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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "//www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="//www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width; initial-scale=1.0; maximum-scale=1.0; user-scalable=0;"/><title>Psalm 109 JPS Tanakh 1917</title><link rel="canonical" href="https://biblehub.com/jps/psalms/109.htm" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/chapnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="../spec.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /></head><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="../cmenus/psalms/109.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="../topmenuchap/psalms/109-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="/">Bible</a> > <a href="../">JPS Tanakh 1917</a> > Psalm 109</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../psalms/108.htm" title="Psalm 108">◄</a> Psalm 109 <a href="../psalms/110.htm" title="Psalm 110">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading">JPS Tanakh 1917</div><div class="chap"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/109-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>For the Leader. A Psalm of David.</div><div class="po2">O God of my praise, keep not silence;</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/109-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>For the mouth of the wicked and the mouth of deceit have they opened against me;</div><div class="po2">They have spoken unto me with a lying tongue.</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/109-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>They compassed me about also with words of hatred,</div><div class="po2">And fought against me without a cause.</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/109-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>In return for my love they are my adversaries;</div><div class="po2">But I am all prayer.</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/109-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>And they have laid upon me evil for good,</div><div class="po2">And hatred for my love:</div> <p class="section"></p><div class="po3"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/109-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>‘Set Thou a wicked man over him;</div><div class="po2">And let an adversary stand at his right hand.</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/109-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>When he is judged, let him go forth condemned;</div><div class="po2">And let his prayer be turned into sin.</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/109-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>Let his days be few;</div><div class="po2">Let another take his charge.</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/109-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>Let his children be fatherless,</div><div class="po2">And his wife a widow.</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/109-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>Let his children be vagabonds, and beg;</div><div class="po2">And let them seek their bread out of their desolate places.</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/109-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>Let the creditor distrain all that he hath;</div><div class="po2">And let strangers make spoil of his labour.</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/109-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>Let there be none to extend kindness unto him;</div><div class="po2">Neither let there be any to be gracious unto his fatherless children.</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/109-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>Let his posterity be cut off;</div><div class="po2">In the generation following let their name be blotted out.</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/109-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>Let the iniquity of his fathers be brought to remembrance unto the LORD;</div><div class="po2">And let not the sin of his mother be blotted out.</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/109-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>Let them be before the LORD continually,</div><div class="po2">That He may cut off the memory of them from the earth.</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/109-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>Because that he remembered not to do kindness,</div><div class="po2">But persecuted the poor and needy man,</div><div class="po2">And the broken in heart he was ready to slay.</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/109-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>Yea, he loved cursing, and it came unto him;</div><div class="po2">And he delighted not in blessing, and it is far from him.</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/109-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>He clothed himself also with cursing as with his raiment,</div><div class="po2">And it is come into his inward parts like water,</div><div class="po2">And like oil into his bones.</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/109-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>Let it be unto him as the garment which he putteth on,</div><div class="po2">And for the girdle wherewith he is girded continually.’</div> <p class="section"></p><div class="po3"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/109-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>This would mine adversaries effect from the LORD,</div><div class="po2">And they that speak evil against my soul.</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/109-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>But Thou, O GOD the Lord, deal with me for Thy name’s sake;</div><div class="po2">Because Thy mercy is good, deliver Thou me.</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/109-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>For I am poor and needy,</div><div class="po2">And my heart is wounded within me.</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/109-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>I am gone like the shadow when it lengtheneth;</div><div class="po2">I am shaken off as the locust.</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/109-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>My knees totter through fasting;</div><div class="po2">And my flesh is lean, and hath no fatness.</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/109-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span>I am become also a taunt unto them;</div><div class="po2">When they see me, they shake their head.</div> <p class="section"></p><div class="po3"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/109-26.htm"><b>26</b></a></span>Help me, O LORD my God;</div><div class="po2">O save me according to Thy mercy;</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/109-27.htm"><b>27</b></a></span>That they may know that this is Thy hand;</div><div class="po2">That Thou, LORD, hast done it.</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/109-28.htm"><b>28</b></a></span>Let them curse, but bless Thou;</div><div class="po2">When they arise, they shall be put to shame, but Thy servant shall rejoice.</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/109-29.htm"><b>29</b></a></span>Mine adversaries shall be clothed with confusion,</div><div class="po2">And shall put on their own shame as a robe.</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/109-30.htm"><b>30</b></a></span>I will give great thanks unto the LORD with my mouth;</div><div class="po2">Yea, I will praise Him among the multitude;</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/109-31.htm"><b>31</b></a></span>Because He standeth at the right hand of the needy,</div><div class="po2">To save him from them that judge his soul.</div></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">THE HOLY SCRIPTURES<br>ACCORDING TO THE MASORETIC TEXT<br>A NEW TRANSLATION<p><a href="//www.jps.org/">Jewish Publication Society</a><br>1917<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/">Bible Hub</a></div></div></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="../psalms/108.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Psalm 108"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Psalm 108" /></a></div><div id="right"><a 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