Psalm 109-117

New American Standard Bible

Vengeance Invoked upon Adversaries.

For the music director. A Psalm of David.

109 ^(A)God of my praise,
^(B)Do not be silent!
²For they have opened a ^[a]wicked and ^(C)deceitful mouth against me;
They have spoken ^[b]against me with a ^(D)lying tongue.
³They have also surrounded me with words of hatred,
And have fought against me ^(E)without cause.
⁴In return ^(F)for my love they act as my accusers;
But ^(G)I am in prayer.
⁵So they have ^[c]^(H)repaid me evil for good,
And ^(I)hatred for my love.

⁶Appoint a wicked person over him,
And may an ^[d]^(J)accuser stand at his right hand.
⁷When he is judged, may he ^(K)come out guilty,
And may his ^(L)prayer become sin.
⁸May ^(M)his days be few;
May ^(N)another take his office.
⁹May his ^(O)children be fatherless,
And his ^(P)wife a widow.
¹⁰May his ^(Q)children wander about and beg;
And may they ^(R)seek sustenance ^[e]far from their ruined homes.
¹¹May ^(S)the creditor ^[f]seize everything that he has,
And may ^(T)strangers plunder the product of his labor.
¹²May there be none to ^[g]^(U)extend kindness to him,
Nor ^(V)any to be gracious to his fatherless children.
¹³May his ^(W)descendants be ^[h]eliminated;
May their ^(X)name be wiped out in a following generation.

¹⁴May ^(Y)the guilt of his fathers be remembered ^[i]before the Lord,
And do not let the sin of his mother be ^(Z)wiped out.
¹⁵May ^(AA)they be before the Lord continually,
So that He may ^(AB)eliminate their memory from the earth;
¹⁶Because he did not remember to show mercy,
But persecuted the ^(AC)afflicted and needy person,
And the ^(AD)despondent in heart, to ^(AE)put them to death.
¹⁷He also loved cursing, so ^(AF)it came to him;
And he did not delight in blessing, so it was far from him.
¹⁸But he ^(AG)clothed himself with cursing as with his garment,
And it ^(AH)entered ^[j]his body like water,
And like oil into his bones.
¹⁹May it be to him as ^(AI)a garment with which he covers himself,
And as a belt which he constantly ^(AJ)wears around himself.
²⁰May this be the ^(AK)reward of my accusers from the Lord,
And of those who ^(AL)speak evil against my soul.

²¹But You, ^[k]God, the Lord, deal kindly with me ^(AM)for the sake of Your name;
Because ^(AN)Your mercy is good, rescue me;
²²For ^(AO)I am afflicted and needy,
And ^[l]my heart is ^(AP)wounded within me.
²³I am passing ^(AQ)like a shadow when it lengthens;
I am shaken off ^(AR)like the locust.
²⁴My ^(AS)knees ^[m]are weak from ^(AT)fasting,
And my flesh has grown lean, without fatness.
²⁵I also have become a ^(AU)disgrace to them;
When they see me, they ^(AV)shake their head.

²⁶^(AW)Help me, Lord my God;
Save me according to Your mercy.
²⁷^[n]And may they ^(AX)know that this is Your hand;
You, Lord, have done it.
²⁸^(AY)They will curse, but You bless;
When they arise, they will be ashamed,
But Your ^(AZ)servant will be glad.
²⁹^[o]May ^(BA)my accusers be clothed with dishonor,
And ^[p]may they ^(BB)cover themselves with their own shame as with a robe.

³⁰With my mouth I will give thanks abundantly to the Lord;
And ^(BC)I will praise Him in the midst of many.
³¹For He stands ^(BD)at the right hand of the needy,
To save him from those who ^(BE)judge his soul.

The Lord Gives Dominion to the King.

A Psalm of David.

110 ^(BF)The Lord says to my Lord:
“^(BG)Sit at My right hand
Until I make ^(BH)Your enemies a footstool for Your feet.”
²The Lord will stretch out Your strong ^(BI)scepter from Zion, saying,
“^(BJ)Rule in the midst of Your enemies.”
³Your ^(BK)people ^[q]will volunteer freely on the day of Your ^[r]power;
^(BL)In ^[s]holy splendor, from the womb of the dawn,
^[t]Your youth are to You as the ^(BM)dew.

⁴^(BN)The Lord has sworn and will ^(BO)not ^[u]change His mind,
“You are a ^(BP)priest forever
According to the order of Melchizedek.”
⁵The Lord is ^(BQ)at Your right hand;
He ^[v]will ^(BR)shatter kings in the ^(BS)day of His wrath.
⁶He will ^(BT)judge among the nations,
He ^[w]will fill them with ^(BU)corpses,
He ^[x]will ^(BV)shatter the ^[y]chief men over a broad country.
⁷He will ^(BW)drink from the brook by the wayside;
Therefore He will ^(BX)lift up His head.

