Psalm 107:39-109:31

English Standard Version

³⁹ When they are diminished and brought low
    through oppression, evil, and sorrow,
^40 (A)he pours contempt on princes
    and ^(B)makes them wander ^(C)in trackless wastes;
⁴¹ but ^(D)he raises up the needy out of affliction
    and ^(E)makes their families like flocks.
^42 (F)The upright see it and are glad,
    and ^(G)all wickedness shuts its mouth.

^43 (H)Whoever is wise, let him attend to these things;
    let them consider the steadfast love of the Lord.

⁵ Be exalted, O God, above the heavens!
    Let your glory be over all the earth!
^6 (K)That your beloved ones may be delivered,
    give salvation by your right hand and answer me!

⁷ God has promised in his holiness:^[b]
    “With exultation I will divide up Shechem
    and portion out the Valley of Succoth.
⁸ Gilead is mine; Manasseh is mine;
    Ephraim is my helmet,
    Judah my scepter.
⁹ Moab is my washbasin;
    upon Edom I cast my shoe;
    ^(L)over Philistia I shout in triumph.”

¹⁰ Who will bring me to the fortified city?
    Who will lead me to Edom?
¹¹ Have you not rejected us, O God?
    You do not go out, O God, with our armies.
¹² Oh grant us help against the foe,
    for vain is the salvation of man!
¹³ With God we shall do valiantly;
    it is he who will tread down our foes.

^6 (T)Appoint a wicked man ^(U)against him;
    let an accuser stand ^(V)at his right hand.
⁷ When he is tried, let him come forth guilty;
    let his ^(W)prayer be counted as sin!
⁸ May his ^(X)days be few;
    may ^(Y)another take his ^(Z)office!
⁹ May his ^(AA)children be fatherless
    and his wife a widow!
¹⁰ May his children ^(AB)wander about and beg,
    ^(AC)seeking food far from the ruins they inhabit!
¹¹ May ^(AD)the creditor seize all that he has;
    may ^(AE)strangers plunder the fruits of his toil!
¹² Let there be none to ^(AF)extend kindness to him,
    nor any to ^(AG)pity his fatherless children!
¹³ May his ^(AH)posterity be cut off;
    may his ^(AI)name be blotted out in the second generation!
¹⁴ May ^(AJ)the iniquity of his fathers be remembered before the Lord,
    and let not the sin of his mother be ^(AK)blotted out!
^15 (AL)Let them be before the Lord continually,
    that he may ^(AM)cut off the memory of them from the earth!

¹⁶ For he did not remember to show kindness,
    but pursued ^(AN)the poor and needy
    and ^(AO)the brokenhearted, to put them to death.
^17 (AP)He loved to curse; let curses come^[d] upon him!
    He did not delight in blessing; may it be far^[e] from him!
¹⁸ He ^(AQ)clothed himself with cursing as his coat;
    may it ^(AR)soak^[f] into his body like water,
    like oil into his bones!
¹⁹ May it be like a garment that he wraps around him,
    like a belt that he puts on every day!
²⁰ May this be the reward of my ^(AS)accusers from the Lord,
    of those who speak evil against my life!

²¹ But you, O God my Lord,
    deal on my behalf ^(AT)for your name's sake;
    because your ^(AU)steadfast love is good, deliver me!
²² For I am ^(AV)poor and needy,
    and my heart is stricken within me.
²³ I am gone like ^(AW)a shadow at evening;
    I am ^(AX)shaken off like a locust.
²⁴ My knees are weak ^(AY)through fasting;
    my ^(AZ)body has become gaunt, with no fat.
²⁵ I am ^(BA)an object of scorn to my accusers;
    when they see me, they ^(BB)wag their heads.

^26 (BC)Help me, O Lord my God!
    Save me according to your steadfast love!
²⁷ Let them ^(BD)know that this is your hand;
    you, O Lord, have done it!
^28 (BE)Let them curse, but you will bless!
    They arise and are put to shame, but ^(BF)your servant will be glad!
²⁹ May my accusers be ^(BG)clothed with dishonor;
    may they ^(BH)be wrapped in their own shame as in a cloak!

³⁰ With my mouth I will give great thanks to the Lord;
    I will ^(BI)praise him in the midst of the throng.
³¹ For he stands ^(BJ)at the right hand of the needy one,
    to save him from those who condemn his soul to death.