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Psalm 108-110
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Psalm 108-110
Easy-to-Read Version
A praise song of David.
108 God, I am ready, heart and soul,
to sing songs of praise.
Wake up, my soul!
2 Harps and lyres, wake up,
and let’s wake the dawn!
3 Lord, I will praise you before all people.
I will sing praises about you to every nation.
4 Your faithful love is higher
than the highest clouds in the sky!
5 Rise above the heavens, God.
Let all the world see your glory.
6 Use your great power and help us!
Answer my prayer and save the people you love.
7 God has made this promise in his Temple[a]:
“I will win the war and rejoice in victory!
I will divide this land among my people.
I will give them Shechem.
I will give them Succoth Valley.
8 Gilead and Manasseh will be mine.
Ephraim will be my helmet.
Judah will be my royal scepter.
9 Moab will be the bowl for washing my feet.
Edom will be the slave who carries my sandals.
I will defeat the Philistines and shout in victory!”
10-11 But, God, it seems that you have left us!
You do not go out with our army.
So who will lead me into the strong, protected city?
Who will lead me into battle against Edom?
12 Help us defeat the enemy!
No one on earth can rescue us.
13 Only God can make us strong.
Only God can defeat our enemies!
To the director: A praise song of David.
109 God, I praise you!
Hear my prayer and do something!
2 Wicked people are telling lies about me.
They are saying things that are not true.
3 They are saying hateful things about me.
They are attacking me for no reason.
4 I loved them, but they were against me.
So I said a prayer.
5 I did good things to them,
but they are doing bad things to me.
I loved them,
but they hated me.
6 They said, “Choose someone evil to represent him.
Let the one at his side really be his accuser.
7 Let even his prayer be used as evidence against him,
and let the court find him guilty.
8 Let his life be cut short,
and let someone else take over his work.
9 Let his children become orphans and his wife a widow.
10 Make his children wander around as beggars,
forced from homes that lie in ruins.
11 Let the people he owes take everything he owns.
Let strangers get everything he worked for.
12 Let no one be kind to him.
Let no one show mercy to his children.
13 May his family come to an end.
May his name be unknown to future generations.
14 May the Lord remember the sins of his father,
and may his mother’s sins never be erased.
15 May the Lord remember their sins forever,
and may he cause people to forget his family completely.
16 He never did anything good.
He never loved anyone.
He made life hard for the poor and the helpless.
17 He loved to curse others,
so let those bad things happen to him.
He never blessed others,
so don’t let good things happen to him.
18 Cursing was a daily part of his life,
like the clothes he wears.
Cursing others became a part of him,
like the water he drinks and the oil he puts on his body.
19 So let curses cover him like the robe he wears
and always surround him like a belt.”
20 My enemies said these evil things against me.
But may those curses be the way the Lord punishes them.
21 My Lord God, treat me in a way that brings honor to your name.
Save me because of your faithful love.
22 I am only a poor, helpless man.
I am so sad; my heart is broken.
23 I feel my life is over, fading like a shadow at day’s end.
I feel like a bug that someone brushed away.
24 My knees are weak from fasting.
I have lost weight and become thin.
25 My enemies insult me.
They look at me and shake their heads.
26 Lord my God, help me!
Show your faithful love and save me!
27 Then they will know that you did it.
They will know that it was your power, Lord, that helped me.
28 They curse me, but you can bless me.
They attacked me, so defeat them.
Then I, your servant, will be happy.
29 Humiliate my enemies!
Let them wear their shame like a coat.
30 I give thanks to the Lord.
I praise him in front of everyone.
31 He stands by the helpless
and saves them from those who try to put them to death.
A praise song of David.
110 The Lord said to my lord,[b]
“Sit at my right side, while I put your enemies under your control.”
2 The Lord will cause your kingdom to grow, beginning at Zion,
until you rule the lands of your enemies!
3 Your people will gladly join you
when you gather your army together.
You will wear your special clothes
and meet together early in the morning.
Your young men will be all around you
like dew on the ground.[c]
4 The Lord has made a promise with an oath
and will not change his mind:
“You are a priest forever—
the kind of priest Melchizedek was.”
5 My Lord is at your right side.
He will defeat the other kings when he becomes angry.
6 He will judge the nations.
The ground will be covered with dead bodies.
He will punish the leaders of powerful nations all around the world.
7 The king will drink from a stream on the way.
Then he will lift his head and become strong![d]
Footnotes
- Psalm 108:7 in his Temple Or “in his holiness.”
- Psalm 110:1 my lord That is, the king.
- Psalm 110:3 The Hebrew text here is hard to understand. Literally, “Your people will be freewill offerings on your day of power. In holy splendor from the womb of dawn your dew of youth will be yours.”
- Psalm 110:7 lift his head and become strong Literally, “lift his head.” Here, the poet probably means two things: “he will raise his head after drinking the water,” and “he will become strong or important.”
