Psalm 109

Tree of Life Version

⁶ Set a wicked man over him,
let an accuser^[a] stand at his right hand.
⁷ When he is judged,
let him be found guilty,
and may his prayer be as sin.
⁸ Let his days be few,
let another take his position.
⁹ May his children be fatherless,
and his wife a widow.
¹⁰ Let his children wander and beg
and may they search in their ruins.
¹¹ Let a creditor seize all he has,
and may strangers plunder his labor.
¹² Let no one show him mercy,
or take pity on his fatherless children.
¹³ Let his posterity be cut off,
and his name be blotted out in the next generation.
¹⁴ May the guilt of his fathers be remembered before Adonai,
the sin of his mother never blotted out.
¹⁵ Let their sins be before Adonai continually,
that He may cut off the memory of them from the earth.
¹⁶ For he never remembered to show mercy.
But he persecuted a poor and needy man,
crushed in spirit, to put him to death.
¹⁷ How he loved cursing—
may it fall on him!
He had no pleasure in blessing—
    may it be far from him!
¹⁸ He wore cursing like his robe,
until it filled his belly like water, and his bones like oil.
¹⁹ May it be like a cloak wrapped around him,
like a belt tied around him always.
²⁰ Let this be Adonai’s reward to my accusers,
and to those who speak evil against me.

²¹ But You, Adonai my Lord,
    deal with me for Your Name’s sake.
Because Your lovingkindness is good, deliver me.
²² For I am afflicted and needy,
and my heart is wounded within me.
²³ I fade away like an evening shadow,
shaken off like a locust.
²⁴ My knees totter from fasting,
and my flesh is lean, with no fat.
²⁵ And I have become a taunt to them.
When they see me, they wag their head.
²⁶ Help me, Adonai my God,
Save me through Your lovingkindness.
²⁷ Let them know that it is Your hand—
that You, Adonai, have done it.
²⁸ They may curse, but You bless.
When they arise, they will be ashamed,
but Your servant will rejoice.
²⁹ My accusers will be clothed in disgrace,
and wrapped in shame as in a cloak.
³⁰ I will greatly thank Adonai with my mouth,
and in the midst of a throng will I praise Him.
³¹ For He stands at the right hand of the needy,
to save him from those who condemn his soul.