Psalms 109

לַ֭מְנַצֵּחַ לְדָוִ֣ד מִזְמ֑וֹר אֱלֹהֵ֥י תְ֝הִלָּתִ֗י אַֽל־תֶּחֱרַֽשׁ׃

For the choirmaster. A Psalm of David. O God of my praise, be not silent.

To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David.

Hold not thy peace, O God of my praise;

כִּ֤י פִ֪י רָשָׁ֡ע וּֽפִי־מִ֭רְמָה עָלַ֣י פָּתָ֑חוּ דִּבְּר֥וּ אִ֝תִּ֗י לְשׁ֣וֹן שָֽׁקֶר׃

For wicked and deceitful mouths open against me; they speak against me with lying tongues.

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.

וְדִבְרֵ֣י שִׂנְאָ֣ה סְבָב֑וּנִי וַיִּֽלָּחֲמ֥וּנִי חִנָּֽם׃

They surround me with hateful words and attack me without cause.

They compassed me about also with words of hatred; and fought against me without a cause.

תַּֽחַת־אַהֲבָתִ֥י יִשְׂטְנ֗וּנִי וַאֲנִ֥י תְפִלָּֽה׃

In return for my love they accuse me, but I am a man of prayer.

For my love they are my adversaries: but I give myself unto prayer.

וַיָּ֘שִׂ֤ימוּ עָלַ֣י רָ֭עָה תַּ֣חַת טוֹבָ֑ה וְ֝שִׂנְאָ֗ה תַּ֣חַת אַהֲבָתִֽי׃

They repay me evil for good, and hatred for my love.

And they have rewarded me evil for good, and hatred for my love.

הַפְקֵ֣ד עָלָ֣יו רָשָׁ֑ע וְ֝שָׂטָ֗ן יַעֲמֹ֥ד עַל־יְמִינֽוֹ׃

Set over him a wicked man; let an accuser stand at his right hand.

Set thou a wicked man over him: and let Satan stand at his right hand.

בְּ֭הִשָּׁ֣פְטוֹ יֵצֵ֣א רָשָׁ֑ע וּ֝תְפִלָּת֗וֹ תִּהְיֶ֥ה לַֽחֲטָאָֽה׃

When he is tried, let him be found guilty, and may his prayer be regarded as sin.

When he shall be judged, let him be condemned: and let his prayer become sin.

יִֽהְיֽוּ־יָמָ֥יו מְעַטִּ֑ים פְּ֝קֻדָּת֗וֹ יִקַּ֥ח אַחֵֽר׃

May his days be few; may another take his position.

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

יִֽהְיוּ־בָנָ֥יו יְתוֹמִ֑ים וְ֝אִשְׁתּוֹ אַלְמָנָֽה׃

May his children be fatherless and his wife a widow.

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

וְנ֤וֹעַ יָנ֣וּעוּ בָנָ֣יו וְשִׁאֵ֑לוּ וְ֝דָרְשׁ֗וּ מֵחָרְבוֹתֵיהֶֽם׃

May his children wander as beggars, seeking sustenance far from their ruined homes.

Let his children be continually vagabonds, and beg: let them seek their bread also out of their desolate places.

יְנַקֵּ֣שׁ נ֭וֹשֶׁה לְכָל־אֲשֶׁר־ל֑וֹ וְיָבֹ֖זּוּ זָרִ֣ים יְגִיעֽוֹ׃

May the creditor seize all he owns, and strangers plunder the fruits of his labor.

Let the extortioner catch all that he hath; and let the strangers spoil his labour.

אַל־יְהִי־ל֭וֹ מֹשֵׁ֣ךְ חָ֑סֶד וְֽאַל־יְהִ֥י ח֝וֹנֵ֗ן לִיתוֹמָֽיו׃

May there be no one to extend kindness to him, and no one to favor his fatherless children.

Let there be none to extend mercy unto him: neither let there be any to favour his fatherless children.

יְהִֽי־אַחֲרִית֥וֹ לְהַכְרִ֑ית בְּד֥וֹר אַ֝חֵ֗ר יִמַּ֥ח שְׁמָֽם׃

May his descendants be cut off; may their name be blotted out from the next generation.

Let his posterity be cut off; and in the generation following let their name be blotted out.

יִזָּכֵ֤ר ׀ עֲוֺ֣ן אֲ֭בֹתָיו אֶל־יְהוָ֑ה וְחַטַּ֥את אִ֝מּ֗וֹ אַל־תִּמָּֽח׃

May the iniquity of his fathers be remembered before the LORD, and the sin of his mother never be blotted out.

Let the iniquity of his fathers be remembered with the LORD; and let not the sin of his mother be blotted out.

יִהְי֣וּ נֶֽגֶד־יְהוָ֣ה תָּמִ֑יד וְיַכְרֵ֖ת מֵאֶ֣רֶץ זִכְרָֽם׃

May their sins always remain before the LORD, that He may cut off their memory from the earth.

Let them be before the LORD continually, that he may cut off the memory of them from the earth.

יַ֗עַן אֲשֶׁ֤ר ׀ לֹ֥א זָכַר֮ עֲשׂ֪וֹת חָ֥סֶד וַיִּרְדֹּ֡ף אִישׁ־עָנִ֣י וְ֭אֶבְיוֹן וְנִכְאֵ֨ה לֵבָ֬ב לְמוֹתֵֽת׃

For he never thought to show kindness, but pursued the poor and needy and brokenhearted, even to their death.

Because that he remembered not to shew mercy, but persecuted the poor and needy man, that he might even slay the broken in heart.

