Psalmen 109

1Unto the end, a psalm for David.

2O God, be not thou silent in thy praise: for the mouth of the wicked and the mouth of the deceitful man is opened against me.

3They have spoken against with deceitful tongues; and they have compassed me about with words of hatred; and have fought against me without cause.

4Instead of making me a return of love, they detracted me: but I gave myself to prayer.

5And they repaid me evil for good: and hatred for my love.

6Set thou the sinner over him: and may the devil stand at his right hand.

7When he is judged, may he go out condemned; and may his prayer be turned to sin.

8May his days be few: and his bishopric let another take.

9May his children be fatherless, and his wife a widow.

10Let his children be carried about vagabonds, and beg; and let them be cast out of their dwellings.

11May the userer search all his substance: and let strangers plunder his labours.

12May there be none to help him: nor none to pity his fatherless offspring.

13May his posterity be cut off; in one generation may his name be blotted out.

14May the iniquity of his fathers be remembered in the sight of the Lord: and let not the sin of his mother be blotted out.

15May they be before the lord continually, and let the memory of them perish from the earth:

16Because he remembered not to show mercy,

17But persecuted the poor man and the beggar; and the broken in heart, to put him to death.

18And he loved cursing, and it shall come unto him: and he would not have blessing, and it shall be far from him. And he put on cursing, like a garment: and it went in like water into his entrails, and like oil in his bones.

19May it be unto him like a garment which covereth him; and like a girdle with which he is girded continually.

20This is the work of them who detract me before the Lord; and who speak evils against my soul.

21But thou, O Lord, do with for thy names sake: because thy mercy is sweet. Do thou deliver me.

22For I am poor and needy, and my heart is troubled within me.

23I am taken away like the shadow when it declineth: and I am shaken off as locusts.

24My knees are weakened through fasting: and my flesh is changed for oil.

25And I am become a reproach to them: they saw me and they shaked their heads,

26Help me, O Lord my God; save me according to thy mercy.

27And let them know that this is thy hand: and that thou, O Lord, hast done it.

28They will curse and thou will bless: let them that rise up against me be confounded: but thy servant shall rejoice.

29Let them that detract me be clothed with shame: and let them be covered with the their confusion as with a double cloak.

30I will give great thanks to the Lord with my mouth: and in the midst of many I will praise him.

31Because he hath stood at the right hand of the poor, to save my soul from persecutors.

1In finem. Psalmus David.

2[Deus, laudem meam ne tacueris, quia os peccatoris et os dolosi super me apertum est.

3Locuti sunt adversum me lingua dolosa, et sermonibus odii circumdederunt me: et expugnaverunt me gratis.

4Pro eo ut me diligerent, detrahebant mihi; ego autem orabam.

5Et posuerunt adversum me mala pro bonis, et odium pro dilectione mea.

6Constitue super eum peccatorem, et diabolus stet a dextris ejus.

7Cum judicatur, exeat condemnatus; et oratio ejus fiat in peccatum.

8Fiant dies ejus pauci, et episcopatum ejus accipiat alter.

9Fiant filii ejus orphani, et uxor ejus vidua.

10Nutantes transferantur filii ejus et mendicent, et ejiciantur de habitationibus suis.

11Scrutetur fœnerator omnem substantiam ejus, et diripiant alieni labores ejus.

12Non sit illi adjutor, nec sit qui misereatur pupillis ejus.

13Fiant nati ejus in interitum; in generatione una deleatur nomen ejus.

14In memoriam redeat iniquitas patrum ejus in conspectu Domini, et peccatum matris ejus non deleatur.

15Fiant contra Dominum semper, et dispereat de terra memoria eorum:

16pro eo quod non est recordatus facere misericordiam,

17et persecutus est hominem inopem et mendicum, et compunctum corde, mortificare.

