{"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/dbt/psalms/109","llmTxt":"https://primebible.com/llms.txt","generatedAt":"2026-05-27T00:35:12.816Z"},"reference":{"translation":"DBT","book":"Psalms","bookSlug":"psalms","chapter":109,"testament":"OLD"},"navigation":{"previousChapter":108,"nextChapter":110,"totalChapters":150,"totalVerses":31},"verses":[{"verseNumber":1,"text":"{To the chief Musician. Of David. A Psalm.} O God of my praise, be not silent:"},{"verseNumber":2,"text":"For the mouth of the wicked man and the mouth of deceit are opened against me: they have spoken against me with a lying tongue,"},{"verseNumber":3,"text":"And with words of hatred have they encompassed me; and they fight against me without a cause."},{"verseNumber":4,"text":"For my love they are mine 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 a wicked man over him, and let the adversary stand at his right hand;"},{"verseNumber":7,"text":"When he shall be judged, let him go out guilty, and let his prayer become sin;"},{"verseNumber":8,"text":"Let his days be few, let another take his office;"},{"verseNumber":9,"text":"Let his sons be fatherless, and his wife a widow;"},{"verseNumber":10,"text":"Let his sons be vagabonds and beg, and let them seek their bread far from their desolate places;"},{"verseNumber":11,"text":"Let the usurer cast the net over all that he hath, and let strangers despoil his labour;"},{"verseNumber":12,"text":"Let there be none to extend kindness unto him, neither let there be any to favour 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 shew kindness, but persecuted the afflicted and needy man, and the broken in heart, to slay him."},{"verseNumber":17,"text":"And he loved cursing; so let it come unto him. And he delighted not in blessing; and let it be far from him."},{"verseNumber":18,"text":"And he clothed himself with cursing like his vestment; so let it come into his bowels like water, and like oil into his bones;"},{"verseNumber":19,"text":"Let it be unto him as a garment with which he covereth himself, and for a girdle wherewith he is constantly girded."},{"verseNumber":20,"text":"Let this be the reward of mine adversaries from Jehovah, and of them that speak evil against my soul."},{"verseNumber":21,"text":"But do thou for me, Jehovah, Lord, for thy name's sake; because thy loving-kindness is good, deliver me:"},{"verseNumber":22,"text":"For I am afflicted and needy, and my heart is wounded within me."},{"verseNumber":23,"text":"I am gone like a shadow when it lengtheneth; I am tossed about like the locust;"},{"verseNumber":24,"text":"My knees are failing through fasting, and my flesh hath lost its fatness;"},{"verseNumber":25,"text":"And I am become a reproach unto them; when they look upon me they shake their heads."},{"verseNumber":26,"text":"Help me, Jehovah my God; save me according to thy loving-kindness:"},{"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 rise up, let them be ashamed, and let thy servant rejoice."},{"verseNumber":29,"text":"Let mine adversaries be clothed with confusion, and let them cover themselves with their shame as with a mantle."},{"verseNumber":30,"text":"I will greatly celebrate Jehovah with my mouth; yea, I will praise him among the multitude."},{"verseNumber":31,"text":"For he standeth at the right hand of the needy, to save him from those that judge his soul."}],"citation":{"inline":"Psalms 109 (DBT)","markdown":"[Psalms 109](https://primebible.com/dbt/psalms/109)","sbl":"Prime Bible. *The Bible.* DBT. https://primebible.com/dbt/psalms/109 (accessed 2026-05-27)."}}