The Lord Praised for His Goodness.

111 ^[z]Praise ^[aa]the Lord!
I ^(BY)will give thanks to the Lord with all my heart,
In the ^(BZ)company of the upright and in the assembly.
²^(CA)Great are the works of the Lord;
They are ^[ab]^(CB)studied by all who delight in them.
³^[ac]^(CC)Splendid and majestic is His work,
And ^(CD)His righteousness endures forever.
⁴He has caused His ^[ad]wonders ^[ae]to be remembered;
The Lord is ^(CE)gracious and compassionate.
⁵He has ^(CF)given ^[af]food to those who ^[ag]fear Him;
He will ^(CG)remember His covenant forever.
⁶He has made known to His people the power of His works,
In giving them the inheritance of the nations.

⁷The works of His hands are ^[ah]^(CH)truth and justice;
All His precepts ^(CI)are trustworthy.
⁸They are ^(CJ)upheld forever and ever;
They are performed in ^[ai]^(CK)truth and uprightness.
⁹He has sent ^(CL)redemption to His people;
He has ^[aj]ordained His covenant forever;
^(CM)Holy and ^[ak]awesome is His name.
¹⁰The ^[al]^(CN)fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom;
All those who ^[am]follow ^(CO)His commandments have a good understanding;
His ^(CP)praise endures forever.

Prosperity of One Who Fears the Lord.

112 ^[an]Praise ^[ao]the Lord!
^(CQ)Blessed is a person who ^[ap]fears the Lord,
Who greatly ^(CR)delights in His commandments.
²His ^[aq]^(CS)descendants will be mighty ^[ar]on the earth;
The generation of the ^(CT)upright will be blessed.
³^(CU)Wealth and riches are in his house,
And his righteousness endures forever.
⁴Light shines in the darkness ^(CV)for the upright;
He is ^(CW)gracious, compassionate, and righteous.
⁵It goes well for a person who ^(CX)is gracious and lends;
He will ^[as]maintain his cause in judgment.
⁶For he will ^(CY)never be shaken;
The ^(CZ)righteous will be ^[at]remembered forever.

⁷He will not fear ^(DA)bad news;
His ^(DB)heart is steadfast, ^(DC)trusting in the Lord.
⁸His ^(DD)heart is firm, he ^(DE)will not fear,
^[au]But will ^(DF)look with satisfaction on his enemies.
⁹^[av]He ^(DG)has given freely to the poor,
His righteousness endures forever;
His ^(DH)horn will be exalted in honor.

¹⁰The ^(DI)wicked will see it and be ^[aw]vexed,
He will ^(DJ)gnash his teeth and ^(DK)melt away;
The ^(DL)desire of the wicked will perish.

The Lord Exalts the Humble.

113 ^[ax]Praise ^[ay]the Lord!
^(DM)Praise Him, you ^(DN)servants of the Lord,
Praise the name of the Lord.
²^(DO)Blessed be the name of the Lord
From this time on and forever.
³^(DP)From ^[az]the rising of the sun to its setting,
The ^(DQ)name of the Lord is to be praised.
⁴The Lord is ^(DR)high above all nations;
His ^(DS)glory is above the heavens.

⁵^(DT)Who is like the Lord our God,
Who ^(DU)is enthroned on high,
⁶Who ^(DV)looks far down to
The heavens and the earth?
⁷He ^(DW)raises the poor from the dust,
He lifts the needy from the garbage heap,
⁸To ^(DX)seat them with noblemen,
With the noblemen of His people.
⁹He ^(DY)has the infertile woman live in the house
As a joyful mother of children.
^[ba]Praise ^[bb]the Lord!

God’s Rescue of Israel from Egypt.

114 When Israel went forth ^(DZ)from Egypt,
The house of Jacob from a people of a ^(EA)foreign language,
²Judah became ^(EB)His sanctuary;
Israel, ^(EC)His dominion.

³The ^(ED)sea looked and fled;
The ^(EE)Jordan turned back.
⁴The mountains ^(EF)skipped like rams,
The hills, like lambs.
⁵What ^(EG)ails you, sea, that you flee?
Jordan, that you turn back?
⁶Mountains, that you skip like rams?
Hills, like lambs?

