA)my accusers be clothed with dishonor,
And ^[j]let them ^(BB)wrap themselves with their own shame as with a robe.

³⁰ With my mouth I will give thanks abundantly to Yahweh;
And in the midst of many ^(BC)I will praise Him.
³¹ For He stands ^(BD)at the right hand of the needy,
To save him from those who ^(BE)judge his soul.