# Psalm 109 ## Psalm 109:1 - [KJV] Hold not thy peace, O God of my praise; - [ASV] Hold not thy peace, O God of my praise; - [YLT] O God of my praise, be not silent, ### Notes on Psalm 109:1 - ## Psalm 109:2 - [KJV] For the mouth of the wicked and the mouth of the deceitful are opened against me: they have spoken against me with a lying tongue. - [ASV] For the mouth of the wicked and the mouth of deceit have they opened against me: They have spoken unto me with a lying tongue. - [YLT] 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! ### Notes on Psalm 109:2 - ## Psalm 109:3 - [KJV] They compassed me about also with words of hatred; and fought against me without a cause. - [ASV] They have compassed me about also with words of hatred, And fought against me without a cause. - [YLT] They have compassed me about, And they fight me without cause. ### Notes on Psalm 109:3 - ## Psalm 109:4 - [KJV] For my love they are my adversaries: but I *give myself unto* prayer. - [ASV] For my love they are my adversaries: But I *give myself unto* prayer. - [YLT] For my love they oppose me, and I -- prayer! ### Notes on Psalm 109:4 - ## Psalm 109:5 - [KJV] And they have rewarded me evil for good, and hatred for my love. - [ASV] And they have rewarded me evil for good, And hatred for my love. - [YLT] And they set against me evil for good, And hatred for my love. ### Notes on Psalm 109:5 - ## Psalm 109:6 - [KJV] Set thou a wicked man over him: and let Satan stand at his right hand. - [ASV] Set thou a wicked man over him; And let an adversary stand at his right hand. - [YLT] Appoint Thou over him the wicked, And an adversary standeth at his right hand. ### Notes on Psalm 109:6 - ## Psalm 109:7 - [KJV] When he shall be judged, let him be condemned: and let his prayer become sin. - [ASV] When he is judged, let him come forth guilty; And let his prayer be turned into sin. - [YLT] In his being judged, he goeth forth wicked, And his prayer is for sin. ### Notes on Psalm 109:7 - ## Psalm 109:8 - [KJV] Let his days be few; *and* let another take his office. - [ASV] Let his days be few; *And* let another take his office. - [YLT] His days are few, his oversight another taketh, ### Notes on Psalm 109:8 - ## Psalm 109:9 - [KJV] Let his children be fatherless, and his wife a widow. - [ASV] Let his children be fatherless, And his wife a widow. - [YLT] His sons are fatherless, and his wife a widow. ### Notes on Psalm 109:9 - ## Psalm 109:10 - [KJV] Let his children be continually vagabonds, and beg: let them seek *their bread* also out of their desolate places. - [ASV] Let his children be vagabonds, and beg; And let them seek *their bread* out of their desolate places. - [YLT] And wander continually do his sons, Yea, they have begged, And have sought out of their dry places. ### Notes on Psalm 109:10 - ## Psalm 109:11 - [KJV] Let the extortioner catch all that he hath; and let the strangers spoil his labour. - [ASV] Let the extortioner catch all that he hath; And let strangers make spoil of his labor. - [YLT] An exactor layeth a snare for all that he hath, And strangers spoil his labour. ### Notes on Psalm 109:11 - ## Psalm 109:12 - [KJV] Let there be none to extend mercy unto him: neither let there be any to favour his fatherless children. - [ASV] Let there be none to extend kindness unto him; Neither let there be any to have pity on his fatherless children. - [YLT] He hath none to extend kindness, Nor is there one showing favour to his orphans. ### Notes on Psalm 109:12 - ## Psalm 109:13 - [KJV] Let his posterity be cut off; *and* in the generation following let their name be blotted out. - [ASV] Let his posterity be cut off; In the generation following let their name be blotted out. - [YLT] His posterity is for cutting off, In another generation is their name blotted out. ### Notes on Psalm 109:13 - ## Psalm 109:14 - [KJV] Let the iniquity of his fathers be remembered with the LORD; and let not the sin of his mother be blotted out. - [ASV] Let the iniquity of his fathers be remembered with Jehovah; And let not the sin of his mother be blotted out. - [YLT] The iniquity of his fathers Is remembered unto Jehovah, And the sin of his mother is not blotted out. ### Notes on Psalm 109:14 - ## Psalm 109:15 - [KJV] Let them be before the LORD continually, that he may cut off the memory of them from the earth. - [ASV] Let them be before Jehovah continually, That he may cut off the memory of them from the earth; - [YLT] They are before Jehovah continually, And He cutteth off from earth their memorial. ### Notes on Psalm 109:15 - ## Psalm 109:16 - [KJV] Because that he remembered not to shew mercy, but persecuted the poor and needy man, that he might even slay the broken in heart. - [ASV] Because he remembered not to show kindness, But persecuted the poor and needy man, And the broken in heart, to slay *them*. - [YLT] Because that he hath not remembered to do kindness, And pursueth the poor man and needy, And the smitten of heart -- to slay, ### Notes on Psalm 109:16 - ## Psalm 109:17 - [KJV] As he loved cursing, so let it come