{"meta":{"source":"Prime Bible","sourceUrl":"https://primebible.com","license":"Public domain (translation text); see citation policy at /citation-policy","organization":"501(c)(3) nonprofit — EIN 41-2531951","canonicalUrl":"https://primebible.com/asv/psalms/109","llmTxt":"https://primebible.com/llms.txt","generatedAt":"2026-05-30T11:59:44.114Z"},"reference":{"translation":"ASV","book":"Psalms","bookSlug":"psalms","chapter":109,"testament":"OLD"},"navigation":{"previousChapter":108,"nextChapter":110,"totalChapters":150,"totalVerses":31},"verses":[{"verseNumber":1,"text":"Hold not thy peace, O God of my praise;"},{"verseNumber":2,"text":"For the mouth of the wicked and the mouth of deceit have they opened against me: They have spoken unto me with a lying tongue."},{"verseNumber":3,"text":"They have compassed me about also with words of hatred, And fought against me without a cause."},{"verseNumber":4,"text":"For my love they are my adversaries: But I give myself unto prayer."},{"verseNumber":5,"text":"And they have rewarded me evil for good, And hatred for my love."},{"verseNumber":6,"text":"Set thou a wicked man over him; And let an adversary stand at his right hand."},{"verseNumber":7,"text":"When he is judged, let him come forth guilty; And let his prayer be turned into sin."},{"verseNumber":8,"text":"Let his days be few; And let another take his office."},{"verseNumber":9,"text":"Let his children be fatherless, And his wife a widow."},{"verseNumber":10,"text":"Let his children be vagabonds, and beg; And let them seek their bread out of their desolate places."},{"verseNumber":11,"text":"Let the extortioner catch all that he hath; And let strangers make spoil of his labor."},{"verseNumber":12,"text":"Let there be none to extend kindness unto him; Neither let there be any to have pity on his fatherless children."},{"verseNumber":13,"text":"Let his posterity be cut off; In the generation following let their name be blotted out."},{"verseNumber":14,"text":"Let the iniquity of his fathers be remembered with Jehovah; And let not the sin of his mother be blotted out."},{"verseNumber":15,"text":"Let them be before Jehovah continually, That he may cut off the memory of them from the earth;"},{"verseNumber":16,"text":"Because he remembered not to show kindness, But persecuted the poor and needy man, And the broken in heart, to slay them ."},{"verseNumber":17,"text":"Yea, he loved cursing, and it came unto him; And he delighted not in blessing, and it was far from him."},{"verseNumber":18,"text":"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."},{"verseNumber":19,"text":"Let it be unto him as the raiment wherewith he covereth himself, And for the girdle wherewith he is girded continually."},{"verseNumber":20,"text":"This is the reward of mine adversaries from Jehovah, And of them that speak evil against my soul."},{"verseNumber":21,"text":"But deal thou with me, O Jehovah the Lord, for thy name's sake: Because thy lovingkindness is good, deliver thou me;"},{"verseNumber":22,"text":"For I am poor and needy, And my heart is wounded within me."},{"verseNumber":23,"text":"I am gone like the shadow when it declineth: I am tossed up and down as the locust."},{"verseNumber":24,"text":"My knees are weak through fasting; And my flesh faileth of fatness."},{"verseNumber":25,"text":"I am become also a reproach unto them: When they see me, they shake their head."},{"verseNumber":26,"text":"Help me, O Jehovah my God; Oh save me according to thy lovingkindness:"},{"verseNumber":27,"text":"That they may know that this is thy hand; That thou, Jehovah, hast done it."},{"verseNumber":28,"text":"Let them curse, but bless thou: When they arise, they shall be put to shame, But thy servant shall rejoice."},{"verseNumber":29,"text":"Let mine adversaries be clothed with dishonor, And let them cover themselves with their own shame as with a robe."},{"verseNumber":30,"text":"I will give great thanks unto Jehovah with my mouth; Yea, I will praise him among the multitude."},{"verseNumber":31,"text":"For he will stand at the right hand of the needy, To save him from them that judge his soul. "}],"citation":{"inline":"Psalms 109 (ASV)","markdown":"[Psalms 109](https://primebible.com/asv/psalms/109)","sbl":"Prime Bible. *The Bible.* ASV. https://primebible.com/asv/psalms/109 (accessed 2026-05-30)."}}