Psalm 109-111

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.