{"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/kjv/psalms/109","llmTxt":"https://primebible.com/llms.txt","generatedAt":"2026-05-30T10:22:37.064Z"},"reference":{"translation":"KJV","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, A Psalm of David.} Hold not thy peace, O God of my praise;"},{"verseNumber":2,"text":"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."},{"verseNumber":3,"text":"They 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 <i>give myself unto</i> 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 Satan stand at his right hand."},{"verseNumber":7,"text":"When he shall be judged, let him be condemned: and let his prayer become sin."},{"verseNumber":8,"text":"Let his days be few; <i>and</i> 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 continually vagabonds, and beg: let them seek <i>their bread</i> also out of their desolate places."},{"verseNumber":11,"text":"Let the extortioner catch all that he hath; and let the strangers spoil his labour."},{"verseNumber":12,"text":"Let there be none to extend mercy unto him: neither let there be any to favour his fatherless children."},{"verseNumber":13,"text":"Let his posterity be cut off; <i>and</i> in the generation following let their name be blotted out."},{"verseNumber":14,"text":"Let the iniquity of his fathers be remembered with the LORD; and let not the sin of his mother be blotted out."},{"verseNumber":15,"text":"Let them be before the LORD continually, that he may cut off the memory of them from the earth."},{"verseNumber":16,"text":"Because that he remembered not to shew mercy, but persecuted the poor and needy man, that he might even slay the broken in heart."},{"verseNumber":17,"text":"As he loved cursing, so let it come unto him: as he delighted not in blessing, so let it be far from him."},{"verseNumber":18,"text":"As he clothed himself with cursing like as with his garment, so let it come into his bowels like water, and like oil into his bones."},{"verseNumber":19,"text":"Let it be unto him as the garment <i>which</i> covereth him, and for a girdle wherewith he is girded continually."},{"verseNumber":20,"text":"<i>Let</i> this <i>be</i> the reward of mine adversaries from the LORD, and of them that speak evil against my soul."},{"verseNumber":21,"text":"But do thou for me, O GOD the Lord, for thy name's sake: because thy mercy <i>is</i> good, deliver thou me."},{"verseNumber":22,"text":"For I <i>am</i> 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 became also a reproach unto them: <i>when</i> they looked upon me they shaked their heads."},{"verseNumber":26,"text":"Help me, O LORD my God: O save me according to thy mercy:"},{"verseNumber":27,"text":"That they may know that this <i>is</i> thy hand; <i>that</i> thou, LORD, hast done it."},{"verseNumber":28,"text":"Let them curse, but bless thou: when they arise, let them be ashamed; but let thy servant rejoice."},{"verseNumber":29,"text":"Let mine adversaries be clothed with shame, and let them cover themselves with their own confusion, as with a mantle."},{"verseNumber":30,"text":"I will greatly praise the LORD with my mouth; yea, I will praise him among the multitude."},{"verseNumber":31,"text":"For he shall stand at the right hand of the poor, to save <i>him</i> from those that condemn his soul."}],"citation":{"inline":"Psalms 109 (KJV)","markdown":"[Psalms 109](https://primebible.com/kjv/psalms/109)","sbl":"Prime Bible. *The Bible.* KJV. https://primebible.com/kjv/psalms/109 (accessed 2026-05-30)."}}