Tahalym (Psalm) — 109

Plea for Judgment on False Accusers

1 O my 𐤀𐤋𐤅𐤄_ALUAH, whom I Yadah, do not stand silent

2 while the wicked slander me  and tell lies about me.

3 They surround me with hateful words    and fight against me for no reason.

4 I love them, but they try to destroy me with accusations, even as I am praying for them!

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

6 They say, “Get an evil person to turn against him. Send an accuser to bring him to trial.

7 When his case comes up for judgment, let him be pronounced guilty. Count his prayers as sins.

8 Let his years be few; let someone else take his position.

9 May his children become fatherless, and his wife a widow.

10 May his children wander as beggars and be driven from their ruined homes.

11 May creditors seize his entire estate, and strangers take all he has earned.

12 Let no one be kind to him; let no one pity his fatherless children.

13 May all his offspring die. May his family's name be blotted out in the next generation.

14 May 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄_YAHUAH never forget the sins of his fathers; may his mother’s sins never be erased from the record.

15 May 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄_YAHUAH always remember these sins, and may HIS Name disappear from man's memory.

16 For he refused all kindness to others; he persecuted the poor and needy, and he hounded the brokenhearted to death.

17 He loved to curse others; now You curse him, he never Baraked others; now don’t you barak him.

18 Cursing is as natural to him as his clothing, or the water he drinks, or the rich food he eats.

19 Now may his curses return and cling to him like clothing; may they be tied around him like a belt.”

20 May those curses become  𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄_YAHUAH’s punishment for my accusers who speak evil of me.

21 But deal well with me, O 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄_YAHUAH, for the sake of your own reputation! Rescue me because you are so faithful and good.

22 For I am poor and needy, and my heart is full of pain.

23 I am fading like a shadow at dusk; I am brushed off like a locust.

24 My knees are weak from fasting, and I am skin and bones.

25 I am a joke to people everywhere; when they see me, they shake their heads in scorn.

26 Help me, O 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄_YAHUAH my  𐤀𐤋𐤅𐤄_ALUAH! Save me because of your unfailing love.

27 Let them see that this is Your doing, that You have done it.

28 Then let them curse me if they like, but you will barak me! When they attack me, they will be put to shame! But I, your servant, will go right on rejoicing!

29 May my accusers be clothed with shame; may their humiliation cover them like a cloak.

30 But I will give repeated Tudah to  𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄_YAHUAH, I will Yadah  𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄_YAHUAH to everyone.

31 For 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄_YAHUAH stands beside the needy, ready to save them from those who condemn them.