Psalm 109–111

PSALM 109

Vengeance Invoked upon Adversaries.

For the choir director. A Psalm of David.

¹O ^aGod of my praise,

^bDo not be silent!

²For they have opened the ¹wicked and ^adeceitful mouth against me;

They have spoken ²against 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 act as my accusers;

But ^bI am in prayer.

⁵Thus they have ^1arepaid 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 guilty,

And let his ^bprayer become sin.

⁸Let ^ahis days be few;

Let ^banother take his office.

⁹Let his ^achildren be fatherless

And his ^bwife a widow.

¹⁰Let his ^achildren wander about and beg;

And let them ^bseek sustenance ¹far from their ruined homes.

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

And let ^bstrangers plunder the product of his labor.

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

Nor ^bany to be gracious to his fatherless children.

¹³Let his ^aposterity be ¹cut off;

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

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

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

¹⁵Let ^athem be before the Lord continually,

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

¹⁶Because he did not remember to show lovingkindness,

But persecuted the ^aafflicted and needy man,

And the ^bdespondent in heart, 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 with his garment,

And it ^bentered into ¹his body like water

And like oil into his bones.

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

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

²⁰¹Let this be the ^areward of my accusers from the Lord,

And of those who ^bspeak evil against my soul.

²¹But You, O ¹God, the Lord, deal kindly with me ^afor Your name’s sake;

Because ^bYour lovingkindness is good, deliver me;

²²For ^aI am afflicted and needy,

And ¹my heart is ^bwounded within me.

²³I am passing ^alike a shadow when it lengthens;

I am shaken off ^blike the locust.

²⁴My ^aknees ¹are weak from ^bfasting,

And my flesh has grown lean, without fatness.

²⁵I also have become a ^areproach to them;

When they see me, they ^bwag their head.

^26aHelp me, O Lord my God;

Save me according to Your lovingkindness.

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

You, Lord, have done it.

^28aLet them curse, but You bless;

When they arise, they shall be ashamed,

But Your ^bservant shall be glad.

²⁹¹Let ^amy accusers be clothed with dishonor,

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

³⁰With my mouth I will give thanks abundantly to the Lord;

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

The Lord Gives Dominion to the King.

A Psalm of David.

^1aThe Lord says to my Lord:

“^bSit at My right hand

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

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

“^bRule in the midst of Your enemies.”

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

^bIn ³holy array, from the womb of the dawn,

⁴Your youth are to You as the ^cdew.

^4aThe Lord 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 ^bshatter kings in the ^cday of His wrath.

⁶He will ^ajudge among the nations,

He ¹will fill them with ^bcorpses,

He ²will ^cshatter the ³chief men over a broad country.

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

Therefore He will ^blift up His head.

PSALM 111

The Lord Praised for His Goodness.

¹¹Praise ²the Lord!

I ^awill give thanks to the Lord with all my heart,

In the ^bcompany of the upright and in the assembly.

^2aGreat are the works of the Lord;

They are ^1bstudied by all who delight in them.

^31aSplendid and majestic is His work,

And ^bHis righteousness endures forever.

⁴He has made His ¹wonders ²to be remembered;

The Lord is ^agracious and compassionate.

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

He will ^bremember His covenant forever.

⁶He has made known to His people the power of His works,

In giving them the heritage of the nations.

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

All His precepts ^bare ²sure.

⁸They are ^aupheld forever and ever;

They are performed in ^1btruth and uprightness.

⁹He has sent ^aredemption to His people;

He has ¹ordained His covenant forever;

^bHoly and ²awesome is His name.

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

A ^bgood understanding have all those who ²do His commandments;

His ^cpraise endures forever.