unto him: as he delighted not in blessing, so let it be far from him. - [ASV] Yea, he loved cursing, and it came unto him; And he delighted not in blessing, and it was far from him. - [YLT] And he loveth reviling, and it meeteth him, And he hath not delighted in blessing, And it is far from him. ### Notes on Psalm 109:17 - ## Psalm 109:18 - [KJV] As he clothed himself with cursing like as with his garment, so let it come into his bowels like water, and like oil into his bones. - [ASV] He clothed himself also with cursing as with his garment, And it came into his inward parts like water, And like oil into his bones. - [YLT] And he putteth on reviling as his robe, And it cometh in as water into his midst, And as oil into his bones. ### Notes on Psalm 109:18 - ## Psalm 109:19 - [KJV] Let it be unto him as the garment *which* covereth him, and for a girdle wherewith he is girded continually. - [ASV] Let it be unto him as the raiment wherewith he covereth himself, And for the girdle wherewith he is girded continually. - [YLT] It is to him as apparel -- he covereth himself, And for a continual girdle he girdeth it on. ### Notes on Psalm 109:19 - ## Psalm 109:20 - [KJV] *Let* this *be* the reward of mine adversaries from the LORD, and of them that speak evil against my soul. - [ASV] This is the reward of mine adversaries from Jehovah, And of them that speak evil against my soul. - [YLT] This *is* the wage of mine accusers from Jehovah, And of those speaking evil against my soul. ### Notes on Psalm 109:20 - ## Psalm 109:21 - [KJV] But do thou for me, O GOD the Lord, for thy name's sake: because thy mercy *is* good, deliver thou me. - [ASV] But deal thou with me, O Jehovah the Lord, for thy name's sake: Because thy lovingkindness is good, deliver thou me; - [YLT] And Thou, O Jehovah Lord, Deal with me for Thy name's sake, Because Thy kindness *is* good, deliver me. ### Notes on Psalm 109:21 - ## Psalm 109:22 - [KJV] For I *am* poor and needy, and my heart is wounded within me. - [ASV] For I am poor and needy, And my heart is wounded within me. - [YLT] For I *am* poor and needy, And my heart hath been pierced in my midst. ### Notes on Psalm 109:22 - ## Psalm 109:23 - [KJV] I am gone like the shadow when it declineth: I am tossed up and down as the locust. - [ASV] I am gone like the shadow when it declineth: I am tossed up and down as the locust. - [YLT] As a shadow when it is stretched out I have gone, I have been driven away as a locust. ### Notes on Psalm 109:23 - ## Psalm 109:24 - [KJV] My knees are weak through fasting; and my flesh faileth of fatness. - [ASV] My knees are weak through fasting; And my flesh faileth of fatness. - [YLT] My knees have been feeble from fasting, And my flesh hath failed of fatness. ### Notes on Psalm 109:24 - ## Psalm 109:25 - [KJV] I became also a reproach unto them: *when* they looked upon me they shaked their heads. - [ASV] I am become also a reproach unto them: When they see me, they shake their head. - [YLT] And I -- I have been a reproach to them, They see me, they shake their head. ### Notes on Psalm 109:25 - ## Psalm 109:26 - [KJV] Help me, O LORD my God: O save me according to thy mercy: - [ASV] Help me, O Jehovah my God; Oh save me according to thy lovingkindness: - [YLT] Help me, O Jehovah my God, Save me, according to Thy kindness. ### Notes on Psalm 109:26 - ## Psalm 109:27 - [KJV] That they may know that this *is* thy hand; *that* thou, LORD, hast done it. - [ASV] That they may know that this is thy hand; *That* thou, Jehovah, hast done it. - [YLT] And they know that this *is* Thy hand, Thou, O Jehovah, Thou hast done it. ### Notes on Psalm 109:27 - ## Psalm 109:28 - [KJV] Let them curse, but bless thou: when they arise, let them be ashamed; but let thy servant rejoice. - [ASV] Let them curse, but bless thou: When they arise, they shall be put to shame, But thy servant shall rejoice. - [YLT] They revile, and Thou dost bless, They have risen, and are ashamed, And Thy servant doth rejoice. ### Notes on Psalm 109:28 - ## Psalm 109:29 - [KJV] Let mine adversaries be clothed with shame, and let them cover themselves with their own confusion, as with a mantle. - [ASV] Let mine adversaries be clothed with dishonor, And let them cover themselves with their own shame as with a robe. - [YLT] Mine accusers put on blushing, and are covered, As an upper robe *is* their shame. ### Notes on Psalm 109:29 - ## Psalm 109:30 - [KJV] I will greatly praise the LORD with my mouth; yea, I will praise him among the multitude. - [ASV] I will give great thanks unto Jehovah with my mouth; Yea, I will praise him among the multitude. - [YLT] I thank Jehovah greatly with my mouth, And in the midst of many I praise Him, ### Notes on Psalm 109:30 - ## Psalm 109:31 - [KJV] For he shall stand at the right hand of the poor, to save *him* from those that condemn his soul. - [ASV] For he will stand at the right hand of the needy, To save him from them that judge his soul. - [YLT] For He standeth at the right hand of the needy, To save from those judging his soul. ### Notes on Psalm 109:31 -