Psalm 109:1-111:10

Psalm 109 1For the director of music. Of David. A psalm. My God, whom I praise, do not remain silent,

2for people who are wicked and deceitful have opened their mouths against me; they have spoken against me with lying tongues.

3With words of hatred they surround me; they attack me without cause.

4In return for my friendship they accuse me, but I am a man of prayer.

5They repay me evil for good, and hatred for my friendship.

6Appoint someone evil to oppose my enemy; let an accuser stand at his right hand.

7When he is tried, let him be found guilty, and may his prayers condemn him.

8May his days be few; may another take his place of leadership.

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

10May his children be wandering beggars; may they be driven Septuagint; Hebrew sought from their ruined homes.

11May a creditor seize all he has; may strangers plunder the fruits of his labor.

12May no one extend kindness to him or take pity on his fatherless children.

13May his descendants be cut off, their names blotted out from the next generation.

14May the iniquity of his fathers be remembered before the LORD ; may the sin of his mother never be blotted out.

15May their sins always remain before the LORD, that he may blot out their name from the earth.

16For he never thought of doing a kindness, but hounded to death the poor and the needy and the brokenhearted.

17He loved to pronounce a curse— may it come back on him. He found no pleasure in blessing— may it be far from him.

18He wore cursing as his garment; it entered into his body like water, into his bones like oil.

19May it be like a cloak wrapped about him, like a belt tied forever around him.

20May this be the LORD ’s payment to my accusers, to those who speak evil of me.

21But you, Sovereign LORD, help me for your name’s sake; out of the goodness of your love, deliver me.

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

23I fade away like an evening shadow; I am shaken off like a locust.

24My knees give way from fasting; my body is thin and gaunt.

25I am an object of scorn to my accusers; when they see me, they shake their heads.

26Help me, LORD my God; save me according to your unfailing love.

27Let them know that it is your hand, that you, LORD, have done it.

28While they curse, may you bless; may those who attack me be put to shame, but may your servant rejoice.

29May my accusers be clothed with disgrace and wrapped in shame as in a cloak.

30With my mouth I will greatly extol the LORD ; in the great throng of worshipers I will praise him. 31For he stands at the right hand of the needy, to save their lives from those who would condemn them.

Psalm 110 1Of David. A psalm. The LORD says to my lord: Or Lord “Sit at my right hand until I make your enemies a footstool for your feet.”

2The LORD will extend your mighty scepter from Zion, saying, “Rule in the midst of your enemies!”

3Your troops will be willing on your day of battle. Arrayed in holy splendor, your young men will come to you like dew from the morning’s womb. The meaning of the Hebrew for this sentence is uncertain.

4The LORD has sworn and will not change his mind: “You are a priest forever, in the order of Melchizedek.”

5The Lord is at your right hand Or My lord is at your right hand, Lord ; he will crush kings on the day of his wrath.

6He will judge the nations, heaping up the dead and crushing the rulers of the whole earth. 7He will drink from a brook along the way, The meaning of the Hebrew for this clause is uncertain. and so he will lift his head high.

Psalm 111This psalm is an acrostic poem, the lines of which begin with the successive letters of the Hebrew alphabet. 1Praise the LORD . Hebrew Hallelu Yah I will extol the LORD with all my heart in the council of the upright and in the assembly.

2Great are the works of the LORD ; they are pondered by all who delight in them.

3Glorious and majestic are his deeds, and his righteousness endures forever.

4He has caused his wonders to be remembered; the LORD is gracious and compassionate.

5He provides food for those who fear him; he remembers his covenant forever.

6He has shown his people the power of his works, giving them the lands of other nations.

7The works of his hands are faithful and just; all his precepts are trustworthy.

8They are established for ever and ever, enacted in faithfulness and uprightness.

9He provided redemption for his people; he ordained his covenant forever— holy and awesome is his name. 10The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom; all who follow his precepts have good understanding. To him belongs eternal praise.