Psalms 109

1Hold not thy peace, O God of my praise;

לַמְנַצֵּחַ לְדָוִד מִזְמֹור אֱלֹהֵי תְהִלָּתִי אַל־תֶּחֱרַשׁ׃ (2385)

See also: Jeremiah 17:14, Psalms 28:1, Psalms 83:1, Deuteronomy 10:21, Psalms 50:21, Exodus 15:2, Psalms 35:22-23, Isaiah 42:14, Psalms 120:2, Psalms 118:28

2For the mouth of the wicked and the mouth of the deceitful are opened against me: they have spoken against me with a lying tongue.

כִּי פִי רָשָׁע וּפִי־מִרְמָה עָלַי פָּתָחוּ דִּבְּרוּ אִתִּי לְשֹׁון שָׁקֶר׃ (3284)

3They compassed me about also with words of hatred; and fought against me without a cause.

וְדִבְרֵי שִׂנְאָה סְבָבוּנִי וַיִּלָּחֲמוּנִי חִנָּם׃ (966)

4For my love they are my adversaries: but I give myself unto prayer.

תַּחַת־אַהֲבָתִי יִשְׂטְנוּנִי וַאֲנִי תְפִלָּה׃ (2243)

5And they have rewarded me evil for good, and hatred for my love.

וַיָּשִׂימוּ עָלַי רָעָה תַּחַת טֹובָה וְשִׂנְאָה תַּחַת אַהֲבָתִי׃ (3175)

See also: Psalms 7:4, Psalms 38:20, Psalms 55:20, Proverbs 17:13, 2 Timothy 4:14, Genesis 44:4, 2 Samuel 15:31, Psalms 35:7-12, Psalms 55:12-15, Jeremiah 38:6, 2 Samuel 15:12, Jeremiah 41:1, Jeremiah 41:2, Mark 14:44-45, Luke 6:16, Luke 22:47-48, John 13:18

6Set thou a wicked man over him: and let Satan stand at his right hand.

הַפְקֵד עָלָיו רָשָׁע וְשָׂטָן יַעֲמֹד עַל־יְמִינֹו׃ (1580)

See also: John 17:12, Zechariah 3:1, Psalms 55:15, Matthew 5:25, 1 Peter 5:8, Luke 22:22, Matthew 27:4, 1 Corinthians 5:5, Psalms 5:10, Jeremiah 20:12, John 13:2, Leviticus 26:16, 1 Kings 2:33, Psalms 40:15, Matthew 26:24, Mark 14:21, John 6:71, John 13:27

7When he shall be judged, let him be condemned: and let his prayer become sin.

בְּהִשָּׁפְטֹו יֵצֵא רָשָׁע וּתְפִלָּתֹו תִּהְיֶה לַחֲטָאָה׃ (2468)

See also: Proverbs 28:9, Proverbs 21:27, Proverbs 15:8, Galatians 3:10, 2 Samuel 15:7-8, Job 27:9, Isaiah 1:15, Isaiah 66:3, Matthew 23:13, Romans 3:19, Malachi 2:2, Acts 1:25

8Let his days be few; and let another take his office.

יִהְיוּ־יָמָיו מְעַטִּים פְּקֻדָּתֹו יִקַּח אַחֵר׃ (1183)

See also: Acts 1:20, Psalms 55:23, Acts 1:16-26, 2 Samuel 3:29, 1 Kings 2:35, 2 Kings 10:17, Jeremiah 29:32, Daniel 11:7, Matthew 27:5, Luke 19:26

9Let his children be fatherless, and his wife a widow.

יִהְיוּ־בָנָיו יְתֹומִים וְאִשְׁתֹּו אַלְמָנָה׃ (1444)

See also: Exodus 22:24, Jeremiah 18:21, Deuteronomy 28:18, Job 20:26, Lamentations 5:3, Job 5:4, Job 21:19, Ecclesiastes 5:14

10Let his children be continually vagabonds, and beg: let them seek their bread also out of their desolate places.

וְנֹועַ יָנוּעוּ בָנָיו וְשִׁאֵלוּ וְדָרְשׁוּ מֵחָרְבֹותֵיהֶם׃ (1912)

See also: Genesis 4:12-14, Psalms 37:25, Job 15:23, Psalms 59:15, 2 Kings 5:27, Isaiah 16:2, Genesis 4:14, 2 Samuel 3:29, Job 18:12, Job 20:10, Job 24:8-12, Job 30:3-9, Job 30:5

11Let the extortioner catch all that he hath; and let the strangers spoil his labour.

יְנַקֵּשׁ נֹושֶׁה לְכָל־אֲשֶׁר־לֹו וְיָבֹזּוּ זָרִים יְגִיעֹו׃ (1825)

See also: Job 5:5, Deuteronomy 28:29, Deuteronomy 28:33-34, Deuteronomy 28:50-51, Job 18:9-19, Job 20:18, Judges 6:3-6, Psalms 128:2

12Let there be none to extend mercy unto him: neither let there be any to favour his fatherless children.

