Psalm 109/Text/MT-CBC

Text (Hebrew)	Verse	Text (CBC)
לַמְנַצֵּחַ לְדָוִד מִזְמוֹר	1a	For the director. By David. A psalm.
אֱלֹהֵי תְהִלָּתִי אַֽל־תֶּחֱרַֽשׁ׃	1b	God whom I praise, do not stay silent!
כִּי פִי רָשָׁע וּֽפִי־מִרְמָה עָלַי פָּתָחוּ	2a	For they have opened their wicked and deceitful mouths against me.
דִּבְּרוּ אִתִּי לְשׁוֹן שָֽׁקֶר׃	2b	They have spoken with me with lying tongues.
וְדִבְרֵי שִׂנְאָה סְבָבוּנִי	3a	And they have surrounded me with hateful words,
וַיִּֽלָּחֲמוּנִי חִנָּֽם׃	3b	and they have fought against me for no reason.
תַּֽחַת־אַהֲבָתִי יִשְׂטְנוּנִי	4a	In exchange for my love they accuse me
וַאֲנִי תְפִלָּֽה׃	4b	—though I am devoted to prayer—
וַיָּשִׂימוּ עָלַי רָעָה תַּחַת טוֹבָה	5a	And they give me wrong in exchange for good
וְשִׂנְאָה תַּחַת אַהֲבָתִֽי׃	5b	and hate in exchange for my love.
הַפְקֵד עָלָיו רָשָׁע	6a	Appoint a wicked person against him,
וְשָׂטָן יַעֲמֹד עַל־יְמִינֽוֹ׃	6b	and may an accuser stand at his right!
בְּהִשָּׁפְטוֹ יֵצֵא רָשָׁע	7a	When he is judged, may he come away guilty,
וּתְפִלָּתוֹ תִּהְיֶה לַֽחֲטָאָֽה׃	7b	and may his prayer become a sin!
יִֽהְיֽוּ־יָמָיו מְעַטִּים	8a	May his days be few!
פְּקֻדָּתוֹ יִקַּח אַחֵֽר׃	8b	May someone else take his position!
יִֽהְיוּ־בָנָיו יְתוֹמִים	9a	May his children become fatherless,
וְאִשְׁתּוֹ אַלְמָנָֽה׃	9b	and his wife [become] a widow!
וְנוֹעַ יָנוּעוּ בָנָיו וְשִׁאֵלוּ	10a	And may his children aimlessly wander from their ruins
וְדָרְשׁוּ מֵחָרְבוֹתֵיהֶֽם׃	10b	and beg and plead!
יְנַקֵּשׁ נוֹשֶׁה לְכָל־אֲשֶׁר־לוֹ	11a	May a lender seize everything belonging to him,
וְיָבֹזּוּ זָרִים יְגִיעֽוֹ׃	11b	and may strangers plunder the fruits of his labor!
אַל־יְהִי־לוֹ מֹשֵׁךְ חָסֶד	12a	May he have no one to maintain loyalty,
וְֽאַל־יְהִי חוֹנֵן לִיתוֹמָֽיו׃	12b	and may his fatherless children have no one to show them mercy!
יְהִֽי־אַחֲרִיתוֹ לְהַכְרִית	13a	May his posterity be doomed to destruction!
בְּדוֹר אַחֵר יִמַּח שְׁמָֽם׃	13b	May their name be wiped out in the next generation!
יִזָּכֵר ׀ עֲוֺן אֲבֹתָיו אֶל־יְהוָה	14a	May his ancestors' iniquities be brought to YHWH's remembrance,
וְחַטַּאת אִמּוֹ אַל־תִּמָּֽח׃	14b	and may his mother's sin not be wiped away!
יִהְיוּ נֶֽגֶד־יְהוָה תָּמִיד	15a	May they always be before YHWH,
וְיַכְרֵת מֵאֶרֶץ זִכְרָֽם׃	15b	so that he destroys their memory from the earth!
יַעַן אֲשֶׁר ׀ לֹא זָכַר עֲשׂוֹת חָסֶד	16a	Because he was not mindful to show loyalty,
וַיִּרְדֹּף אִישׁ־עָנִי וְאֶבְיוֹן	16b	and he persecuted someone afflicted and poor
וְנִכְאֵה לֵבָב לְמוֹתֵֽת׃	16c	and disheartened to finish him off.
