{"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/web/psalms/109","llmTxt":"https://primebible.com/llms.txt","generatedAt":"2026-06-10T00:42:47.216Z"},"reference":{"translation":"WEB","book":"Psalms","bookSlug":"psalms","chapter":109,"testament":"OLD"},"navigation":{"previousChapter":108,"nextChapter":110,"totalChapters":150,"totalVerses":31},"verses":[{"verseNumber":1,"text":"God of my praise, don't remain silent,"},{"verseNumber":2,"text":"for they have opened the mouth of the wicked and the mouth of deceit against me. They have spoken to me with a lying tongue."},{"verseNumber":3,"text":"They have also surrounded me with words of hatred, and fought against me without a cause."},{"verseNumber":4,"text":"In return for my love, they are my adversaries; but I am in prayer."},{"verseNumber":5,"text":"They have rewarded me evil for good, and hatred for my love."},{"verseNumber":6,"text":"Set a wicked man over him. Let an adversary stand at his right hand."},{"verseNumber":7,"text":"When he is judged, let him come forth guilty. Let his prayer be turned into sin."},{"verseNumber":8,"text":"Let his days be few. 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 wandering beggars. Let them be sought from their ruins."},{"verseNumber":11,"text":"Let the creditor seize all that he has. Let strangers plunder the fruit of his labor."},{"verseNumber":12,"text":"Let there be none to extend kindness to 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 by Yahweh. Don't let the sin of his mother be blotted out."},{"verseNumber":15,"text":"Let them be before Yahweh continually, that he may cut off the memory of them from the earth;"},{"verseNumber":16,"text":"because he didn't remember to show kindness, but persecuted the poor and needy man, the broken in heart, to kill them."},{"verseNumber":17,"text":"Yes, he loved cursing, and it came to him. He didn't delight in blessing, and it was far from him."},{"verseNumber":18,"text":"He clothed himself also with cursing as with his garment. It came into his inward parts like water, like oil into his bones."},{"verseNumber":19,"text":"Let it be to him as the clothing with which he covers himself, for the belt that is always around him."},{"verseNumber":20,"text":"This is the reward of my adversaries from Yahweh, of those who speak evil against my soul."},{"verseNumber":21,"text":"But deal with me, Yahweh the Lord, for your name's sake, because your loving kindness is good, deliver me;"},{"verseNumber":22,"text":"for I am poor and needy. My heart is wounded within me."},{"verseNumber":23,"text":"I fade away like an evening shadow. I am shaken off like a locust."},{"verseNumber":24,"text":"My knees are weak through fasting. My body is thin and lacks fat."},{"verseNumber":25,"text":"I have also become a reproach to them. When they see me, they shake their head."},{"verseNumber":26,"text":"Help me, Yahweh, my God. Save me according to your loving kindness;"},{"verseNumber":27,"text":"that they may know that this is your hand; that you, Yahweh, have done it."},{"verseNumber":28,"text":"They may curse, but you bless. When they arise, they will be shamed, but your servant shall rejoice."},{"verseNumber":29,"text":"Let my adversaries be clothed with dishonor. Let them cover themselves with their own shame as with a robe."},{"verseNumber":30,"text":"I will give great thanks to Yahweh with my mouth. Yes, 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 those who judge his soul. A Psalm by David."}],"citation":{"inline":"Psalms 109 (WEB)","markdown":"[Psalms 109](https://primebible.com/web/psalms/109)","sbl":"Prime Bible. *The Bible.* WEB. https://primebible.com/web/psalms/109 (accessed 2026-06-10)."}}