אַל־יְהִי־לֹו מֹשֵׁךְ חָסֶד וְאַל־יְהִי חֹונֵן לִיתֹומָיו׃ (1202)

See also: Matthew 27:25, Psalms 137:8-9, Luke 6:38, James 2:13, Esther 9:10, Job 5:4, Isaiah 9:17, Isaiah 13:18, Isaiah 27:11, Luke 11:50-51, Genesis 4:14

13Let his posterity be cut off; and in the generation following let their name be blotted out.

יְהִי־אַחֲרִיתֹו לְהַכְרִית בְּדֹור אַחֵר יִמַּח שְׁמָם׃ (2174)

14Let the iniquity of his fathers be remembered with the LORD; and let not the sin of his mother be blotted out.

יִזָּכֵר ׀ עֲוֹן אֲבֹתָיו אֶל־יְהוָה וְחַטַּאת אִמֹּו אַל־תִּמָּח׃ (1789)

See also: Exodus 20:5, Nehemiah 4:5, Jeremiah 18:23, Lamentations 1:22, Leviticus 26:39, 2 Samuel 3:29, 2 Samuel 21:1, 2 Samuel 21:8-9, 2 Kings 8:27, 2 Kings 9:27, 2 Kings 10:13-14, 2 Kings 11:1, 2 Chronicles 22:3-4, Isaiah 43:25, Isaiah 44:22, Matthew 23:31-36, Psalms 25:7, Psalms 69:27, Jeremiah 14:10

15Let them be before the LORD continually, that he may cut off the memory of them from the earth.

יִהְיוּ נֶגֶד־יְהוָה תָּמִיד וְיַכְרֵת מֵאֶרֶץ זִכְרָם׃ (1802)

See also: Ecclesiastes 9:5, Psalms 34:16, Job 18:17, Psalms 90:8, Proverbs 10:7, Psalms 51:9, Deuteronomy 32:34, Ruth 4:10, 2 Samuel 4:11, Job 13:12, Psalms 109:13, Isaiah 65:15, Jeremiah 2:22, Amos 8:7, Hosea 7:2

16Because that he remembered not to shew mercy, but persecuted the poor and needy man, that he might even slay the broken in heart.

יַעַן אֲשֶׁר ׀ לֹא זָכַר עֲשֹׂות חָסֶד וַיִּרְדֹּף אִישׁ־עָנִי וְאֶבְיֹון וְנִכְאֵה לֵבָב לְמֹותֵת׃ (3545)

17As he loved cursing, so let it come unto him: as he delighted not in blessing, so let it be far from him.

וַיֶּאֱהַב קְלָלָה וַתְּבֹואֵהוּ וְלֹא־חָפֵץ בִּבְרָכָה וַתִּרְחַק מִמֶּנּוּ׃ (1909)

18As he clothed himself with cursing like as with his garment, so let it come into his bowels like water, and like oil into his bones.

וַיִּלְבַּשׁ קְלָלָה כְּמַדֹּו וַתָּבֹא כַמַּיִם בְּקִרְבֹּו וְכַשֶּׁמֶן בְּעַצְמֹותָיו׃ (2452)

See also: Psalms 73:6, Numbers 5:22, Jeremiah 43:12, Psalms 109:19, Ezekiel 32:27, Matthew 27:3-5, Colossians 3:12, Numbers 5:27, 2 Chronicles 21:15, Job 20:12-16, Job 20:20-23, Job 29:14, Jeremiah 24:9, Ezekiel 26:16, Matthew 26:24, Acts 1:18, Acts 1:25, Colossians 3:8, 1 Peter 5:5

19Let it be unto him as the garment which covereth him, and for a girdle wherewith he is girded continually.

תְּהִי־לֹו כְּבֶגֶד יַעְטֶה וּלְמֵזַח תָּמִיד יַחְגְּרֶהָ׃ (1345)

See also: Psalms 109:29, Psalms 132:18, Psalms 35:26, Psalms 109:18

20Let this be the reward of mine adversaries from the LORD, and of them that speak evil against my soul.

זֹאת פְּעֻלַּת טְנַי מֵאֵת יְהוָה וְהַדֹּבְרִים רָע עַל־נַפְשִׁי׃ (2601)

See also: 2 Timothy 4:14, 1 Kings 2:44, Psalms 94:23, 2 Samuel 17:23, 2 Samuel 18:32, Psalms 2:5-6, Psalms 2:12, Psalms 21:8-12, Psalms 40:14-15, Psalms 71:10, Psalms 110:1, Psalms 110:5-6, Matthew 11:19, Matthew 12:24, Matthew 26:66-67, Mark 9:39, Luke 19:27, 1 Corinthians 12:3, 1 Thessalonians 2:15-16

21But do thou for me, O GOD the Lord, for thy name’s sake: because thy mercy is good, deliver thou me.

