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Psalm 109
Scottish Metrical Psalter (1650)
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Vers 1
O thou the God of all my praise,
do thou not hold thy peace;
For mouths of wicked men to speak
against me do not cease:
do thou not hold thy peace;
For mouths of wicked men to speak
against me do not cease:
Vers 2
The mouths of vile deceitful men
against me open’d be;
And with a false and lying tongue
they have accused me.
against me open’d be;
And with a false and lying tongue
they have accused me.
Vers 3
They did beset me round about
with words of hateful spight:
And though to them no cause I gave,
against me they did fight.
with words of hateful spight:
And though to them no cause I gave,
against me they did fight.
Vers 4
They for my love became my foes,
but I me set to pray.
Evil for good, hatred for love,
to me they did repay.
but I me set to pray.
Evil for good, hatred for love,
to me they did repay.
Vers 5
Set thou the wicked over him;
and upon his right hand
Give thou his greatest enemy,
ev’n Satan, leave to stand.
and upon his right hand
Give thou his greatest enemy,
ev’n Satan, leave to stand.
Vers 6
And when by thee he shall be judg’d,
let him condemned be;
And let his pray’r be turn’d to sin,
when he shall call on thee.
let him condemned be;
And let his pray’r be turn’d to sin,
when he shall call on thee.
Vers 7
Few be his days, and in his room
his charge another take.
His children let be fatherless,
his wife a widow make.
his charge another take.
His children let be fatherless,
his wife a widow make.
Vers 8
His children let be vagabonds,
and beg continually;
And from their places desolate
seek bread for their supply.
and beg continually;
And from their places desolate
seek bread for their supply.
Vers 9
Let covetous extortioners
catch all he hath away:
Of all for which he labour’d hath
let strangers make a prey.
catch all he hath away:
Of all for which he labour’d hath
let strangers make a prey.
Vers 10
Let there be none to pity him,
let there be none at all
That on his children fatherless
will let his mercy fall.
let there be none at all
That on his children fatherless
will let his mercy fall.
Vers 11
Let his posterity from earth
cut off for ever be,
And in the foll’wing age their name
be blotted out by thee.
cut off for ever be,
And in the foll’wing age their name
be blotted out by thee.
Vers 12
Let God his father’s wickedness
still to remembrance call;
And never let his mother’s sin
be blotted out at all.
still to remembrance call;
And never let his mother’s sin
be blotted out at all.
Vers 13
But let them all before the Lord
appear continually,
That he may wholly from the earth
cut off their memory.
appear continually,
That he may wholly from the earth
cut off their memory.
Vers 14
Because he mercy minded not,
but persecuted still
The poor and needy, that he might
the broken-hearted kill.
but persecuted still
The poor and needy, that he might
the broken-hearted kill.
Vers 15
As he in cursing pleasure took,
so let it to him fall;
As he delighted not to bless,
so bless him not at all.
so let it to him fall;
As he delighted not to bless,
so bless him not at all.
Vers 16
As cursing he like clothes put on,
into his bowels so,
Like water, and into his bones,
like oil, down let it go.
into his bowels so,
Like water, and into his bones,
like oil, down let it go.
Vers 17
Like to the garment let it be
which doth himself array,
And for a girdle, wherewith he
is girt about alway.
which doth himself array,
And for a girdle, wherewith he
is girt about alway.
Vers 18
From God let this be their reward
that en’mies are to me,
And their reward that speak against
my soul maliciously.
that en’mies are to me,
And their reward that speak against
my soul maliciously.
Vers 19
But do thou, for thine own name’s sake,
O God the Lord, for me:
Sith good and sweet thy mercy is,
from trouble set me free.
O God the Lord, for me:
Sith good and sweet thy mercy is,
from trouble set me free.
Vers 20
For I am poor and indigent,
afflicted sore am I,
My heart within me also is
wounded exceedingly.
afflicted sore am I,
My heart within me also is
wounded exceedingly.
Vers 21
I pass like a declining shade,
am like the locust tost:
My knees through fasting weaken’d are,
my flesh hath fatness lost.
am like the locust tost:
My knees through fasting weaken’d are,
my flesh hath fatness lost.
Vers 22
I also am a vile reproach
unto them made to be;
And they that did upon me look
did shake their heads at me.
unto them made to be;
And they that did upon me look
did shake their heads at me.
Vers 23
O do thou help and succour me,
who art my God and Lord:
And, for thy tender mercy’s sake,
safety to me afford:
who art my God and Lord:
And, for thy tender mercy’s sake,
safety to me afford:
Vers 24
That thereby they may know that this
is thy almighty hand;
And that thou, Lord, hast done the same,
they may well understand.
is thy almighty hand;
And that thou, Lord, hast done the same,
they may well understand.
Vers 25
Although they curse with spite, yet, Lord,
bless thou with loving voice:
Let them asham’d be when they rise;
thy servant let rejoice.
bless thou with loving voice:
Let them asham’d be when they rise;
thy servant let rejoice.
Vers 26
Let thou mine adversaries all
with shame be clothed over;
And let their own confusion
them, as a mantle, cover.
with shame be clothed over;
And let their own confusion
them, as a mantle, cover.
Vers 27
But as for me, I with my mouth
will greatly praise the Lord;
And I among the multitude
his praises will record.
will greatly praise the Lord;
And I among the multitude
his praises will record.
Vers 28
For he shall stand at his right hand
who is in poverty,
To save him from all those that would
condemn his soul to die.
who is in poverty,
To save him from all those that would
condemn his soul to die.
Scottish Metrical Psalter (1650)
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About this psalm
Psalm 109 is a psalm of David and belongs to Book V (Psalm 107–150) of the Psalter.
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