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109:1  To the Chief Musician. A Psalm of David. O God of my praise! Do not keep silent,
109:2  For the mouth of the wicked and the mouth of the deceitful are opened against me; They have spoken against me with a lying tongue.
109:3  They have also surrounded me with words of hatred, And have fought against me without a cause.
109:4  In return for my love, they attack me, But I am in prayer.
109:5  They have repaid me evil for good, And hatred for my love.
109:6  Appoint a wicked man against him, And let an attacker stand at his right hand [to kill him].
109:7  When he enters into dispute, let wickedness come about. Let his prayer [for help] result [only] in sin.
109:8  Let his days be few; And let another take his office.
109:9  Let his children be fatherless And his wife a widow.
109:10  Let his children wander and beg; Let them seek their food and be driven far from their ruined homes.
109:11  Let the creditor seize all that he has, And let strangers plunder the product of his labor.
109:12  Let there be no one to extend kindness to him, Nor let anyone be gracious to his fatherless children.
109:13  Let his descendants be cut off, And in the following generation let their name be blotted out.
109:14  Let the wickedness of his fathers be remembered by the Lord; And do not let the sin of his mother be blotted out.
109:15  Let them be before the Lord continually, That He may cut off their memory from the earth;
109:16  Because the man did not remember to show kindness, But persecuted the suffering and needy man, And the brokenhearted, to put them to death.
109:17  He also loved cursing, and it came [back] to him; He did not delight in blessing, so it was far from him.
109:18  He clothed himself with cursing as with his garment, And it seeped into his inner self like water And like [anointing] oil into his bones.
109:19  Let it be to him as a robe with which he covers himself, And as a sash with which he is constantly bound.
109:20  Let this be the reward of my attackers from the Lord, And of those who speak evil against my life.
109:21  But You, O God, the Lord, show kindness to me, for Your name’s sake; Because Your lovingkindness (faithfulness, compassion) is good, O rescue me;
109:22  For I am suffering and needy, And my heart is wounded within me.
109:23  I am vanishing like a shadow when it lengthens and fades; I am shaken off like the locust.
109:24  My knees are unsteady from fasting; And my flesh is gaunt and without fatness.
109:25  I also have become a reproach and an object of taunting to others; When they see me, they shake their heads [in derision].
109:26  Help me, O Lord my God; Save me according to Your lovingkindness—
109:27  And let them know that this is Your hand; You, Lord, have done it.
109:28  Let them curse, but You bless. When adversaries arise, let them be ashamed, But let Your servant rejoice.
109:29  Let my attackers be clothed with dishonor, And let them cover themselves with their own shame as with a robe.
109:30  I will give great praise and thanks to the Lord with my mouth; And in the midst of many I will praise Him.
109:31  For He will stand at the right hand of the needy, To save him from those who judge his soul.