109 ⁽⁰⁾ For the leader. A psalm of David:

⁽¹⁾ God, whom I praise, don’t remain silent!
² For wicked and deceitful men
have opened their mouths against me,
spoken against me with lying tongues,
³ surrounded me with hateful words,
and attacked me without cause.

⁴ In return for my love they became my accusers,
even though I prayed for them.
⁵ They repay me evil for good
and hatred for my love.

⁶ [They say,] “Appoint a wicked man over him,
may an accuser stand at his right.
⁷ When he is tried, let him be found guilty,
may even his plea be counted a sin.
⁸ May his days be few,
may someone else take his position.
⁹ May his children be fatherless
and his wife a widow.
¹⁰ May his children be wandering beggars,
foraging for food from their ruined homes.
¹¹ May creditors seize all he owns
and strangers make off with his earnings.
¹² May no one treat him kindly,
and may no one take pity on his orphaned children.
¹³ May his posterity be cut off;
may his name be erased within a generation.
¹⁴ May the wrongs of his ancestors be remembered by Adonai,
and may the sin of his mother not be erased;
¹⁵ may they always be before Adonai,
so he can cut off all memory of them from the earth.
¹⁶ For he did not remember to show kindness
but hounded the downtrodden, the poor
and the brokenhearted to death.
¹⁷ He loved cursing; may it recoil on him!
He didn’t like blessing; may it stay far from him!
¹⁸ He clothed himself with cursing
as routinely as with his coat;
May it enter inside him as easily as water,
as easily as oil into his bones.
¹⁹ May it cling to him like the coat he wears,
like the belt he wraps around himself.”

²⁰ This is what my adversaries want Adonai to do,
those who speak evil against me.
²¹ But you, God, Adonai,
treat me as your name demands;
rescue me, because your grace is good.
²² For I am poor and needy,
and my heart within me is wounded.
²³ Like a lengthening evening shadow, I am gone;
I am shaken off like a locust.
²⁴ My knees are weak from lack of food,
my flesh wastes away for lack of nourishment.
²⁵ I have become the object of their taunts;
when they see me, they shake their heads.

²⁶ Help me, Adonai, my God!
Save me, in keeping with your grace;
²⁷ so that they will know that this comes from your hand,
that you, Adonai, have done it.
²⁸ Let them go on cursing;
but you, bless!
When they attack, let them be put to shame;
but let your servant rejoice.
²⁹ Let my adversaries be clothed with confusion,
let them wear their own shame like a robe.

³⁰ I will eagerly thank Adonai with my mouth,
I will praise him right there in the crowd,
³¹ because he stands alongside a needy person
to defend him from unjust accusers.
110 ⁽⁰⁾ A psalm of David:

⁽¹⁾ Adonai says to my Lord,
“Sit at my right hand,
until I make your enemies
your footstool.”

² Adonai will send your powerful scepter
out from Tziyon,
so that you will rule over
your enemies around you.
³ On the day your forces mobilize,
your people willingly offer themselves
in holy splendors from the womb of the dawn;
the dew of your youth is yours.

⁴ Adonai has sworn it,
and he will never retract —
“You are a cohen forever,
to be compared with Malki-Tzedek.”

⁵ Adonai at your right hand
will shatter kings on the day of his anger.
⁶ He will pass judgment among the nations,
filling it with dead bodies;
he will shatter heads
throughout an extensive territory.
⁷ He will drink from a stream as he goes on his way;
therefore he will hold his head high.

111 Halleluyah!

I will wholeheartedly give thanks to Adonai
in the council of the upright and in the assembly.
² The deeds of Adonai are great,
greatly desired by all who enjoy them.
³ His work is full of majesty and splendor,
and his righteousness continues forever.
⁴ He has gained renown for his wonders.
Adonai is merciful and compassionate.
⁵ He gives food to those who fear him.
He remembers his covenant forever.
⁶ He shows his people how powerfully he works
by giving them the nations as their heritage.
⁷ The works of his hands are truth and justice;
all his precepts can be trusted.
⁸ They have been established forever and ever,
to be carried out truly and honestly.
⁹ He sent redemption to his people
and decreed that his covenant should last forever.
His name is holy and fearsome —
¹⁰ the first and foremost point of wisdom is the fear of Adonai;
all those living by it gain good common sense.
His praise stands forever.