Psalms 109:1

ASV: Hold not thy peace, O God of my praise;

DARBY: {To the chief Musician. Of David. A Psalm.} O God of my praise, be not silent:

DRA: Unto the end, a psalm for David.

KJV: Hold not thy peace, O God of my praise;

Psalms 109:2

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.

DARBY: For the mouth of the wicked [man] and the mouth of deceit are opened against me: they have spoken against me with a lying tongue,

DRA: O God, be not thou silent in thy praise: for the mouth of the wicked and the mouth of the deceitful man is opened against me.

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.

Psalms 109:3

ASV: They have compassed me about also with words of hatred, And fought against me without a cause.

DARBY: And with words of hatred have they encompassed me; and they fight against me without a cause.

DRA: They have spoken against with deceitful tongues; and they have compassed me about with words of hatred; and have fought against me without cause.

KJV: They compassed me about also with words of hatred; and fought against me without a cause.

Psalms 109:4

ASV: For my love they are my adversaries: But I [give myself unto] prayer.

DARBY: For my love they are mine adversaries; but I [give myself unto] prayer.

DRA: Instead of making me a return of love, they detracted me: but I gave myself to prayer.

KJV: For my love they are my adversaries: but I give myself unto prayer.

Psalms 109:5

ASV: And they have rewarded me evil for good, And hatred for my love.

DARBY: And they have rewarded me evil for good, and hatred for my love.

DRA: And they repaid me evil for good: and hatred for my love.

KJV: And they have rewarded me evil for good, and hatred for my love.

Psalms 109:6

ASV: Set thou a wicked man over him; And let an adversary stand at his right hand.

DARBY: Set a wicked [man] over him, and let [the] adversary stand at his right hand;

DRA: Set thou the sinner over him: and may the devil stand at his right hand.

KJV: Set thou a wicked man over him: and let Satan stand at his right hand.

Psalms 109:7

ASV: When he is judged, let him come forth guilty; And let his prayer be turned into sin.

DARBY: When he shall be judged, let him go out guilty, and let his prayer become sin;

DRA: When he is judged, may he go out condemned; and may his prayer be turned to sin.

KJV: When he shall be judged, let him be condemned: and let his prayer become sin.

Psalms 109:8

ASV: Let his days be few; [And] let another take his office.

DARBY: Let his days be few, let another take his office;

DRA: May his days be few: and his bishopric let another take.

KJV: Let his days be few; and let another take his office.

Psalms 109:9

ASV: Let his children be fatherless, And his wife a widow.

DARBY: Let his sons be fatherless, and his wife a widow;

DRA: May his children be fatherless, and his wife a widow.

KJV: Let his children be fatherless, and his wife a widow.

Psalms 109:10

ASV: Let his children be vagabonds, and beg; And let them seek [their bread] out of their desolate places.

DARBY: Let his sons be vagabonds and beg, and let them seek [their bread] far from their desolate places;

DRA: Let his children be carried about vagabonds, and beg; and let them be cast out of their dwellings.

KJV: Let his children be continually vagabonds, and beg: let them seek their bread also out of their desolate places.

Psalms 109:11

ASV: Let the extortioner catch all that he hath; And let strangers make spoil of his labor.

DARBY: Let the usurer cast the net over all that he hath, and let strangers despoil his labour;

DRA: May the userer search all his substance: and let strangers plunder his labours.

KJV: Let the extortioner catch all that he hath; and let the strangers spoil his labour.

Psalms 109:12

ASV: Let there be none to extend kindness unto him; Neither let there be any to have pity on his fatherless children.

DARBY: Let there be none to extend kindness unto him, neither let there be any to favour his fatherless children;

DRA: May there be none to help him: nor none to pity his fatherless offspring.

KJV: Let there be none to extend mercy unto him: neither let there be any to favour his fatherless children.

Psalms 109:13

ASV: Let his posterity be cut off; In the generation following let their name be blotted out.

DARBY: Let his posterity be cut off; in the generation following let their name be blotted out:

DRA: May his posterity be cut off; in one generation may his name be blotted out.

KJV: Let his posterity be cut off; and in the generation following let their name be blotted out.

Psalms 109:14

ASV: Let the iniquity of his fathers be remembered with Jehovah; And let not the sin of his mother be blotted out.

DARBY: Let the iniquity of his fathers be remembered with Jehovah, and let not the sin of his mother be blotted out;

DRA: May the iniquity of his fathers be remembered in the sight of the Lord: and let not the sin of his mother be blotted out.

KJV: Let the iniquity of his fathers be remembered with the LORD; and let not the sin of his mother be blotted out.

Psalms 109:15

ASV: Let them be before Jehovah continually, That he may cut off the memory of them from the earth;

DARBY: Let them be before Jehovah continually, that he may cut off the memory of them from the earth:

DRA: May they be before the lord continually, and let the memory of them perish from the earth:

KJV: Let them be before the LORD continually, that he may cut off the memory of them from the earth.

Psalms 109:16

ASV: Because he remembered not to show kindness, But persecuted the poor and needy man, And the broken in heart, to slay [them].

DARBY: Because he remembered not to shew kindness, but persecuted the afflicted and needy man, and the broken in heart, to slay him.

DRA: because he remembered not to show mercy,

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.

Psalms 109:17

ASV: Yea, he loved cursing, and it came unto him; And he delighted not in blessing, and it was far from him.

DARBY: And he loved cursing; so let it come unto him. And he delighted not in blessing; and let it be far from him.

