109:1	<To the chief music-maker. Of David. A Psalm.> God of my praise, let my prayer be answered;
109:2	For the mouth of the sinner is open against me in deceit: his tongue has said false things against me.
109:3	Words of hate are round about me; they have made war against me without cause.
109:4	For my love they give me back hate; but I have given myself to prayer.
109:5	They have put on me evil for good; hate in exchange for my love.
109:6	Put an evil man over him; and let one be placed at his right hand to say evil of him.
109:7	When he is judged, let the decision go against him; and may his prayer become sin.
109:8	Let his life be short; let another take his position of authority.
109:9	Let his children have no father, and his wife be made a widow.
109:10	Let his children be wanderers, looking to others for their food; let them be sent away from the company of their friends.
109:11	Let his creditor take all his goods; and let others have the profit of his work.
109:12	Let no man have pity on him, or give help to his children when he is dead.
109:13	Let his seed be cut off; in the coming generation let their name go out of memory.
109:14	Let the Lord keep in mind the wrongdoing of his fathers; and may the sin of his mother have no forgiveness.
109:15	Let them be ever before the eyes of the Lord, so that the memory of them may be cut off from the earth.
109:16	Because he had no mercy, but was cruel to the low and the poor, designing the death of the broken-hearted.
109:17	As he took pleasure in cursing, so let it come on him; and as he had no delight in blessing, let it be far from him.
109:18	He put on cursing like a robe, and it has come into his body like water, and into his bones like oil.
109:19	Let it be to him as a robe which he puts on, let it be like a band which is round him at all times.
109:20	Let this be the reward given to my haters from the Lord, and to those who say evil of my soul.
109:21	But, O Lord God, give me your help, because of your name; take me out of danger, because your mercy is good.
109:22	For I am poor and in need, and my heart is wounded in me.
109:23	I am gone like the shade when it is stretched out: I am forced out of my place like a locust.
109:24	My knees are feeble for need of food; there is no fat on my bones.
109:25	As for me, they make sport of me; shaking their heads when they see me.
109:26	Give me help, O Lord my God; in your mercy be my saviour;
109:27	So that they may see that it is the work of your hand; that you, Lord, have done it.
109:28	They may give curses but you give blessing; when they come up against me, put them to shame; but let your servant be glad.
109:29	Let my haters be clothed with shame, covering themselves with shame as with a robe.
109:30	I will give the Lord great praise with my mouth; yes, I will give praise to him among all the people.
109:31	For he is ever at the right hand of the poor, to take him out of the hands of those who go after his soul.