וְאַתָּה ׀ יְהוִה אֲדֹנָי עֲ‍שֵׂה־אִתִּי לְמַעַן שְׁמֶךָ כִּי־טֹוב חַסְדְּךָ הַצִּילֵנִי׃ (2173)

See also: Psalms 69:16, Psalms 51:1, Psalms 31:3, Psalms 63:3, Psalms 79:9-10, Psalms 25:11, Philippians 2:8-11, Psalms 36:7-9, Psalms 69:14, Psalms 86:5, Psalms 86:15, Psalms 119:149, Psalms 143:11-12, John 17:1, Psalms 69:29, Psalms 23:3, Job 10:2

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

כִּי־עָנִי וְאֶבְיֹון אָנֹכִי וְלִבִּי חָלַל בְּקִרְבִּי׃ (746)

23I am gone like the shadow when it declineth: I am tossed up and down as the locust.

כְּצֵל־כִּנְטֹותֹו נֶהֱלָכְתִּי נִנְעַרְתִּי כָּאַרְבֶּה׃ (2154)

See also: Psalms 102:11, Psalms 144:4, Exodus 10:19, 1 Chronicles 29:15, Job 14:2, Psalms 102:10-11, Ecclesiastes 6:12, Exodus 10:13, Job 17:7, Ecclesiastes 8:13, James 4:14, Job 7:4

24My knees are weak through fasting; and my flesh faileth of fatness.

בִּרְכַּי כָּשְׁלוּ מִצֹּום וּבְשָׂרִי כָּחַשׁ מִשָּׁמֶן׃ (2040)

See also: Matthew 6:16, Psalms 22:14, Psalms 32:3-4, Matthew 4:2, Hebrews 12:12, Job 16:8, Job 19:20, Psalms 35:13-14, Psalms 38:5-8, Psalms 69:10, Psalms 102:4-5, 2 Corinthians 11:27

25I became also a reproach unto them: when they looked upon me they shaked their heads.

וַאֲנִי ׀ הָיִיתִי חֶרְפָּה לָהֶם יִרְאוּנִי יְנִיעוּן רֹאשָׁם׃ (1884)

See also: Psalms 22:6-7, Matthew 27:39, Job 16:4, Mark 15:29, Psalms 22:7, Psalms 69:19-20, Romans 15:3, 2 Kings 19:21, Psalms 69:9-12, Luke 10:32, Psalms 31:11-13, Psalms 35:15-16, Psalms 44:14, Psalms 119:42, Isaiah 37:22, Hebrews 12:2, Hebrews 13:13

26Help me, O LORD my God: O save me according to thy mercy:

עָזְרֵנִי יְהוָה אֱלֹהָי הֹושִׁיעֵנִי כְחַסְדֶּךָ׃ (972)

See also: Psalms 119:86, Psalms 25:7, Psalms 57:1, Psalms 69:13, Hebrews 5:7, Psalms 69:16, Psalms 40:12, Jeremiah 15:15

27That they may know that this is thy hand; that thou, LORD, hast done it.

וְיֵדְעוּ כִּי־יָדְךָ זֹּאת אַתָּה יְהוָה עֲשִׂיתָהּ׃ (1785)

See also: Job 37:7, 1 Kings 18:36-37, Exodus 8:19, 1 Samuel 17:46-47, Psalms 17:13-14, Psalms 64:8-9, Psalms 126:2, Acts 2:32-36, Acts 4:16, Numbers 16:28-30, Isaiah 41:20

28Let them curse, but bless thou: when they arise, let them be ashamed; but let thy servant rejoice.

יְקַלְלוּ־הֵמָּה וְאַתָּה תְבָרֵךְ קָמוּ ׀ וַיֵּבֹשׁוּ וְעַבְדְּךָ יִשְׂמָח׃ (2190)

See also: Proverbs 26:2, Numbers 23:20, Nehemiah 13:2, John 16:22, Numbers 22:12, Psalms 109:17, Hebrews 12:2, Psalms 6:10, Jeremiah 18:19, Revelation 18:20, Numbers 23:23, 2 Samuel 16:5, 2 Samuel 16:10-13, Psalms 35:26, Isaiah 65:13-16, Jeremiah 15:10, Numbers 22:6

29Let mine adversaries be clothed with shame, and let them cover themselves with their own confusion, as with a mantle.

יִלְבְּשׁוּ שֹׂוטְנַי כְּלִמָּה וְיַעֲטוּ כַמְעִיל בָּשְׁתָּם׃ (1831)

30I will greatly praise the LORD with my mouth; yea, I will praise him among the multitude.

אֹודֶה יְהוָה מְאֹד בְּפִי וּבְתֹוךְ רַבִּים אֲהַלְלֶנּוּ׃ (987)

See also: Psalms 111:1, Psalms 35:18, Psalms 22:22-25, Psalms 138:1, Psalms 107:32, Psalms 108:1-3, Psalms 116:12-18, Psalms 138:4, Jeremiah 20:13, Hebrews 2:12, Psalms 7:17, Psalms 9:1, Psalms 9:14, Psalms 71:22-23

31For he shall stand at the right hand of the poor, to save him from those that condemn his soul.

כִּי־יַעֲמֹד לִימִין אֶבְיֹון לְהֹושִׁיעַ מִשֹּׁפְטֵי נַפְשֹׁו׃ (1659)