DRA: But persecuted the poor man and the beggar; and the broken in heart, to put him to death.

KJV: As he loved cursing, so let it come unto him: as he delighted not in blessing, so let it be far from him.

Psalms 109:18

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.

DARBY: And he clothed himself with cursing like his vestment; so let it come into his bowels like water, and like oil into his bones;

DRA: And he loved cursing, and it shall come unto him: and he would not have blessing, and it shall be far from him. And he put on cursing, like a garment: and it went in like water into his entrails, and like oil in his bones.

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.

Psalms 109:19

ASV: Let it be unto him as the raiment wherewith he covereth himself, And for the girdle wherewith he is girded continually.

DARBY: Let it be unto him as a garment with which he covereth himself, and for a girdle wherewith he is constantly girded.

DRA: May it be unto him like a garment which covereth him; and like a girdle with which he is girded continually.

KJV: Let it be unto him as the garment which covereth him, and for a girdle wherewith he is girded continually.

Psalms 109:20

ASV: This is the reward of mine adversaries from Jehovah, And of them that speak evil against my soul.

DARBY: Let this be the reward of mine adversaries from Jehovah, and of them that speak evil against my soul.

DRA: This is the work of them who detract me before the Lord; and who speak evils against my soul.

KJV: Let this be the reward of mine adversaries from the LORD, and of them that speak evil against my soul.

Psalms 109:21

ASV: But deal thou with me, O Jehovah the Lord, for thy name`s sake: Because thy lovingkindness is good, deliver thou me;

DARBY: But do *thou* for me, Jehovah, Lord, for thy name's sake; because thy loving-kindness is good, deliver me:

DRA: But thou, O Lord, do with for thy names sake: because thy mercy is sweet. Do thou deliver me.

KJV: But do thou for me, O GOD the Lord, for thy name’s sake: because thy mercy is good, deliver thou me.

Psalms 109:22

ASV: For I am poor and needy, And my heart is wounded within me.

DARBY: For I am afflicted and needy, and my heart is wounded within me.

DRA: for I am poor and needy, and my heart is troubled within me.

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

Psalms 109:23

ASV: I am gone like the shadow when it declineth: I am tossed up and down as the locust.

DARBY: I am gone like a shadow when it lengtheneth; I am tossed about like the locust;

DRA: I am taken away like the shadow when it declineth: and I am shaken off as locusts.

KJV: I am gone like the shadow when it declineth: I am tossed up and down as the locust.

Psalms 109:24

ASV: My knees are weak through fasting; And my flesh faileth of fatness.

DARBY: My knees are failing through fasting, and my flesh hath lost its fatness;

DRA: My knees are weakened through fasting: and my flesh is changed for oil.

KJV: My knees are weak through fasting; and my flesh faileth of fatness.

Psalms 109:25

ASV: I am become also a reproach unto them: When they see me, they shake their head.

DARBY: And I am become a reproach unto them; [when] they look upon me they shake their heads.

DRA: And I am become a reproach to them: they saw me and they shaked their heads,

KJV: I became also a reproach unto them: when they looked upon me they shaked their heads.

Psalms 109:26

ASV: Help me, O Jehovah my God; Oh save me according to thy lovingkindness:

DARBY: Help me, Jehovah my God; save me according to thy loving-kindness:

DRA: Help me, O Lord my God; save me according to thy mercy.

KJV: Help me, O LORD my God: O save me according to thy mercy:

Psalms 109:27

ASV: That they may know that this is thy hand; [That] thou, Jehovah, hast done it.

DARBY: That they may know that this is thy hand; that *thou*, Jehovah, hast done it.

DRA: And let them know that this is thy hand: and that thou, O Lord, hast done it.

KJV: That they may know that this is thy hand; that thou, LORD, hast done it.

Psalms 109:28

ASV: Let them curse, but bless thou: When they arise, they shall be put to shame, But thy servant shall rejoice.

DARBY: Let *them* curse, but bless *thou*; when they rise up, let them be ashamed, and let thy servant rejoice.

DRA: They will curse and thou will bless: let them that rise up against me be confounded: but thy servant shall rejoice.

KJV: Let them curse, but bless thou: when they arise, let them be ashamed; but let thy servant rejoice.

Psalms 109:29

ASV: Let mine adversaries be clothed with dishonor, And let them cover themselves with their own shame as with a robe.

DARBY: Let mine adversaries be clothed with confusion, and let them cover themselves with their shame as with a mantle.

DRA: Let them that detract me be clothed with shame: and let them be covered with the their confusion as with a double cloak.

KJV: Let mine adversaries be clothed with shame, and let them cover themselves with their own confusion, as with a mantle.

Psalms 109:30

ASV: I will give great thanks unto Jehovah with my mouth; Yea, I will praise him among the multitude.

DARBY: I will greatly celebrate Jehovah with my mouth; yea, I will praise him among the multitude.

DRA: I will give great thanks to the Lord with my mouth: and in the midst of many I will praise him.

KJV: I will greatly praise the LORD with my mouth; yea, I will praise him among the multitude.

Psalms 109:31

ASV: For he will stand at the right hand of the needy, To save him from them that judge his soul. Psalm 110 A Psalm of David.

DARBY: For he standeth at the right hand of the needy, to save him from those that judge his soul.

DRA: Because he hath stood at the right hand of the poor, to save my soul from persecutors

KJV: For he shall stand at the right hand of the poor, to save him from those that condemn his soul.

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