18Et dilexit maledictionem, et veniet ei; et noluit benedictionem, et elongabitur ab eo. Et induit maledictionem sicut vestimentum; et intravit sicut aqua in interiora ejus, et sicut oleum in ossibus ejus.

19Fiat ei sicut vestimentum quo operitur, et sicut zona qua semper præcingitur.

20Hoc opus eorum qui detrahunt mihi apud Dominum, et qui loquuntur mala adversus animam meam.

21Et tu, Domine, Domine, fac mecum propter nomen tuum, quia suavis est misericordia tua.

22Libera me, quia egenus et pauper ego sum, et cor meum conturbatum est intra me.

23Sicut umbra cum declinat ablatus sum, et excussus sum sicut locustæ.

24Genua mea infirmata sunt a jejunio, et caro mea immutata est propter oleum.

25Et ego factus sum opprobrium illis; viderunt me, et moverunt capita sua.

26Adjuva me, Domine Deus meus; salvum me fac secundum misericordiam tuam.

27Et sciant quia manus tua hæc, et tu, Domine, fecisti eam.

28Maledicent illi, et tu benedices: qui insurgunt in me confundantur; servus autem tuus lætabitur.

29Induantur qui detrahunt mihi pudore, et operiantur sicut diploide confusione sua.

30Confitebor Domino nimis in ore meo, et in medio multorum laudabo eum:

31quia astitit a dextris pauperis, ut salvam faceret a persequentibus animam meam.]

1Unto the end. A Psalm of David.

2O God, do not be silent toward my praise, for the mouth of the sinner and the mouth of the deceitful one have been opened against me.

3They have spoken against me with deceitful tongues, and they have surrounded me with hateful words, and they fought against me over nothing.

4Instead of choosing to act on my behalf, they detracted me. But I gave myself to prayer.

5And they set evil against me, instead of good, and hatred, in return for my love.

6Establish the sinner over him, and let the devil stand at his right hand.

7When he is judged, may he go forth in condemnation, and may his prayer be counted as sin.

8May his days be few, and let another take his episcopate.

9May his sons be orphans, and his wife a widow.

10May his sons be carried by those who walk unsteadily, and may they go begging. And may they be cast out of their dwelling places.

11May the money lenders scrutinize all his belongings, and let foreigners plunder his labors.

12May there be no one to assist him, nor anyone to be compassionate to his orphaned children.

13May his posterity be in utter ruin. In one generation, may his name be wiped away.

14May the iniquity of his fathers return in memory before the sight of the Lord, and do not let the sin of his mother be wiped away.

15May these be opposite the Lord always, but let their memory perish from the earth.

16For certain things are not remembered about them, in order to be merciful.

17And so the destitute man was pursued, with the beggar and the remorseful in heart, so as to be put to death.

18And he loved a curse, and it came to him. And he was unwilling to have a blessing, and it went far from him. And he clothed himself with curses like a garment, and it entered his inner self like water, and it entered his bones like oil.

19May it be to him like a garment that covers him, and like a belt that always cinches him.

20This is the work of those who detract me with the Lord and who speak evils against my soul.

21But as for you, Lord, O Lord: act on my behalf for your name’s sake. For your mercy is sweet.

22Free me, for I am destitute and poor, and my heart has been disquieted within me.

23I have been taken away like a shadow when it declines, and I have been shaken off like locusts.

24My knees have been weakened by fasting, and my flesh has been replaced by oil.

25And I have become a disgrace to them. They saw me, and they shook their heads.

26Help me, O Lord, my God. Save me according to your mercy.

27And let them know that this is your hand, and that you, O Lord, have done this.

28They will curse, and you will bless. May those who rise up against me be confounded. But your servant will rejoice.

29May those who detract me be clothed with shame, and may they be covered with their confusion, as if with a double cloak.

30I will confess exceedingly to the Lord with my mouth. And I will praise him in the midst of the multitude.

31For he stands at the right hand of the poor, in order to save my soul from persecutors.