Chapter 108

¹ For the end, a Psalm of David.

Ps 108:1

² For the mouth of the sinner and the mouth of the crafty [man] have been opened against me:

Ps 108:2

³ And they have compassed me with words of hatred;

Ps 108:3

⁴ Instead of loving me, they falsely accused me:

Ps 108:4

⁵ And they rewarded me evil for good,

Ps 108:5

⁶ Set thou a sinner against him;

Ps 108:6

⁷ When he is judged, let him go forth condemned:

Ps 108:7

⁸ Let his days be few:

Ps 108:8

⁹ Let his children be orphans,

Ps 108:9

¹⁰ Let his children wander without a dwelling place, and beg:

Ps 108:10

¹¹ Let [his] creditor exact all that belongs to him:

Ps 108:11

¹² Let him have no helper;

Ps 108:12

¹³ Let his children be [given up] to utter destruction:

Ps 108:13

¹⁴ Let the iniquity of his fathers be remembered before the Lord;

Ps 108:14

¹⁵ Let them be before the Lord continually;

Ps 108:15

¹⁶ Because he remembered not to show mercy,

Ps 108:16

¹⁷ He loved cursing also, and it shall come upon him;

Ps 108:17

¹⁸ Yea, he put on cursing as a garment,

Ps 108:18

¹⁹ Let it be to him as a garment which he puts on,

Ps 108:19

²⁰ This is the dealing of the Lord with those who falsely accuse me,

Ps 108:20

²¹ But thou, O Lord, Lord, deal [mercifully] with me, for thy name’s sake:

Ps 108:21

²² Deliver me, for I am poor and needy;

Ps 108:22

²³ I am removed as a shadow in its going down:

Ps 108:23

²⁴ My knees are weakened through fasting,

Ps 108:24

²⁵ I became also a reproach to them:

Ps 108:25

²⁶ Help me, O Lord my God;

Ps 108:26

²⁷ And let them know that this is thy hand;

Ps 108:27

²⁸ Let them curse, but thou shalt bless:

Ps 108:28

²⁹ Let those that falsely accuse me be clothed with shame,

Ps 108:29

³⁰ I will give thanks to the Lord abundantly with my mouth;

Ps 108:30

³¹ For he stood on the right hand of the poor,

Ps 108:31