וַיֶּאֱהַ֣ב קְ֭לָלָה וַתְּבוֹאֵ֑הוּ וְֽלֹא־חָפֵ֥ץ בִּ֝בְרָכָ֗ה וַתִּרְחַ֥ק מִמֶּֽנּוּ׃

The cursing that he loved, may it fall on him; the blessing in which he refused to delight, may it be far from him.

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

וַיִּלְבַּ֥שׁ קְלָלָ֗ה כְּמַ֫דּ֥וֹ וַתָּבֹ֣א כַמַּ֣יִם בְּקִרְבּ֑וֹ וְ֝כַשֶּׁ֗מֶן בְּעַצְמוֹתָֽיו׃

The cursing that he wore like a coat, may it soak into his body like water, and into his bones like oil.

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.

תְּהִי־ל֭וֹ כְּבֶ֣גֶד יַעְטֶ֑ה וּ֝לְמֵ֗זַח תָּמִ֥יד יַחְגְּרֶֽהָ׃

May it be like a robe wrapped about him, like a belt tied forever around him.

Let it be unto him as the garment which covereth him, and for a girdle wherewith he is girded continually.

זֹ֤את פְּעֻלַּ֣ת שֹׂ֭טְנַי מֵאֵ֣ת יְהוָ֑ה וְהַדֹּבְרִ֥ים רָ֝֗ע עַל־נַפְשִֽׁי׃

May this be the LORD’s reward to my accusers, to those who speak evil against me.

Let this be the reward of mine adversaries from the LORD, and of them that speak evil against my soul.

וְאַתָּ֤ה ׀ יְה֘וִ֤ה אֲדֹנָ֗י עֲֽשֵׂה־אִ֭תִּי לְמַ֣עַן שְׁמֶ֑ךָ כִּי־ט֥וֹב חַ֝סְדְּךָ֗ הַצִּילֵֽנִי׃

But You, O GOD, the Lord, deal kindly with me for the sake of Your name; deliver me by the goodness of Your loving devotion.

But do thou for me, O GOD the Lord, for thy name’s sake: because thy mercy is good, deliver thou me.

כִּֽי־עָנִ֣י וְאֶבְי֣וֹן אָנֹ֑כִי וְ֝לִבִּ֗י חָלַ֥ל בְּקִרְבִּֽי׃

For I am poor and needy; my heart is wounded within me.

For I am poor and needy, and my heart is wounded within me.

כְּצֵל־כִּנְטוֹת֥וֹ נֶהֱלָ֑כְתִּי נִ֝נְעַ֗רְתִּי כָּֽאַרְבֶּֽה׃

I am fading away like a lengthening shadow; I am shaken off like a locust.

I am gone like the shadow when it declineth: I am tossed up and down as the locust.

בִּ֭רְכַּי כָּשְׁל֣וּ מִצּ֑וֹם וּ֝בְשָׂרִ֗י כָּחַ֥שׁ מִשָּֽׁמֶן׃

My knees are weak from fasting, and my body grows lean and gaunt.

My knees are weak through fasting; and my flesh faileth of fatness.

וַאֲנִ֤י ׀ הָיִ֣יתִי חֶרְפָּ֣ה לָהֶ֑ם יִ֝רְא֗וּנִי יְנִיע֥וּן רֹאשָֽׁם׃

I am an object of scorn to my accusers; when they see me, they shake their heads.

I became also a reproach unto them: when they looked upon me they shaked their heads.

עָ֭זְרֵנִי יְהוָ֣ה אֱלֹהָ֑י ה֭וֹשִׁיעֵ֣נִי כְחַסְדֶּֽךָ׃

Help me, O LORD my God; save me according to Your loving devotion.

Help me, O LORD my God: O save me according to thy mercy:

וְֽ֭יֵדְעוּ כִּי־יָ֣דְךָ זֹּ֑את אַתָּ֖ה יְהוָ֣ה עֲשִׂיתָֽהּ׃

Let them know that this is Your hand, that You, O LORD, have done it.

That they may know that this is thy hand; that thou, LORD, hast done it.

יְקַֽלְלוּ־הֵמָּה֮ וְאַתָּ֪ה תְבָ֫רֵ֥ךְ קָ֤מוּ ׀ וַיֵּבֹ֗שׁוּ וְֽעַבְדְּךָ֥ יִשְׂמָֽח׃

Though they curse, You will bless. When they rise up, they will be put to shame, but Your servant will rejoice.

Let them curse, but bless thou: when they arise, let them be ashamed; but let thy servant rejoice.

יִלְבְּשׁ֣וּ שׂוֹטְנַ֣י כְּלִמָּ֑ה וְיַעֲט֖וּ כַמְעִ֣יל בָּשְׁתָּֽם׃

May my accusers be clothed with disgrace; may they wear their shame like a robe.

Let mine adversaries be clothed with shame, and let them cover themselves with their own confusion, as with a mantle.

א֘וֹדֶ֤ה יְהוָ֣ה מְאֹ֣ד בְּפִ֑י וּבְת֖וֹךְ רַבִּ֣ים אֲהַֽלְלֶֽנּוּ׃

With my mouth I will thank the LORD profusely; I will praise Him in the presence of many.

I will greatly praise the LORD with my mouth; yea, I will praise him among the multitude.

כִּֽי־יַ֭עֲמֹד לִימִ֣ין אֶבְי֑וֹן לְ֝הוֹשִׁ֗יעַ מִשֹּׁפְטֵ֥י נַפְשֽׁוֹ׃

For He stands at the right hand of the needy one, to save him from the condemners of his soul.

For he shall stand at the right hand of the poor, to save him from those that condemn his soul.