109:1 To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David. Hold not thy peace, O God of my praise; 
109:1 {To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David.} Hold not thy peace, O God of my praise; 

109:2 For the mouth of the wicked and the mouth of the deceitful are opened against me: they have spoken against me with a lying tongue. 
109:2 For the mouth of the wicked and the mouth of the deceitful are opened against me: they have spoken against me with a lying tongue. 

109:3 They encompassed me also with words of hatred; and fought against me without a cause. 
109:3 They surrounded me also with words of hatred; and fought against me without a cause. 

109:4 For my love they are my adversaries: but I {give myself to} prayer. 
109:4 For my love they are my adversaries: but I {give myself to} prayer. 

109:5 And they have rewarded me evil for good, and hatred for my love. 
109:5 And they have rewarded me evil for good, and hatred for my love. 

109:6 Set thou a wicked man over him: and let Satan stand at his right hand. 
109:6 Set thou a wicked man over him: and let Satan stand at his right hand. 

109:7 When he shall be judged, let him be condemned: and let his prayer become sin. 
109:7 When he shall be judged, let him be condemned: and let his prayer become sin. 

109:8 Let his days be few; {and} let another take his office. 
109:8 Let his days be few; {and} let another take his office. 

109:9 Let his children be fatherless, and his wife a widow. 
109:9 Let his children be fatherless, and his wife a widow. 

109:10 Let his children be continually vagabonds, and beg: let them seek {their bread} also out of their desolate places. 
109:10 Let his children be continually vagabonds, and beg: let them seek {their bread} also out of their desolate places. 

109:11 Let the extortioner catch all that he hath; and let strangers spoil his labor. 
109:11 Let the extortioner catch all that he hath; and let strangers spoil his labour. 

109:12 Let there be none to extend mercy to him: neither let there be any to favor his fatherless children. 
109:12 Let there be none to extend mercy to him: neither let there be any to favour his fatherless children. 

109:13 Let his posterity be cut off; {and} in the generation following let their name be blotted out. 
109:13 Let his posterity be cut off; {and} in the generation following let their name be blotted out. 

109:14 Let the iniquity of his fathers be remembered with the LORD; and let not the sin of his mother be blotted out. 
109:14 Let the iniquity of his fathers be remembered with the LORD; and let not the sin of his mother be blotted out. 

109:15 Let them be before the LORD continually, that he may cut off the memory of them from the earth. 
109:15 Let them be before the LORD continually, that he may cut off the memory of them from the earth. 

109:16 Because that he remembered not to show mercy, but persecuted the poor and needy man, that he might even slay the broken in heart. 
109:16 Because that he remembered not to show mercy, but persecuted the poor and needy man, that he might even slay the broken in heart. 

109:17 As he loved cursing, so let it come to him: as he delighted not in blessing, so let it be far from him. 
109:17 As he loved cursing, so let it come to him: as he delighted not in blessing, so let it be far from him. 

109:18 As he clothed himself with cursing like as with his garment, so let it come into his bowels like water, and like oil into his bones. 
109:18 As he clothed himself with cursing like as with his garment, so let it come into his bowels like water, and like oil into his bones. 

109:19 Let it be to him as the garment {which} covereth him, and for a girdle with which he is girded continually. 
109:19 Let it be to him as the garment {which} covereth him, and for a belt with which he is girded continually. 

109:20 {Let} this {be} the reward of my adversaries from the LORD, and of them that speak evil against my soul. 
109:20 {Let} this {be} the reward of my adversaries from the LORD, and of them that speak evil against my soul. 

109:21 But do thou for me, O GOD the Lord, for thy name's sake: because thy mercy {is} good, deliver thou me. 
109:21 But do thou for me, O GOD the Lord, for thy name's sake: because thy mercy {is} good, deliver thou me. 

109:22 For I {am} poor and needy, and my heart is wounded within me. 
109:22 For I {am} poor and needy, and my heart is wounded within me. 

109:23 I am gone like the shadow when it declineth: I am tossed up and down as the locust. 
109:23 I am gone like the shadow when it declineth: I am tossed up and down as the locust. 

109:24 My knees are weak through fasting; and my flesh faileth of fatness. 
109:24 My knees are weak through fasting; and my flesh faileth of fatness. 

109:25 I became also a reproach to them: {when} they looked upon me they shook their heads. 
109:25 I became also a reproach to them: {when} they looked upon me they shook their heads. 

109:26 Help me, O LORD my God: O save me according to thy mercy: 
109:26 Help me, O LORD my God: O save me according to thy mercy: 

109:27 That they may know that this {is} thy hand; {that} thou, LORD, hast done it. 
109:27 That they may know that this {is} thy hand; {that} thou, LORD, hast done it. 

109:28 Let them curse, but bless thou: when they arise, let them be ashamed; but let thy servant rejoice. 
109:28 Let them curse, but bless thou: when they arise, let them be ashamed; but let thy servant rejoice. 

109:29 Let my adversaries be clothed with shame, and let them cover themselves with their own confusion, as with a mantle. 
109:29 Let my adversaries be clothed with shame, and let them cover themselves with their own confusion, as with a mantle. 

109:30 I will greatly praise the LORD with my mouth; yes, I will praise him among the multitude. 
109:30 I will greatly praise the LORD with my mouth; yea, I will praise him among the multitude. 

109:31 For he will stand at the right hand of the poor, to save {him} from those that condemn his soul. 
109:31 For he shall stand at the right hand of the poor, to save {him} from those that condemn his soul.