וַיֶּאֱהַב קְלָלָה *וּתְבוֹאֵהוּ*	17a	And he loves cursing, and so it will come upon him,
וְֽלֹא־חָפֵץ בִּבְרָכָה *וְתִרְחַק* מִמֶּֽנּוּ׃	17b	and he takes no pleasure in blessing, and so it will stay far from him.
וַיִּלְבַּשׁ קְלָלָה כְּמַדּוֹ	18a	And he put on a curse like his garment,
וַתָּבֹא כַמַּיִם בְּקִרְבּוֹ	18b	and it went inside him like water
וְכַשֶּׁמֶן בְּעַצְמוֹתָֽיו׃	18c	and into his body like oil.
תְּהִי־לוֹ כְּבֶגֶד יַעְטֶה	19a	May it be for him like clothes [that] he wears,
וּלְמֵזַח תָּמִיד יַחְגְּרֶֽהָ׃	19b	and [may it become] a belt [that] he always puts on!
זֹאת פְּעֻלַּת שֹׂטְנַי מֵאֵת יְהוָה	20a	This is what my accusers, those who speak evil against me, have earned from YHWH.
וְהַדֹּבְרִים רָע עַל־נַפְשִֽׁי׃	20b
וְאַתָּה ׀ יְהוִה אֲדֹנָי עֲֽשֵׂה־אִתִּי לְמַעַן שְׁמֶךָ	21a	But you, YHWH, Lord, take action for me, for the sake of your name!
כִּי־טוֹב חַסְדְּךָ הַצִּילֵֽנִי׃	21b	Because your loyalty is good, rescue me!
כִּֽי־עָנִי וְאֶבְיוֹן אָנֹכִי	22a	For I am afflicted and poor,
וְלִבִּי חָלַל בְּקִרְבִּֽי׃	22b	and my heart is in anguish inside me.
כְּצֵל־כִּנְטוֹתוֹ נֶהֱלָכְתִּי	23a	Like a shadow when it is stretched out, I have faded.
נִנְעַרְתִּי כָּֽאַרְבֶּֽה׃	23b	I have been shaken off like a locust.
בִּרְכַּי כָּשְׁלוּ מִצּוֹם	24a	My knees have faltered from fasting,
וּבְשָׂרִי כָּחַשׁ מִשָּֽׁמֶן׃	24b	and my body has become gaunt, without any fat.
וַאֲנִי׀ הָיִיתִי חֶרְפָּה לָהֶם	25a	And I have become an object of scorn to them.
יִרְאוּנִי יְנִיעוּן רֹאשָֽׁם׃	25b	When they see me, they shake their heads.
עָזְרֵנִי יְהוָה אֱלֹהָי	26a	Help me, YHWH, my God!
הוֹשִׁיעֵנִי כְחַסְדֶּֽךָ׃	26b	Save me according to your loyalty,
וְֽיֵדְעוּ כִּי־יָדְךָ זֹּאת	27a	so that they know that this is your doing;
אַתָּה יְהוָה עֲשִׂיתָֽהּ׃	27b	[that] you, YHWH, have done it.
יְקַֽלְלוּ־הֵמָּה וְאַתָּה תְבָרֵךְ	28a	Let them curse! But you will bless.
*קָמַי יֵבֹשׁוּ* וְֽעַבְדְּךָ יִשְׂמָֽח׃	28b	Those who have risen up against me will come to shame, but your servant will rejoice.
יִלְבְּשׁוּ שׂוֹטְנַי כְּלִמָּה	29a	My accusers will be clothed in dishonor
וְיַעֲטוּ כַמְעִיל בָּשְׁתָּֽם׃	29b	and wear their shame like a robe.
אוֹדֶה יְהוָה מְאֹד בְּפִי	30a	I will fully acknowledge YHWH with my mouth,
וּבְתוֹךְ רַבִּים אֲהַֽלְלֶֽנּוּ׃	30b	and I will praise him in the midst of many people.
כִּֽי־יַעֲמֹד לִימִין אֶבְיוֹן	31a	For he stands at a poor person's right,
לְהוֹשִׁיעַ מִשֹּׁפְטֵי נַפְשֽׁוֹ׃	31b	to save him from those who condemn him to death.