Psalms 109:3-13

3 and they say evil things about me, attacking me for no reason.
4 They oppose me, even though I love them and have prayed for them.
5 They pay me back evil for good and hatred for love.
6 Choose some corrupt judge to try my enemy, and let one of his own enemies accuse him.
7 May he be tried and found guilty; may even his prayer be considered a crime!
8 May his life soon be ended; 1 may someone else take his job!
9 May his children become orphans, and his wife a widow!
10 May his children be homeless beggars; may they be driven from the ruins they live in!
11 May his creditors take away all his property, and may strangers get everything he worked for.
12 May no one ever be kind to him or care for the orphans he leaves behind.
13 May all his descendants die, and may his name be forgotten in the next generation.

Cross References 1

  • 1. 109.8Acts 1.20.

Footnotes 2

  • [a]. [Probable text] have prayed for them; [Hebrew unclear.]
  • [b]. [One ancient translation] be driven from; [Hebrew] seek.
Scripture taken from the Good News Translation - Second Edition, Copyright 1992 by American Bible Society. Used by Permission.