Psalm 108-110
New International Version
Psalm 108-110
New International Version
Psalm 108[a](A)(B)
A song. A psalm of David.
1 My heart, O God, is steadfast;(C)
I will sing(D) and make music with all my soul.
2 Awake, harp and lyre!(E)
I will awaken the dawn.
3 I will praise you, Lord, among the nations;
I will sing of you among the peoples.
4 For great is your love,(F) higher than the heavens;
your faithfulness(G) reaches to the skies.(H)
5 Be exalted, O God, above the heavens;(I)
let your glory be over all the earth.(J)
6 Save us and help us with your right hand,(K)
that those you love may be delivered.
7 God has spoken(L) from his sanctuary:(M)
“In triumph I will parcel out Shechem(N)
and measure off the Valley of Sukkoth.(O)
8 Gilead is mine, Manasseh is mine;
Ephraim is my helmet,
Judah(P) is my scepter.
9 Moab(Q) is my washbasin,
on Edom(R) I toss my sandal;
over Philistia(S) I shout in triumph.”
10 Who will bring me to the fortified city?
Who will lead me to Edom?
11 Is it not you, God, you who have rejected us
and no longer go out with our armies?(T)
12 Give us aid against the enemy,
for human help is worthless.(U)
13 With God we will gain the victory,
and he will trample down(V) our enemies.
Psalm 109
For the director of music. Of David. A psalm.
1 My God, whom I praise,(W)
do not remain silent,(X)
2 for people who are wicked and deceitful(Y)
have opened their mouths against me;
they have spoken against me with lying tongues.(Z)
3 With words of hatred(AA) they surround me;
they attack me without cause.(AB)
4 In return for my friendship they accuse me,
but I am a man of prayer.(AC)
5 They repay me evil for good,(AD)
and hatred for my friendship.
6 Appoint someone evil to oppose my enemy;
let an accuser(AE) stand at his right hand.
7 When he is tried, let him be found guilty,(AF)
and may his prayers condemn(AG) him.
8 May his days be few;(AH)
may another take his place(AI) of leadership.
9 May his children be fatherless
and his wife a widow.(AJ)
10 May his children be wandering beggars;(AK)
may they be driven[b] from their ruined homes.
11 May a creditor(AL) seize all he has;
may strangers plunder(AM) the fruits of his labor.(AN)
12 May no one extend kindness to him
or take pity(AO) on his fatherless children.
13 May his descendants be cut off,(AP)
their names blotted out(AQ) from the next generation.
14 May the iniquity of his fathers(AR) be remembered before the Lord;
may the sin of his mother never be blotted out.
15 May their sins always remain before(AS) the Lord,
that he may blot out their name(AT) from the earth.
16 For he never thought of doing a kindness,
but hounded to death the poor
and the needy(AU) and the brokenhearted.(AV)
17 He loved to pronounce a curse—
may it come back on him.(AW)
He found no pleasure in blessing—
may it be far from him.
18 He wore cursing(AX) as his garment;
it entered into his body like water,(AY)
into his bones like oil.
19 May it be like a cloak wrapped(AZ) about him,
like a belt tied forever around him.
20 May this be the Lord’s payment(BA) to my accusers,
to those who speak evil(BB) of me.
21 But you, Sovereign Lord,
help me for your name’s sake;(BC)
out of the goodness of your love,(BD) deliver me.(BE)
22 For I am poor and needy,
and my heart is wounded within me.
23 I fade away like an evening shadow;(BF)
I am shaken off like a locust.
24 My knees give(BG) way from fasting;(BH)
my body is thin and gaunt.(BI)
25 I am an object of scorn(BJ) to my accusers;
when they see me, they shake their heads.(BK)
26 Help me,(BL) Lord my God;
save me according to your unfailing love.
27 Let them know(BM) that it is your hand,
that you, Lord, have done it.
28 While they curse,(BN) may you bless;
may those who attack me be put to shame,
but may your servant rejoice.(BO)
29 May my accusers be clothed with disgrace
and wrapped in shame(BP) as in a cloak.
30 With my mouth I will greatly extol the Lord;
in the great throng(BQ) of worshipers I will praise him.
31 For he stands at the right hand(BR) of the needy,
to save their lives from those who would condemn them.
Psalm 110
Of David. A psalm.
2 The Lord will extend your mighty scepter(BV) from Zion,(BW) saying,
“Rule(BX) in the midst of your enemies!”
3 Your troops will be willing
on your day of battle.
Arrayed in holy splendor,(BY)
your young men will come to you
like dew from the morning’s womb.[d](BZ)
Footnotes
- Psalm 108:1 In Hebrew texts 108:1-13 is numbered 108:2-14.
- Psalm 109:10 Septuagint; Hebrew sought
- Psalm 110:1 Or Lord
- Psalm 110:3 The meaning of the Hebrew for this sentence is uncertain.
- Psalm 110:5 Or My lord is at your right hand, Lord
- Psalm 110:7 The meaning of the Hebrew for this clause is uncertain.
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