CPDV - Psalms - 108

108:1  Unto the end. A Psalm of David.

108:2  O God, do not be silent toward my praise, for the mouth of the sinner and the mouth of the deceitful one have been opened against me.

108:3  They have spoken against me with deceitful tongues, and they have surrounded me with hateful words, and they fought against me over nothing.

108:4  Instead of choosing to act on my behalf, they detracted me. But I gave myself to prayer.

108:5  And they set evil against me, instead of good, and hatred, in return for my love.

108:6  Establish the sinner over him, and let the devil stand at his right hand.

108:7  When he is judged, may he go forth in condemnation, and may his prayer be counted as sin.

108:8  May his days be few, and let another take his episcopate.

108:9  May his sons be orphans, and his wife a widow.

108:10  May his sons be carried by those who walk unsteadily, and may they go begging. And may they be cast out of their dwelling places.

108:11  May the money lenders scrutinize all his belongings, and let foreigners plunder his labors.

108:12  May there be no one to assist him, nor anyone to be compassionate to his orphaned children.

108:13  May his posterity be in utter ruin. In one generation, may his name be wiped away.

108:14  May the iniquity of his fathers return in memory before the sight of the Lord, and do not let the sin of his mother be wiped away.

108:15  May these be opposite the Lord always, but let their memory perish from the earth.

108:16  For certain things are not remembered about them, in order to be merciful.

108:17  And so the destitute man was pursued, with the beggar and the remorseful in heart, so as to be put to death.

108:18  And he loved a curse, and it came to him. And he was unwilling to have a blessing, and it went far from him. And he clothed himself with curses like a garment, and it entered his inner self like water, and it entered his bones like oil.

108:19  May it be to him like a garment that covers him, and like a belt that always cinches him.

108:20  This is the work of those who detract me with the Lord and who speak evils against my soul.

108:21  But as for you, Lord, O Lord: act on my behalf for your name’s sake. For your mercy is sweet.

108:22  Free me, for I am destitute and poor, and my heart has been disquieted within me.

108:23  I have been taken away like a shadow when it declines, and I have been shaken off like locusts.

108:24  My knees have been weakened by fasting, and my flesh has been replaced by oil.

108:25  And I have become a disgrace to them. They saw me, and they shook their heads.

108:26  Help me, O Lord, my God. Save me according to your mercy.

108:27  And let them know that this is your hand, and that you, O Lord, have done this.

108:28  They will curse, and you will bless. May those who rise up against me be confounded. But your servant will rejoice.

108:29  May those who detract me be clothed with shame, and may they be covered with their confusion, as if with a double cloak.

108:30  I will confess exceedingly to the Lord with my mouth. And I will praise him in the midst of the multitude.

108:31  For he stands at the right hand of the poor, in order to save my soul from persecutors.