Psalms 109

2for against me the mouth of a sinner; and the mouth of the deceitful is opened. They have spoken against me with a deceitful tongue.—

3With words of hatred they encompassed me about; and fought against me without provocation.

4They traduced me for my love; but I prayed,

5when they were rendering me evil for good, and hatred for my love.

6“Set a sinner over him; and let an accuser stand at his right hand.

7When he is judged let him be condemned; and let his supplication be deemed an offence.

8Let his days be few; and let another take his office.

9Let his children be fatherless and his wife a widow.

10Let his sons be vagabonds and beg: let them be cast out from their dwellings.

11Let an extortioner seize all that he hath; and strangers make spoil of his labours.

12Let there be none to help him; nor any to compassionate his orphan children.

13Let his children be for destruction—In one generation let his name be blotted out.

14Let the iniquity of his fathers be remembered before the Lord; and let not the sin of his mother be blotted out.

15Let them be continually before the Lord. And let the memory of them be cut off from the earth:

16because he did not remember to shew mercy; but persecuted a man needy and afflicted: to put to death one who was brokenhearted.

17As he loved cursing, let it come on him: as he delighted not in blessing let it be far from him.

18As he clothed himself with cursing as with a mantle; and it came like water in his bowels; and like oil into his bones:

19let it be to him as the mantle which covereth him: and as the girdle with which he is continually girded.”

21Do Thou, O Lord God, deal with me for Thy name’s sake: for Thy mercy is good.

22Deliver me, for I am afflicted and needy; and my heart is troubled within me.

23Like a declining shadow I have glided away;—I have been shaken off like locusts.

24My knees are weakened by fasting; and my flesh is changed for want of oil.

25As for me, I became their scoff; they beheld me—they shook their heads.

26Help me, O Lord, my God: and save me according to Thy mercy.

27Let them know that this is Thy hand; and that Thou; O Lord hast done this.

28Let them curse, Thou indeed wilt bless. Let them who rise up against me be put to shame: but let Thy servant be made glad.

29Let them who traduce me, be clothed with shame: let them be covered with their shame as with a mantle.

30With my mouth I will greatly thank the Lord; and praise Him in the midst of many:

31because He stood at the right of the needy: to save from them who seek my life.