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Psalm 109

The Complete Jewish Bible CJB

1 For the leader. A psalm of David: God, whom I praise, don't remain silent!

2 For wicked and deceitful men have opened their mouths against me, spoken against me with lying tongues,

3 surrounded me with hateful words, and attacked me without cause.

4 In return for my love they became my accusers, even though I prayed for them.

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

6 [They say,] "Appoint a wicked man over him, may an accuser stand at his right.

7 When he is tried, let him be found guilty, may even his plea be counted a sin.

8 May his days be few, may someone else take his position.

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

10 May his children be wandering beggars, foraging for food from their ruined homes.

11 May creditors seize all he owns and strangers make off with his earnings.

12 May no one treat him kindly, and may no one take pity on his orphaned children.

13 May his posterity be cut off; may his name be erased within a generation.

14 May the wrongs of his ancestors be remembered by ADONAI, and may the sin of his mother not be erased;

15 may they always be before ADONAI, so he can cut off all memory of them from the earth.

16 For he did not remember to show kindness but hounded the downtrodden, the poor and the brokenhearted to death.

17 He loved cursing; may it recoil on him! He didn't like blessing; may it stay far from him!

18 He clothed himself with cursing as routinely as with his coat; May it enter inside him as easily as water, as easily as oil into his bones.

19 May it cling to him like the coat he wears, like the belt he wraps around himself."

20 This is what my adversaries want ADONAI to do, those who speak evil against me.

21 But you, God, ADONAI, treat me as your name demands; rescue me, because your grace is good.

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

23 Like a lengthening evening shadow, I am gone; I am shaken off like a locust.

24 My knees are weak from lack of food, my flesh wastes away for lack of nourishment.

25 I have become the object of their taunts; when they see me, they shake their heads.

26 Help me, ADONAI, my God! Save me, in keeping with your grace;

27 so that they will know that this comes from your hand, that you, ADONAI, have done it.

28 Let them go on cursing; but you, bless! When they attack, let them be put to shame; but let your servant rejoice.

29 Let my adversaries be clothed with confusion, let them wear their own shame like a robe.

30 I will eagerly thank ADONAI with my mouth, I will praise him right there in the crowd,

31 because he stands alongside a needy person to defend him from unjust accusers.

The Bible in Basic English BBE

1 <To the chief music-maker. Of David. A Psalm.> God of my praise, let my prayer be answered;

2 For the mouth of the sinner is open against me in deceit: his tongue has said false things against me.

3 Words of hate are round about me; they have made war against me without cause.

4 For my love they give me back hate; but I have given myself to prayer.

5 They have put on me evil for good; hate in exchange for my love.

6 Put an evil man over him; and let one be placed at his right hand to say evil of him.

7 When he is judged, let the decision go against him; and may his prayer become sin.

8 Let his life be short; let another take his position of authority.

9 Let his children have no father, and his wife be made a widow.

10 Let his children be wanderers, looking to others for their food; let them be sent away from the company of their friends.

11 Let his creditor take all his goods; and let others have the profit of his work.

12 Let no man have pity on him, or give help to his children when he is dead.

13 Let his seed be cut off; in the coming generation let their name go out of memory.

14 Let the Lord keep in mind the wrongdoing of his fathers; and may the sin of his mother have no forgiveness.

15 Let them be ever before the eyes of the Lord, so that the memory of them may be cut off from the earth.

16 Because he had no mercy, but was cruel to the low and the poor, designing the death of the broken-hearted.

17 As he took pleasure in cursing, so let it come on him; and as he had no delight in blessing, let it be far from him.

18 He put on cursing like a robe, and it has come into his body like water, and into his bones like oil.

19 Let it be to him as a robe which he puts on, let it be like a band which is round him at all times.

20 Let this be the reward given to my haters from the Lord, and to those who say evil of my soul.

21 But, O Lord God, give me your help, because of your name; take me out of danger, because your mercy is good.

22 For I am poor and in need, and my heart is wounded in me.

23 I am gone like the shade when it is stretched out: I am forced out of my place like a locust.

24 My knees are feeble for need of food; there is no fat on my bones.

25 As for me, they make sport of me; shaking their heads when they see me.

26 Give me help, O Lord my God; in your mercy be my saviour;

27 So that they may see that it is the work of your hand; that you, Lord, have done it.

28 They may give curses but you give blessing; when they come up against me, put them to shame; but let your servant be glad.

29 Let my haters be clothed with shame, covering themselves with shame as with a robe.

30 I will give the Lord great praise with my mouth; yes, I will give praise to him among all the people.

31 For he is ever at the right hand of the poor, to take him out of the hands of those who go after his soul.