PSALM 109 [†]  t Be not silent, O  u God of my praise!

2 For wicked and  v deceitful mouths are opened against me,

speaking against me with lying tongues.

3 They encircle me with words of hate,

and attack me  w without cause.

4 In return for my love they  x accuse me,

but I  y give myself to prayer. [1]

5[†] So they  z reward me evil for good,

and hatred for my love.

6[†]  a Appoint a wicked man  b against him;

let an accuser stand  c at his right hand.

7[†] When he is tried, let him come forth guilty;

let his  d prayer be counted as sin!

8[^][†] May his  e days be few;

may  f another take his  g office!

9[†] May his  h children be fatherless

and his wife a widow!

10 May his children  i wander about and beg,

 j seeking food far from the ruins they inhabit!

11 May  k the creditor seize all that he has;

may  k strangers plunder the fruits of his toil!

12 Let there be none to  l extend kindness to him,

nor any to  m pity his fatherless children!

13[†] May his  n posterity be cut off;

may his  o name be blotted out in the second generation!

14[†] May  p the iniquity of his fathers be remembered before the LORD,

and let not the sin of his mother be  q blotted out!

15  r Let them be before the LORD continually,

that he may  s cut off the memory of them from the earth!

16[†] For he did not remember to show kindness,

but pursued  t the poor and needy

and  u the brokenhearted, to put them to death.

17[†]  v He loved to curse; let curses come [2] upon him!

He did not delight in blessing; may it be far [3] from him!

18 He  w clothed himself with cursing as his coat;

may it  x soak [4] 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  y accusers from the LORD,

of those who speak evil against my life!

21[†] But you, O GOD my Lord,

deal on my behalf  z for your name’s sake;

because your  a steadfast love is good, deliver me!

22[†] For I am  b poor and needy,

and my heart is stricken within me.

23 I am gone like  c a shadow at evening;

I am  d shaken off like a locust.

24 My knees are weak  e through fasting;

my  f body has become gaunt, with no fat.

25 I am  g an object of scorn to my accusers;

when they see me, they  h wag their heads.

26  i Help me, O LORD my God!

Save me according to your steadfast love!

27 Let them  j know that this is your hand;

you, O LORD, have done it!

28[†]  k Let them curse, but you will bless!

They arise and are put to shame, but  l your servant will be glad!

29 May my accusers be  m clothed with dishonor;

may they  n be wrapped in their own shame as in a cloak!

30[†] With my mouth I will give great thanks to the LORD;

I will  o praise him in the midst of the throng.

31[^][†] For he stands  p at the right hand of the needy one,

to save him from those who condemn his soul to death.

A Psalm of David.