Help Me, O Lord My God
To the choirmaster. A Psalm of David.
1 See Ps. 28:1Be not silent, O Deut. 10:21;[Ps. 71:6;Jer. 17:14]God of my praise!
2 For wicked and Ps. 52:4deceitful mouths are opened against me,
speaking against me with lying tongues.
3 They encircle me with words of hate,
and attack me See Ps. 69:4without cause.
4 In return for my love they Ps. 38:20accuse me,
but I [Ps. 69:13]give myself to prayer.109:4 Hebrew but I am prayer
5 So they See Ps. 35:12reward me evil for good,
and hatred for my love.
6 For ver. 6-15, see Ps. 35:4-8;69:22-28Appoint a wicked man [1 Chr. 21:1;Zech. 3:1] against him;
let an accuser stand Job 30:12at his right hand.
7 When he is tried, let him come forth guilty;
let his Prov. 28:9;[Prov. 15:8;21:27]prayer be counted as sin!
8 May his [Ps. 55:23] days be few;
may Cited Acts 1:20another take his Num. 4:16;[1 Chr. 24:3]office!
9 May his Ex. 22:24children be fatherless
and his wife a widow!
10 May his children [Gen. 4:12]; See Ps. 59:15wander about and beg,
[Ps. 37:25]seeking food far from the ruins they inhabit!
11 May [Deut. 28:43,44]the creditor seize all that he has;
may [Deut. 28:43,44]strangers plunder the fruits of his toil!
12 Let there be none to [Ps. 36:10] extend kindness to him,
nor any to [Job 5:4]pity his fatherless children!
13 May his See Ps. 21:10posterity be cut off;
may his Prov. 10:7name be blotted out in the second generation!
14 May Ex. 20:5the iniquity of his fathers be remembered before the Lord,
and let not the sin of his mother be Neh. 4:5;Jer. 18:23blotted out!
15 [Ps. 90:8] Let them be before the Lord continually,
that he may Ps. 34:16cut off the memory of them from the earth!
16 For he did not remember to show kindness,
but pursued ver. 22;Ps. 40:17the poor and needy
and See Ps. 34:18the brokenhearted, to put them to death.
17 [Prov. 14:14;Ezek. 35:6]He loved to curse; let curses come109:17 Revocalization; Masoretic Text curses have come upon him!
He did not delight in blessing; may it be far109:17 Revocalization; Masoretic Text it is far from him!
18 He [ver. 29; Ps. 73:6] clothed himself with cursing as his coat;
may it [Num. 5:22]soak109:18 Revocalization; Masoretic Text it has soaked into his body like water,
like oil into his bones!
19 May it be like a garment that he wraps around him,
like a belt that he puts on every day!
20 May this be the reward of my ver. 6, 29accusers from the Lord,
of those who speak evil against my life!
21 But you, O God my Lord,
deal on my behalf [Jer. 14:7]; See Ps. 23:3for your name’s sake;
because your Ps. 69:16;[Ps. 63:3]steadfast love is good, deliver me!
22 For I am ver. 16poor and needy,
and my heart is stricken within me.
23 I am gone like See Ps. 102:11a shadow at evening;
I am Ex. 10:19;[Neh. 5:13;Job 38:13]shaken off like a locust.
24 My knees are weak Ps. 35:13through fasting;
my [Job 16:8]body has become gaunt, with no fat.
25 I am Ps. 22:6;69:19an object of scorn to my accusers;
when they see me, they See Ps. 22:7wag their heads.
26 Ps. 119:86Help me, O Lord my God!
Save me according to your steadfast love!
27 Let them [Job 37:7]know that this is your hand;
you, O Lord, have done it!
28 [2 Sam. 16:12] Let them curse, but you will bless!
They arise and are put to shame, but [Isa. 65:14]your servant will be glad!
29 May my accusers be ver. 18;See Job 8:22clothed with dishonor;
may they Ps. 71:13;[Ps. 35:26]be wrapped in their own shame as in a cloak!
30 With my mouth I will give great thanks to the Lord;
I will [Ps. 22:25]praise him in the midst of the throng.
31 For he stands ver. 6;See Ps. 16:8at the right hand of the needy one,
to save him from those who condemn his soul to death.
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