109 Hold
not thy peace, O God of my praise; 2 For
the mouth of the wicked and the mouth of the deceitful are opened against
me: they have spoken against me with a lying tongue. 3 They
compassed me about also with words of hatred; and fought against me without
a cause. 4 For
my love they are my adversaries: but I give myself unto prayer. 5 And
they have rewarded me evil for good, and hatred for my love. 6 Set
thou a wicked man over him: and let Satan stand at his right hand. 7 When
he shall be judged, let him be condemned: and let his prayer become sin. 8 Let
his days be few; and let another take his office. 9 Let
his children be fatherless, and his wife a widow. 10 Let
his children be continually vagabonds, and beg: let them seek their bread
also out of their desolate places. 11 Let
the extortioner catch all that he hath; and let the strangers spoil his
labour. 12 Let
there be none to extend mercy unto him: neither let there be any to favour
his fatherless children. 13 Let
his posterity be cut off; and in the generation following let their name
be blotted out. 14 Let
the iniquity of his fathers be remembered with the LORD; and let not the
sin of his mother be blotted out. 15 Let
them be before the LORD continually, that he may cut off the memory of
them from the earth. 16 Because
that he remembered not to shew mercy, but persecuted the poor and needy
man, that he might even slay the broken in heart.
16
Because that he remembered not to shew mercy, but persecuted the poor and
needy man, that he might even slay the broken in heart. 17 As
he loved cursing, so let it come unto him: as he delighted not in blessing,
so let it be far from him. 18 As
he clothed himself with cursing like as with his garment, so let it come
into his bowels like water, and like oil into his bones. 19 Let
it be unto him as the garment which covereth him, and for a girdle wherewith
he is girded continually. 20 Let
this be the reward of mine adversaries from the LORD, and of them that speak
evil against my soul. 21 But
do thou for me, O GOD the Lord, for thy name's sake: because thy mercy is
good, deliver thou me. 22 For
I am poor and needy, and my heart is wounded within me. 23 I am
gone like the shadow when it declineth: I am tossed up and down as the locust. 24 My
knees are weak through fasting; and my flesh faileth of fatness. 25 I became
also a reproach unto them: when they looked upon me they shaked their heads. 26 Help
me, O LORD my God: O save me according to thy mercy: 27 That
they may know that this is thy hand; that thou, LORD, hast done it. 28 Let
them curse, but bless thou: when they arise, let them be ashamed; but let
thy servant rejoice. 29 Let
mine adversaries be clothed with shame, and let them cover themselves with
their own confusion, as with a mantle. 30 I will
greatly praise the LORD with my mouth; yea, I will praise him among the
multitude. 31 For
he shall stand at the right hand of the poor, to save him from those that
condemn his soul.