For the Chief Musician. A Psalm of David.
Hold not thy peace, O God of my praise;
For the mouth of the wicked and the mouth of deceit have they opened against me:
They have spoken {Or, against}unto me with a lying tongue.
They have compassed me about also with words of hatred,
And fought against me without a cause.
For my love they are my adversaries:
But I give myself unto prayer.
And they have {Hebrew: laid upon me.}rewarded me evil for good,
And hatred for my love.
Set thou a wicked man over him;
And let {Or, Satan Or, an accuser}an adversary stand at his right hand.
When he is judged, let him come forth guilty;
And let his prayer {Or, become}be turned into sin.
Let his days be few;
And let another take his office.
Let his children be fatherless,
And his wife a widow.
Let his children be vagabonds, and beg;
And let them seek their bread {Or, far from}out of their desolate places.
Let the extortioner {Hebrew: snare.}catch all that he hath;
And let strangers make spoil of his labor.
Let there be none to {Or, continued}extend kindness unto him;
Neither let there be any to have pity on his fatherless children.
Let his posterity be cut off;
In the generation following let their name be blotted out.
Let the iniquity of his fathers be remembered with Jehovah;
And let not the sin of his mother be blotted out.
Let them be before Jehovah continually,
That he may cut off the memory of them from the earth;
Because he remembered not to show kindness,
But persecuted the poor and needy man,
And the broken in heart, to slay them.
Yea, he loved cursing, and it came unto him;
And he delighted not in blessing, and it was far from him.
He clothed himself also with cursing as with his garment,
And it came into his inward parts like water,
And like oil into his bones.
Let it be unto him as the raiment wherewith he covereth himself,
And for the girdle wherewith he is girded continually.
This is the reward of mine adversaries from Jehovah,
And of them that speak evil against my soul.
But deal thou with me, O Jehovah the Lord, for thy name's sake:
Because thy lovingkindness is good, deliver thou me;
For I am poor and needy,
And my heart is wounded within me.
I am gone like the shadow when it {Or, is stretched out}declineth:
I am tossed up and down as the locust.
My knees {Or, totter}are weak through fasting;
And my flesh faileth of fatness.
I am become also a reproach unto them:
When they see me, they shake their head.
Help me, O Jehovah my God;
Oh save me according to thy lovingkindness:
That they may know that this is thy hand;
That thou, Jehovah, hast done it.
Let them curse, but bless thou:
When they arise, they shall be put to shame,
But thy servant shall rejoice.
{Or, Mine adversaries shall be clothed…And they shall cover &c.}Let mine adversaries be clothed with dishonor,
And let them cover themselves with their own shame as with a robe.
I will give great thanks unto Jehovah with my mouth;
Yea, I will praise him among the multitude.
For he will stand at the right hand of the needy,
To save him from them that judge his soul.
Querverweise zu Psalm 109,30 Ps 109,30
I will give thanks unto Jehovah according to his righteousness,And will sing praise to the name of Jehovah Most High.
I will declare thy name unto my brethren:In the midst of the assembly will I praise thee.
Ye that fear Jehovah, praise him;All ye the seed of Jacob, glorify him;And stand in awe of him, all ye the seed of Israel.
For he hath not despised nor abhorred the affliction of the afflicted;Neither hath he hid his face from him;But when he cried unto him, he heard.
Of thee cometh my praise in the great assembly:I will pay my vows before them that fear him.
For the Chief Musician; set to Muth-labben. A Psalm of David.I will give thanks unto Jehovah with my whole heart;I will show forth all thy marvellous works.
I will give thee thanks in the great assembly:I will praise thee among {Or, a mighty people}much people.
I will declare thy name unto my brethren:In the midst of the assembly will I praise thee.
Let them exalt him also in the assembly of the people,And praise him in the seat of the elders.
Of thee cometh my praise in the great assembly:I will pay my vows before them that fear him.
{Hebrew: Hallelujah.}Praise ye Jehovah.I will give thanks unto Jehovah with my whole heart,In the council of the upright, and in the congregation.
I will also praise thee with the psaltery,Even thy truth, O my God:Unto thee will I sing praises with the harp,O thou Holy One of Israel.
What shall I render unto JehovahFor all his benefits toward me?
I will take the cup of salvation,And call upon the name of Jehovah.
I will pay my vows unto Jehovah,Yea, in the presence of all his people.
Precious in the sight of JehovahIs the death of his saints.
O Jehovah, truly I am thy servant:I am thy servant, the son of thy handmaid;Thou hast loosed my bonds.
I will offer to thee the sacrifice of thanksgiving,And will call upon the name of Jehovah.
I will pay my vows unto Jehovah,Yea, in the presence of all his people,
My lips shall shout for joy when I sing praises unto thee;And my soul, which thou hast redeemed.
A Psalm of David.I will give thee thanks with my whole heart:Before the gods will I sing praises unto thee.
A Song, a Psalm of David.My heart is fixed, O God;I will sing, yea, I will sing praises, even with my glory.
Awake, psaltery and harp:I myself will {Or, awake the dawn}awake right early.
I will give thanks unto thee, O Jehovah, among the peoples;And I will sing praises unto thee among the nations.
All the kings of the earth shall give thee thanks, O Jehovah,For they have heard the words of thy mouth.
saying, {Psalm 22:22}I will declare thy name unto my brethren,In the midst of the {Or, church}congregation will I sing thy praise.