⁷^(EH)Tremble, earth, before the Lord,
Before the God of Jacob,
⁸Who ^(EI)turned the rock into a ^(EJ)pool of water,
The ^(EK)flint into a fountain of water.

Heathen Idols Contrasted with the Lord.

115 ^(EL)Not to us, Lord, not to us,
But ^(EM)to Your name give glory,
Because of Your mercy, because of Your ^[bc]truth.
²^(EN)Why should the nations say,
“^(EO)Where, then, is their God?”
³But our ^(EP)God is in the heavens;
He ^(EQ)does whatever He pleases.
⁴Their ^(ER)idols are silver and gold,
The ^(ES)work of human hands.
⁵They have mouths, but they ^(ET)cannot speak;
They have eyes, but they cannot see;
⁶They have ears, but they cannot hear;
They have noses, but they cannot smell;
⁷^[bd]They have hands, but they cannot feel;
^[be]They have feet, but they cannot walk;
They cannot make a sound with their throat.
⁸^(EU)Those who make them ^[bf]will become like them,
Everyone who trusts in them.

⁹^(EV)Israel, ^(EW)trust in the Lord;
He is their ^(EX)help and their shield.
¹⁰House of ^(EY)Aaron, trust in the Lord;
He is their help and their shield.
¹¹You who ^[bg]^(EZ)fear the Lord, trust in the Lord;
He is their help and their shield.
¹²The Lord ^(FA)has been mindful of us; He will bless us.
He will bless the house of Israel;
He will bless the house of Aaron.
¹³He will ^(FB)bless those who ^[bh]fear the Lord,
^(FC)The small together with the great.
¹⁴May the Lord ^(FD)increase you,
You and your children.
¹⁵May you be blessed of the Lord,
^(FE)Maker of heaven and earth.

¹⁶The heavens are ^(FF)the heavens of the Lord,
But ^(FG)the earth He has given to the sons of mankind.
¹⁷The ^(FH)dead do not praise ^[bi]the Lord,
Nor do any who go down into ^(FI)silence;
¹⁸But as for us, we will ^(FJ)bless ^[bj]the Lord
From this time and forever.
^[bk]Praise ^[bl]the Lord!

Thanksgiving for Rescue from Death.

116 ^(FK)I love the Lord, because He ^(FL)hears
My voice and my pleas.
²Because He has ^(FM)inclined His ear to me,
Therefore I will call upon Him as long as I live.
³The ^(FN)snares of death encompassed me
And the ^[bm]terrors of ^[bn]Sheol ^[bo]came upon me;
I found distress and sorrow.
⁴Then ^(FO)I called upon the name of the Lord:
“Please, Lord, ^(FP)save my ^[bp]life!”

⁵^(FQ)Gracious is the Lord, and ^(FR)righteous;
Yes, our God is ^(FS)compassionate.
⁶The Lord watches over ^(FT)the simple;
I was ^(FU)brought low, and He saved me.
⁷Return to your ^(FV)rest, my soul,
For the Lord has ^(FW)dealt generously with you.
⁸For You have ^(FX)rescued my soul from death,
My eyes from tears,
And my feet from stumbling.
⁹I shall walk before the Lord
In the ^[bq]^(FY)land of the living.
¹⁰I ^(FZ)believed when I said,
“I am ^(GA)greatly afflicted.”
¹¹I ^(GB)said in my alarm,
“^(GC)All people are liars.”

¹²What shall I ^(GD)repay to the Lord
For all His ^(GE)benefits ^[br]to me?
¹³I will lift up the ^(GF)cup of salvation,
And ^(GG)call upon the name of the Lord.
¹⁴I will ^(GH)pay my vows to the Lord;
May it be ^(GI)in the presence of all His people!
¹⁵^(GJ)Precious in the sight of the Lord
Is the death of His godly ones.
¹⁶O Lord, ^[bs]I surely am ^(GK)Your slave,
I am Your slave, the ^(GL)son of Your female slave,
You have ^(GM)unfastened my restraints.
¹⁷I will offer You ^(GN)a sacrifice of thanksgiving,
And ^(GO)call upon the name of the Lord.
¹⁸I will ^(GP)pay my vows to the Lord,
May it be in the presence of all His people,
¹⁹In the ^(GQ)courtyards of the Lord’s house,
In the midst of you, ^(GR)Jerusalem!
^[bt]Praise ^[bu]the Lord!

A Psalm of Praise.

117 ^(GS)Praise the Lord, all nations;
Sing His praises, all peoples!
²For His ^(GT)mercy toward us is ^[bv]great,
And the ^[bw]^(GU)truth of the Lord is everlasting.
^[bx]Praise ^[by]the Lord!