Psalm 109-111New International Version (NIV)

Psalm 109

For the director of music. Of David. A psalm.



1
My God, whom I praise,
do not remain silent,

2
for people who are wicked and deceitful
have opened their mouths against me;
they have spoken against me with lying tongues.

3
With words of hatred they surround me;
they attack me without cause.

4
In return for my friendship they accuse me,
but I am a man of prayer.

5
They repay me evil for good,
and hatred for my friendship.



6
Appoint someone evil to oppose my enemy;
let an accuser stand at his right hand.

7
When he is tried, let him be found guilty,
and may his prayers condemn him.

8
May his days be few;
may another take his place of leadership.

9
May his children be fatherless
and his wife a widow.

10
May his children be wandering beggars;
may they be driven from their ruined homes.

11
May a creditor seize all he has;
may strangers plunder the fruits of his labor.

12
May no one extend kindness to him
or take pity on his fatherless children.

13
May his descendants be cut off,
their names blotted out from the next generation.

14
May the iniquity of his fathers be remembered before the Lord;
may the sin of his mother never be blotted out.

15
May their sins always remain before the Lord,
that he may blot out their name from the earth.



16
For he never thought of doing a kindness,
but hounded to death the poor
and the needy and the brokenhearted.

17
He loved to pronounce a curse—
may it come back on him.
He found no pleasure in blessing—
may it be far from him.

18
He wore cursing as his garment;
it entered into his body like water,
into his bones like oil.

19
May it be like a cloak wrapped about him,
like a belt tied forever around him.

20
May this be the Lord’s payment to my accusers,
to those who speak evil of me.



21
But you, Sovereign Lord,
help me for your name’s sake;
out of the goodness of your love, deliver me.

22
For I am poor and needy,
and my heart is wounded within me.

23
I fade away like an evening shadow;
I am shaken off like a locust.

24
My knees give way from fasting;
my body is thin and gaunt.

25
I am an object of scorn to my accusers;
when they see me, they shake their heads.



26
Help me, Lord my God;
save me according to your unfailing love.

27
Let them know that it is your hand,
that you, Lord, have done it.

28
While they curse, may you bless;
may those who attack me be put to shame,
but may your servant rejoice.

29
May my accusers be clothed with disgrace
and wrapped in shame as in a cloak.



30
With my mouth I will greatly extol the Lord;
in the great throng of worshipers I will praise him.

31
For he stands at the right hand of the needy,
to save their lives from those who would condemn them.

Psalm 110

Of David. A psalm.



1
The Lord says to my lord:


“Sit at my right hand
until I make your enemies
a footstool for your feet.”



2
The Lord will extend your mighty scepter from Zion, saying,
“Rule in the midst of your enemies!”

3
Your troops will be willing
on your day of battle.
Arrayed in holy splendor,
your young men will come to you
like dew from the morning’s womb.



4
The Lord has sworn
and will not change his mind:
“You are a priest forever,
in the order of Melchizedek.”



5
The Lord is at your right hand ;
he will crush kings on the day of his wrath.

6
He will judge the nations, heaping up the dead
and crushing the rulers of the whole earth.

7
He will drink from a brook along the way,
and so he will lift his head high.

Psalm 111



1
Praise the Lord.


I will extol the Lord with all my heart
in the council of the upright and in the assembly.



2
Great are the works of the Lord;
they are pondered by all who delight in them.

3
Glorious and majestic are his deeds,
and his righteousness endures forever.

4
He has caused his wonders to be remembered;
the Lord is gracious and compassionate.

5
He provides food for those who fear him;
he remembers his covenant forever.



6
He has shown his people the power of his works,
giving them the lands of other nations.

7
The works of his hands are faithful and just;
all his precepts are trustworthy.

8
They are established for ever and ever,
enacted in faithfulness and uprightness.

9
He provided redemption for his people;
he ordained his covenant forever—
holy and awesome is his name.



10
The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom;
all who follow his precepts have good und

10
The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom;
all who follow his precepts have good understanding.
To him belongs eternal praise.