109: 2 For the mouth of the wicked and the mouth of deceit have they opened against me: They have spoken 658unto me with a lying tongue.
658Or, against me
109: 3 They have compassed me about also with words of hatred, And fought against me without a cause.
109: 4 For my love they are my adversaries: But I give myself unto prayer.
109: 5 And they have 659rewarded me evil for good, And hatred for my love.
659Hb. laid upon me
109: 6 Set thou a wicked man over him; And let 660an adversary stand at his right hand.
660Or, Satan or, an accuser
109: 7 When he is judged, let him come forth guilty; And let his prayer 661be turned into sin.
661Or, become
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 be vagabonds, and beg, And let them seek their bread 662out of their desolate places.
662Or, far from their desolate places.
109: 11 Let the extortioner 663catch all that he hath; And let strangers make spoil of his labor.
663Hb. snare
109: 12 Let there be none to 664extend kindness unto him; Neither let there be any to have pity on his fatherless children.
664Or, continue
109: 13 Let his posterity be cut off; In the generation following let their name be blotted out.
109: 14 Let the iniquity of his fathers be remembered with Jehovah; And let not the sin of his mother be blotted out.
109: 15 Let them be before Jehovah continually, That he may cut off the memory of them from the earth;
109: 16 Because he remembered not to show kindness, But persecuted the poor and needy man, And the broken in heart, to slay them.
109: 17 Yes, he loved cursing, and it came unto him; And he delighted not in blessing, and it was far from him.
109: 18 He clothed himself also with cursing as with his garment, And it came into his inward parts like water, And like oil into his bones.
109: 19 Let it be unto him as the raiment wherewith he covereth himself, And for the girdle wherewith he is girded continually.
109: 20 This is the reward of mine adversaries from Jehovah, And of them that speak evil against my soul.
109: 21 But deal thou with me, O Jehovah the Lord, for thy name’s sake: Because thy lovingkindness is good, deliver thou me;
109: 22 For I am poor and needy, And my heart is wounded within me.
109: 23 I am gone like the shadow when it 665declineth: I am tossed up and down as the locust.
665Or, is stretched out
109: 24 My knees 666are weak through fasting; And my flesh faileth of fatness.
666Or, totter through fasting;
109: 25 I am become also a reproach unto them: When they see me, they shake their head.
109: 26 Help me, O Jehovah my God; Oh save me according to thy lovingkindness:
109: 27 That they may know that this is thy hand; That thou, Jehovah, hast done it.
109: 28 Let them curse, but bless thou: When they arise, they shall be put to shame, But thy servant shall rejoice.
109: 29 667Let mine adversaries be clothed with dishonor, And let them cover themselves with their own shame as with a robe.
667Or, Mine adversaries shall be clothed with dishonor, And they shall cover themselves with their own shame as with a robe.
109: 30 I will give great thanks unto Jehovah with my mouth; Yes, I will praise him among the multitude.
109: 31 For 668he hath stood at the right hand of the needy, To save him from them that judge his soul.
668So 11QPsa Sept., Aram., Vg. ( predetermined action). Massoretic reads he will stand at the right hand
