Psalm 108–110

Psalm 108^a

A song; a psalm by David. 

¹My heart is confident, O God. 

I want to sing and make music even with my soul.^b

²Wake up, harp and lyre! 

I want to wake up at dawn. 

³I want to give thanks to you among the people, O Lord. 

I want to make music to praise you among the nations 

⁴because your mercy is higher than the heavens. 

Your truth reaches the skies. 

⁵May you be honored above the heavens, O God. 

Let your glory extend over the whole earth. 

⁶Save ⸤us⸥ with your powerful hand, and answer us 

so that those who are dear to you may be rescued. 

⁷God has promised the following through his holiness: 

“I will triumph! 

I will divide Shechem. 

I will measure the valley of Succoth. 

⁸Gilead is mine. 

Manasseh is mine. 

Ephraim is the helmet on my head. 

Judah is my scepter. 

⁹Moab is my washtub. 

I will throw my shoe over Edom. 

I will shout in triumph over Philistia.” 

¹⁰Who will bring me into the fortified city? 

Who will lead me to Edom? 

¹¹Isn’t it you, O God, who rejected us? 

Isn’t it you, O God, who refused to accompany our armies? 

¹²Give us help against the enemy 

because human assistance is worthless. 

¹³With God we will display great strength. 

He will trample our enemies. 

Psalm 109

For the choir director; a psalm by David. 

¹O God, whom I praise, do not turn a deaf ear to me. 

²Wicked and deceitful people have opened their mouths against me. 

They speak against me with lying tongues. 

³They surround me with hateful words. 

They fight against me for no reason. 

⁴In return for my love, they accuse me, 

but I pray for them.^a

⁵They reward me with evil instead of good 

and with hatred instead of love. 

⁶⸤I said,⸥ “Appoint the evil one to oppose him. 

Let Satan stand beside him. 

⁷When he stands trial, 

let him be found guilty. 

Let his prayer be considered sinful. 

⁸Let his days be few ⸤in number⸥. 

Let someone else take his position. 

⁹“Let his children become fatherless and his wife a widow. 

¹⁰Let his children wander around and beg. 

Let them seek help far from their ruined homes. 

¹¹Let a creditor take everything he owns. 

Let strangers steal what he has worked for. 

¹²Let no one be kind to him anymore. 

Let no one show any pity to his fatherless children. 

¹³Let his descendants be cut off 

and their family name be wiped out by the next generation. 

¹⁴Let the Lord remember the guilt of his ancestors 

and not wipe out his mother’s sin. 

¹⁵Let their guilt and sin always remain on record 

in front of the Lord. 

Let the Lord remove every memory of him^bfrom the earth, 

¹⁶because he did not remember to be kind. 

“He drove oppressed, needy, 

and brokenhearted people to their graves. 

¹⁷He loved to put curses ⸤on others⸥, 

so he, too, was cursed. 

He did not like to bless ⸤others⸥, 

so he never received a blessing. 

¹⁸He wore cursing as though it were clothing, 

so cursing entered his body like water 

and his bones like oil. 

¹⁹Let cursing be his clothing, 

a belt he always wears.” 

²⁰This is how the Lord rewards those who accuse me, 

those who say evil things against me. 

²¹O Lord Almighty, deal with me out of the goodness of your name. 

Rescue me because of your mercy. 

²²I am oppressed and needy. 

I can feel the pain in my heart. 

²³I fade away like a lengthening shadow. 

I have been shaken off like a grasshopper. 

²⁴My knees give way because I have been fasting. 

My body has become lean, without any fat. 

²⁵I have become the victim of my enemies’ insults. 

They look at me and shake their heads. 

²⁶Help me, O Lord my God. 

Save me because of your mercy. 

²⁷Then they will know that this is your doing, 

that you, O Lord, are the one who saved me. 

²⁸They may curse, but you will bless. 

Let those who attack me be ashamed, 

but let me rejoice. 

²⁹Let those who accuse me wear disgrace as though it were clothing. 

Let them be wrapped in their shame as though it were a robe. 

³⁰With my mouth I will give many thanks to the Lord. 

I will praise him among many people, 

³¹because he stands beside needy people 

to save them from those who would condemn them to death. 

Psalm 110

A psalm by David. 

¹The Lord said to my Lord, 

“Take the honored position—the one next to me [God the Father] on the heavenly throne 

until I put your enemies your control.”^a 

²The Lord will extend your powerful scepter from Zion. 

Rule your enemies who surround you. 

³Your people will volunteer when you call up your army. 

Your young people will come to you in holy splendor 

like dew in the early morning.^b

⁴The Lord has taken an oath and will not change his mind: 

“You are a priest forever, in the way Melchizedek was a priest.” 

⁵The Lord is at your right side. 

He will crush kings on the day of his anger. 

⁶He will pass judgment on the nations 

and fill them with dead bodies. 

Throughout the earth he will crush ⸤their⸥ heads. 

⁷He will drink from the brook along the road. 

He will hold his head high.