Psa 109 | ESV | STEP | To the choirmaster . A Psalm of David . Be not silent , O God of my praise !

‏ Psalms 109

Help Me, O Lord My God

To the choirmaster. A Psalm of David.

1 ^aBe not silent, O ^bGod of my praise!
2 For wicked and ^cdeceitful mouths are opened against me,
speaking against me with lying tongues.
3 They encircle me with words of hate,
and attack me ^dwithout cause.
4 In return for my love they ^eaccuse me,
but I ^fgive myself to prayer. ^{▼▼Hebrew but I am prayer}
5 So they ^hreward me evil for good,
and hatred for my love.
6 ⁱAppoint a wicked man ^jagainst him;
let an accuser stand ^kat his right hand.
7 When he is tried, let him come forth guilty;
let his ^lprayer be counted as sin!
8 May his ^mdays be few;
may ⁿanother take his ^ooffice!
9 May his ^pchildren be fatherless
and his wife a widow!
10 May his children ^qwander about and beg,
^rseeking food far from the ruins they inhabit!
11 May ^sthe creditor seize all that he has;
may ^tstrangers plunder the fruits of his toil!
12 Let there be none to ^uextend kindness to him,
nor any to ^vpity his fatherless children!
13 May his ^wposterity be cut off;
may his ^xname be blotted out in the second generation!
14 May ^ythe iniquity of his fathers be remembered before the Lord,
and let not the sin of his mother be ^zblotted out!
15 ^aaLet them be before the Lord continually,
that he may ^abcut off the memory of them from the earth!
16 For he did not remember to show kindness,
but pursued ^acthe poor and needy
and ^adthe brokenhearted, to put them to death.
17 ^aeHe loved to curse; let curses come ^{▼▼Revocalization; Masoretic Text curses have come} upon him!
He did not delight in blessing; may it be far ^{▼▼Revocalization; Masoretic Text it is far} from him!
18 He ^ahclothed himself with cursing as his coat;
may it ^aisoak ^{▼▼Revocalization; Masoretic Text it has soaked} 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 ^akaccusers from the Lord,
of those who speak evil against my life!
21 But you, O God my Lord,
deal on my behalf ^alfor your name’s sake;
because your ^amsteadfast love is good, deliver me!
22 For I am ^anpoor and needy,
and my heart is stricken within me.
23 I am gone like ^aoa shadow at evening;
I am ^apshaken off like a locust.
24 My knees are weak ^aqthrough fasting;
my ^arbody has become gaunt, with no fat.
25 I am ^asan object of scorn to my accusers;
when they see me, they ^atwag their heads.
26 ^auHelp me, O Lord my God!
Save me according to your steadfast love!
27 Let them ^avknow that this is your hand;
you, O Lord, have done it!
28 ^awLet them curse, but you will bless!
They arise and are put to shame, but ^axyour servant will be glad!
29 May my accusers be ^ayclothed with dishonor;
may they ^azbe wrapped in their own shame as in a cloak!
30 With my mouth I will give great thanks to the Lord;
I will ^bapraise him in the midst of the throng.
31 For he stands ^bbat the right hand of the needy one,
to save him from those who condemn his soul to death.