Psalm 109

To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David.

1  aHold not thy peace, bO God of my praise;

2  For the mouth of the wicked and the †mouth of the deceitful †are opened against me:

They have spoken against me with a lying tongue.

3  They compassed me about also with words of hatred;

And fought against me cwithout a cause.

4  For my love they dare my adversaries:

But eI give myself unto fprayer.

5  And gthey have rewarded me evil for good,

And hatred for my love.

6  hSet thou a wicked man over ihim:

And klet ||Satan stand klat his right hand.

7  mWhen he shall be judged, let him †be condemned:

And let nhis prayer become sin.

8  Let his days be few;

And olet another take his ||office.

9  Let phis children be fatherless,

And his wife a widow.

10  Let his children qbe continually vagabonds, and rbeg:

Let them seek stheir bread also out of their desolate places.

11  Let the extortioner tcatch all that he hath;

And ulet the strangers spoil his labour.

12  Let there be none to wextend mercy unto him:

Neither let there be xany to favour his fatherless children.

13  Let yhis posterity be cut off;

And in the generation following let ztheir name be blotted out.

14  Let athe iniquity of his fathers be remembered with the Lord;

And let not the sin of his mother bbe blotted out.

15  Let them be before the Lord continually,

cThat he may cut off the memory of them from the earth.

16  Because that he remembered not to shew mercy,

But persecuted dthe poor and needy man,

That he might even slay the ebroken in heart.

17  fAs he loved cursing, so let it come unto him:

As he delighted not in blessing, so let it be far from him.

18  As ghe clothed himself with cursing like as with his garment,

So let it hcome †into his bowels like water,

And like oil into his bones.

19  Let it be unto him as the garment which covereth him,

And for a girdle wherewith he is girded continually.

20  Let this be the reward of imine adversaries from the Lord,

And of them that speak evil against my soul.

21  But do thou for me, O God the Lord, jfor thy name’s sake:

kBecause thy mercy is good, deliver thou me.

22  For I am dpoor and needy,

And my heart is wounded within me.

23  I am gone llike the shadow when it declineth:

I am mtossed up and down nas the locust.

24  oMy knees are weak through fasting;

And my flesh pfaileth of fatness.

25  I became also qa reproach unto them:

When they looked upon me rthey shaked their heads.

26  sHelp me, O Lord my God:

O save me according to thy mercy:

27  That they may know that this is thy hand;

That thou, Lord, hast done it.

28  tLet them curse, but bless thou:

When they arise, let them be ashamed; but let uthy servant rejoice.

29  Let vmine xadversaries wbe clothed with shame,

And let them xcover themselves with their own wconfusion, as with a mantle.

30  I will greatly praise the Lord with my mouth;

Yea, yI will praise him among the multitude.

31  For he shall stand zat the right hand of the poor,

To save him †from those that condemn his soul.

Psalm 110

A Psalm of *David.

1  aThe Lord said unto my Lord,

bSit thou cat my right hand,

dUntil I make thine enemies thy efootstool.

2  The Lord shall send the frod of thy strength gout of Zion:

hRule thou in the midst of thine enemies.

3  iThy people shall be willing in the day of thy power, kin the beauties of holiness

||From the womb of the morning: thou hast lthe dew of thy youth.

4  mThe Lord nhath sworn, and owill not repent,

mpThou art a qpriest rfor ever

After the order of sMelchizedek.

5  The Lord tat thy right hand

yShall strike through ukings in wthe day of xhis wrath.

6  He shall judge among the heathen, he shall fill the places with the dead bodies;

He yshall wound the heads over ||many countries.

7  He zshall drink of the brook in the way:

Therefore shall he lift up the head.

Psalm 111

1  †Praise ye the Lord.

aI will praise the Lord with my whole heart,

bIn the assembly of the upright, and ain the congregation.

2  cThe works of the Lord are great,

Sought out of all them that have pleasure therein.

3  dHis work is ehonourable and glorious:

And fhis righteousness endureth for ever.

4  He hath made his wonderful works to be remembered:

The Lord is ggracious and full of compassion.

5  He hath given †hmeat unto them that fear him:

He will ever be mindful of his covenant.

6  He hath shewed his people the power of his works,

That he may give them the heritage of the heathen.

7  The works of his hands are iverity and judgment;

All his commandments are ksure.

8  lThey †stand fast for ever and ever,

And are done in illtruth and uprightness.

9  mHe sent nredemption unto his people:

He hath commanded his covenant for ever:

oHoly and opreverend is his name.

10  The fear of the Lord is the beginning of qwisdom:

||A good understanding have all they †that do rhis commandments:

His praise fendureth for ever.