Psalm 109
David wrote this psalm for the music leader.
A prayer for help in trouble
Let me hear you speak!
They are telling
and they say cruel things.
I have done nothing against them,
but they still attack me.
but they still
I will continue to pray for them.
but they do bad things to me in return.
I have loved them,
but they
Put somebody at his right side to accuse him!
show that he is
Show that even his
Let somebody else do the job which he did.
so that his children have no father,
and his wife has no husband.
so that they go from place to place,
and ask people to give them food.
take away everything that belonged to him.
Let strangers take everything
that he worked hard to get for himself.
Do not let anyone help his children,
even when they have no father.
When his children die,
may nobody remember his family any more!
Please do not
May nobody on earth remember his family's name.
He was cruel to poor, weak, and
He even caused them to die,
Now may those curses happen to him!
He never asked God to
so nobody will ask God to bless him!
as he always put on clothes.
So those curses have become like his food and drink.
May they go deep inside him,
like
They will be like the belt that he wears every day.
because they say
Show that your name is great.
because your
My heart beats fast inside me.
like a shadow that
I am like an insect
that the wind blows away.
I am so thin that my bones show.
When they see me,
they
Please
because of your
that you are the one who has
but you will bless me.
When they attack me,
they will become ashamed.
But I will be very happy,
as your servant.
It will cover them like a coat.
I will
in front of a big crowd of people.
and he is ready to help them.
When cruel people accuse a weak person,
the Lord saves that person's life.
So I will