(KJV) Psalm 109¹

⥃The Song of the Slandered ²

To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David.

[1] Hold³ not thy peace, O God⁴ of my praise; [2] For the mouth⁵ of the wicked and the mouth of the deceitful⁶ are opened⁷ against me: they have spoken against me with⁸ a lying tongue. [3] They compassed⁹ me about also with words of hatred; and fought¹⁰ against me without a cause. [4] For my¹¹ love they are my adversaries: but I¹² [give myself unto] prayer. [5] And they¹³ have rewarded me evil for good, and hatred¹⁴ for my love. [6] Set thou¹⁵ a wicked man over him: and let¹⁶ Satan¹⁷ stand at his right hand. [7] When he shall be judged, let him be condemned¹⁸: and let¹⁹ his prayer become sin. [8] Let his days²⁰ be few; [and] let another²¹ take his office²². [9] Let his children be fatherless, and his wife a widow.²³ [10] Let his children be continually vagabonds, and beg: let them seek [their bread] also out of their desolate places.²⁴ [11] Let the extortioner²⁵ catch all that he hath; and let the strangers²⁶ spoil his labour. [12] Let there be none²⁷ to extend mercy unto him: neither let there be any to favour²⁸ his fatherless children. [13] Let his²⁹ posterity be cut off; [and] in the generation following let their name³⁰ be blotted out. [14] Let the³¹ iniquity of his fathers be remembered with the Lord; and let not³² the sin of his mother be blotted³³ out. [15] Let them be before³⁴ the Lord continually, that he may cut off³⁵ the memory of them from the earth. [16] Because that he remembered³⁶ not to shew mercy, but persecuted³⁷ the poor and needy man, that he might even slay³⁸ the broken in heart. [17] As he loved cursing, so let it come unto him: as he delighted not in blessing, so let it be far from him.³⁹ [18] As he⁴⁰ clothed himself with cursing like as with his garment, so let⁴¹ it come into his bowels⁴² like water, and like oil into his bones. [19] Let it be unto him as the garment⁴³ [which] covereth him, and for a girdle wherewith he is girded continually. [20] [Let] this⁴⁴ [be] the reward of mine adversaries from the Lord, and of them⁴⁵ that speak evil against my soul. [21] But do⁴⁶ thou for me, O God the Lord, for thy name’s sake: because thy mercy⁴⁷ [is] good, deliver thou me. [22] For I⁴⁸ [am] poor and needy, and my⁴⁹ heart is wounded within me. [23] I am gone⁵⁰ like the shadow when it declineth: I am tossed⁵¹ up and down as the locust. [24] My knees⁵² are weak through fasting; and my flesh⁵³ faileth of fatness. [25] I became also a reproach⁵⁴ unto them: [when] they⁵⁵ looked upon me they shaked their heads. [26] Help⁵⁶ me, O Lord my God: O save me⁵⁷ according to thy mercy: [27] That they may know that this [is] thy hand; [that] thou, Lord, hast done it.⁵⁸ [28] Let them⁵⁹ curse, but bless thou: when they arise, let them be ashamed; but let⁶⁰ thy servant rejoice. [29] Let mine adversaries be clothed⁶¹ with shame, and let them cover themselves with their own confusion, as with a mantle. [30] I will greatly⁶² praise the Lord with my mouth; yea, I will praise⁶³ him among the multitude. [31] For he⁶⁴ shall stand at the right hand of the poor⁶⁵, to save⁶⁶ [him] from those that condemn⁶⁷ his soul.