Psalm 109–111

PSALM 109

O God, Do Not Be Silent

For the choir director. Of David. A Psalm.

¹O ^aGod of my praise,

^bDo not be silent!

²For they have opened a wicked mouth and a ^adeceitful mouth against me;

They have spoken to me with a ^blying tongue.

³They have also surrounded me with words of hatred,

And fought against me ^awithout cause.

⁴In return ^afor my love they accuse me;

But ^bI am in prayer.

⁵Thus they have ^aset upon me evil for good

And ^bhatred for my love.

⁶Appoint a wicked man over him,

And let an ^1aaccuser stand at his right hand.

⁷When he is judged, let him ^acome forth a wicked man,

And let his ^bprayer become sin.

⁸Let ^ahis days be few;

Let ^banother take his office.

⁹Let his ^asons be orphans

And his ^bwife a widow.

¹⁰Let his ^asons wander aimlessly and beg;

And let them ^bsearch for food ¹from their ruined homes.

¹¹Let ^athe creditor ¹seize all that he has,

And let ^bstrangers plunder the fruit of his labor.

¹²Let there be none to ^1aextend lovingkindness to him,

And ^blet there be none to be gracious to his orphans.

¹³Let those who ^afollow him be ¹cut off;

In a following generation let their ^bname be blotted out.

¹⁴Let ^athe iniquity of his fathers be remembered ¹before Yahweh,

And let not the sin of his mother be ^bblotted out.

¹⁵Let ^athem be before Yahweh continually,

That He may ^bcut off their memory from the earth;

¹⁶Because he did not remember to show lovingkindness,

But persecuted the ^aafflicted, the needy man,

And the ^bdisheartened to ^cput them to death.

¹⁷He also loved cursing, so ^ait came to him;

And he did not delight in blessing, so it was far from him.

¹⁸But he ^aclothed himself with cursing as his garment,

And it ^bcame into his inward parts like water

And like oil into his bones.

¹⁹Let it be to him as ^aa garment with which he wraps himself,

And for a belt with which he constantly ^bgirds himself.

²⁰This is the ^areward of my accusers from Yahweh,

And of those who ^bspeak evil against my soul.

²¹But as for You, O Yahweh, O Lord, deal with me ^afor Your name’s sake;

Because ^bYour lovingkindness is good, deliver me;

²²For ^aI am afflicted and needy,

And ¹my heart is ^bpierced within me.

²³I am passing ^alike a shadow when it is stretched out;

I am shaken off ^blike the locust.

²⁴My ^aknees are feeble from ^bfasting,

And my flesh has grown lean, without fatness.

²⁵As for me, I have become a ^areproach to them;

They see me, they ^bwag their head.

^26aHelp me, O Yahweh my God;

Save me according to Your lovingkindness.

²⁷¹And let them ^aknow that this is Your hand;

You, O Yahweh, have done it.

^28aLet them curse, but You bless;

They arise and will be put to shame,

But Your ^bslave shall be glad.

²⁹¹Let ^amy accusers be clothed with dishonor,

And ²let them ^bwrap themselves with their own shame as with a robe.

³⁰With my mouth I will give thanks abundantly to Yahweh;

And in the midst of many ^aI will praise Him.

³¹For He stands ^aat the right hand of the needy,

To save him from those who ^bjudge his soul.

PSALM 110

You Are a Priest Forever

Of David. A Psalm.

^1aYahweh says to my Lord:

“^bSit at My right hand

Until I put ^cYour enemies as a footstool for Your feet.”

²Yahweh will stretch forth Your strong ^ascepter from Zion, saying,

“^bHave dominion in the midst of Your enemies.”

³Your ^apeople ¹will offer themselves freely in the day of Your ²power;

^bIn the splendor of holiness, from the womb of the dawn,

The ^cdew of Your youthfulness will be Yours.

^4aYahweh has sworn and will ^bnot ¹change His mind,

“You are a ^cpriest forever

According to the order of Melchizedek.”

⁵The Lord is ^aat Your right hand;

He ¹will ^bcrush kings in the ^cday of His anger.

⁶He will ^arender justice among the nations,

He ¹will fill them with ^bcorpses,

He ²will ^ccrush the ³head that is over the wide earth.

⁷He will ^adrink from the brook by the wayside;

Therefore He will ^blift up His head.

PSALM 111

Yahweh Is Gracious and Compassionate

Aleph

¹¹Praise Yah!

I ^awill give thanks to Yahweh with all my heart,

Beth

In the ²council of the upright and in the congregation.

Gimel

^2aGreat are the works of Yahweh;

Daleth

They are ¹sought by all who delight in them.

He

^31aSplendid and majestic is His work,

Vav

And ²His righteousness stands forever.

Zayin

⁴He has made His wondrous deeds ¹to be remembered;

Heth

Yahweh is ¹gracious and compassionate.

Teth

⁵He has ^agiven ¹food to those who ²fear Him;

Yodh

He will ¹remember His covenant forever.

Kaph

⁶He has declared to His people the power of His works,

Lamedh

In giving them an inheritance of the nations.

Mem

⁷The works of His hands are ^1atruth and justice;

Nun

All His precepts ¹are faithful.

Samekh

⁸They are ^aupheld forever and ever;

Ayin

They are done in ^a1truth and uprightness.

Pe

⁹He has sent ^aredemption to His people;

Tsadhe

He has commanded His covenant forever;

Qoph

¹Holy and ^afearsome is His name.

Resh

¹⁰The ^1afear of Yahweh is the beginning of wisdom;

Sin

¹Good insight belongs to all those who do ^aHis commandments;

Tav

His ¹praise stands forever.