109:1 To the Overseer. -- A Psalm of David. O God of my praise, be not silent,

109:2 For the mouth of wickedness, and the mouth of deceit, Against me they have opened, They have spoken with me -- A tongue of falsehood, and words of hatred!

109:3 They have compassed me about, And they fight me without cause.

109:4 For my love they oppose me, and I -- prayer!

109:5 And they set against me evil for good, And hatred for my love.

109:6 Appoint Thou over him the wicked, And an adversary standeth at his right hand.

109:7 In his being judged, he goeth forth wicked, And his prayer is for sin.

109:8 His days are few, his oversight another taketh,

109:9 His sons are fatherless, and his wife a widow.

109:10 And wander continually do his sons, Yea, they have begged, And have sought out of their dry places.

109:11 An exactor layeth a snare for all that he hath, And strangers spoil his labour.

109:12 He hath none to extend kindness, Nor is there one showing favour to his orphans.

109:13 His posterity is for cutting off, In another generation is their name blotted out.

109:14 The iniquity of his fathers Is remembered unto Jehovah, And the sin of his mother is not blotted out.

109:15 They are before Jehovah continually, And He cutteth off from earth their memorial.

109:16 Because that he hath not remembered to do kindness, And pursueth the poor man and needy, And the smitten of heart -- to slay,

109:17 And he loveth reviling, and it meeteth him, And he hath not delighted in blessing, And it is far from him.

109:18 And he putteth on reviling as his robe, And it cometh in as water into his midst, And as oil into his bones.

109:19 It is to him as apparel -- he covereth himself, And for a continual girdle he girdeth it on.

109:20 This [is] the wage of mine accusers from Jehovah, And of those speaking evil against my soul.

109:21 And Thou, O Jehovah Lord, Deal with me for Thy name`s sake, Because Thy kindness [is] good, deliver me.

109:22 For I [am] poor and needy, And my heart hath been pierced in my midst.

109:23 As a shadow when it is stretched out I have gone, I have been driven away as a locust.

109:24 My knees have been feeble from fasting, And my flesh hath failed of fatness.

109:25 And I -- I have been a reproach to them, They see me, they shake their head.

109:26 Help me, O Jehovah my God, Save me, according to Thy kindness.

109:27 And they know that this [is] Thy hand, Thou, O Jehovah, Thou hast done it.

109:28 They revile, and Thou dost bless, They have risen, and are ashamed, And Thy servant doth rejoice.

109:29 Mine accusers put on blushing, and are covered, As an upper robe [is] their shame.

109:30 I thank Jehovah greatly with my mouth, And in the midst of many I praise Him,