{"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/ylt/psalms/109","llmTxt":"https://primebible.com/llms.txt","generatedAt":"2026-06-17T09:58:33.591Z"},"reference":{"translation":"YLT","book":"Psalms","bookSlug":"psalms","chapter":109,"testament":"OLD"},"navigation":{"previousChapter":108,"nextChapter":110,"totalChapters":150,"totalVerses":31},"verses":[{"verseNumber":1,"text":"To the Overseer. — A Psalm of David. O God of my praise, be not silent,"},{"verseNumber":2,"text":"For the mouth of wickedness, and the mouth of deceit, Against me they have opened, They have spoken with me — A tongue of falsehood, and words of hatred!"},{"verseNumber":3,"text":"They have compassed me about, And they fight me without cause."},{"verseNumber":4,"text":"For my love they oppose me, and I — prayer!"},{"verseNumber":5,"text":"And they set against me evil for good, And hatred for my love."},{"verseNumber":6,"text":"Appoint Thou over him the wicked, And an adversary standeth at his right hand."},{"verseNumber":7,"text":"In his being judged, he goeth forth wicked, And his prayer is for sin."},{"verseNumber":8,"text":"His days are few, his oversight another taketh,"},{"verseNumber":9,"text":"His sons are fatherless, and his wife a widow."},{"verseNumber":10,"text":"And wander continually do his sons, Yea, they have begged, And have sought out of their dry places."},{"verseNumber":11,"text":"An exactor layeth a snare for all that he hath, And strangers spoil his labour."},{"verseNumber":12,"text":"He hath none to extend kindness, Nor is there one showing favour to his orphans."},{"verseNumber":13,"text":"His posterity is for cutting off, In another generation is their name blotted out."},{"verseNumber":14,"text":"The iniquity of his fathers Is remembered unto Jehovah, And the sin of his mother is not blotted out."},{"verseNumber":15,"text":"They are before Jehovah continually, And He cutteth off from earth their memorial."},{"verseNumber":16,"text":"Because that he hath not remembered to do kindness, And pursueth the poor man and needy, And the smitten of heart — to slay,"},{"verseNumber":17,"text":"And he loveth reviling, and it meeteth him, And he hath not delighted in blessing, And it is far from him."},{"verseNumber":18,"text":"And he putteth on reviling as his robe, And it cometh in as water into his midst, And as oil into his bones."},{"verseNumber":19,"text":"It is to him as apparel — he covereth himself, And for a continual girdle he girdeth it on."},{"verseNumber":20,"text":"This is the wage of mine accusers from Jehovah, And of those speaking evil against my soul."},{"verseNumber":21,"text":"And Thou, O Jehovah Lord, Deal with me for Thy name's sake, Because Thy kindness is good, deliver me."},{"verseNumber":22,"text":"For I am poor and needy, And my heart hath been pierced in my midst."},{"verseNumber":23,"text":"As a shadow when it is stretched out I have gone, I have been driven away as a locust."},{"verseNumber":24,"text":"My knees have been feeble from fasting, And my flesh hath failed of fatness."},{"verseNumber":25,"text":"And I — I have been a reproach to them, They see me, they shake their head."},{"verseNumber":26,"text":"Help me, O Jehovah my God, Save me, according to Thy kindness."},{"verseNumber":27,"text":"And they know that this is Thy hand, Thou, O Jehovah, Thou hast done it."},{"verseNumber":28,"text":"They revile, and Thou dost bless, They have risen, and are ashamed, And Thy servant doth rejoice."},{"verseNumber":29,"text":"Mine accusers put on blushing, and are covered, As an upper robe is their shame."},{"verseNumber":30,"text":"I thank Jehovah greatly with my mouth, And in the midst of many I praise Him,"},{"verseNumber":31,"text":"For He standeth at the right hand of the needy, To save from those judging his soul."}],"citation":{"inline":"Psalms 109 (YLT)","markdown":"[Psalms 109](https://primebible.com/ylt/psalms/109)","sbl":"Prime Bible. *The Bible.* YLT. https://primebible.com/ylt/psalms/109 (accessed 2026-06-17)."}}