## Psalms Chapter 109

###### Psalms 109:1
[Psalms 109:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/109:1)

לַ֭מְנַצֵּחַ לְדָוִ֣ד מִזְמ֑וֹר אֱלֹהֵ֥י תְ֝הִלָּתִ֗י אַֽל־תֶּחֱרַֽשׁ׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David. Keep not silent, O God of my praise;

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
For the conductor, of David, a psalm. G d of my [(Israel's)] praises; do not be silent.


###### Psalms 109:2
[Psalms 109:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/109:2)

כִּ֤י פִ֪י רָשָׁ֡ע וּֽפִי־מִ֭רְמָה עָלַ֣י פָּתָ֑חוּ דִּבְּר֥וּ אִ֝תִּ֗י לְשׁ֣וֹן שָֽׁקֶר׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
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.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
For the mouth of the evil one [(Yishmael)] and the mouth of [the man of] deceit have opened themselves against me. They have spoken with me with lying tongue.


###### Psalms 109:3
[Psalms 109:3](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/109:3)

וְדִבְרֵ֣י שִׂנְאָ֣ה סְבָב֑וּנִי וַיִּֽלָּחֲמ֥וּנִי חִנָּֽם׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
For they have compassed me about with words of hatred; and fought against me without a cause.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
They have surrounded me with words of hatred and have warred against me for naught.


###### Psalms 109:4
[Psalms 109:4](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/109:4)

תַּֽחַת־אַהֲבָתִ֥י יִשְׂטְנ֗וּנִי וַאֲנִ֥י תְפִלָּֽה׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
In return for my love they are my accusers; whilst I have nothing but prayer.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
For my loving [You], they have hated me; yet I [always invoke] prayer [for them].


###### Psalms 109:5
[Psalms 109:5](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/109:5)

וַיָּ֘שִׂ֤ימוּ עָלַ֣י רָ֭עָה תַּ֣חַת טוֹבָ֑ה וְ֝שִׂנְאָ֗ה תַּ֣חַת אַהֲבָתִֽי׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
And they have repaid me evil for good, and hatred for my love, saying:

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
They have set upon me evil in place of good, and hatred in place of my love.


###### Psalms 109:6
[Psalms 109:6](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/109:6)

הַפְקֵ֣ד עָלָ֣יו רָשָׁ֑ע וְ֝שָׂטָ֗ן יַעֲמֹ֥ד עַל־יְמִינֽוֹ׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Set a wicked man over him: and let an adversary stand at his right hand.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
Appoint an evil one against him [(Esav)], and let an adversary stand at his right hand.


###### Psalms 109:7
[Psalms 109:7](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/109:7)

בְּ֭הִשָּׁ֣פְטוֹ יֵצֵ֣א רָשָׁ֑ע וּ֝תְפִלָּת֗וֹ תִּֽהְיֶ֥ה לַחֲטָאָֽה׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
When he shall be judged, let him be condemned: and let his prayer be turned into sin.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
In his judgment let him emerge as an evil one, and let his prayer be reckoned a sin.


###### Psalms 109:8
[Psalms 109:8](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/109:8)

יִֽהְיוּ־יָמָ֥יו מְעַטִּ֑ים פְּ֝קֻדָּת֗וֹ יִקַּ֥ח אַחֵֽר׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Let his days be few; and let another take his possessions.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
Let his days be few. Let his greatness revert to another.


###### Psalms 109:9
[Psalms 109:9](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/109:9)

יִֽהְיוּ־בָנָ֥יו יְתוֹמִ֑ים וְ֝אִשְׁתּ֗וֹ אַלְמָנָֽה׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Let his children be fatherless, and his wife a widow.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
Let his sons be orphans, and his wife, a widow.


###### Psalms 109:10
[Psalms 109:10](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/109:10)

וְנ֤וֹעַ יָנ֣וּעוּ בָנָ֣יו וְשִׁאֵ֑לוּ וְ֝דָרְשׁ֗וּ מֵחׇרְבֽוֹתֵיהֶֽם׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Let his children be vagabonds, and beg: let them seek their bread also out of their desolate places.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
Let his sons wander and beg, and let others ask and make inquiry as to their [coming to] ruin.


###### Psalms 109:11
[Psalms 109:11](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/109:11)

יְנַקֵּ֣שׁ נ֭וֹשֶׁה לְכׇל־אֲשֶׁר־ל֑וֹ וְיָבֹ֖זּוּ זָרִ֣ים יְגִיעֽוֹ׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Let the creditor seize everything that he has, and let strangers spoil his labour.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
Let the creditor hound [him] for all he owns, and let strangers plunder his toil.


###### Psalms 109:12
[Psalms 109:12](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/109:12)

אַל־יְהִי־ל֭וֹ מֹשֵׁ֣ךְ חָ֑סֶד וְֽאַל־יְהִ֥י ח֝וֹנֵ֗ן לִֽיתוֹמָֽיו׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Let there be none to extend kindness to him: nor let there be any to favour his fatherless children.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
Let no one extend kindness to him; let none be gracious to his orphans.


###### Psalms 109:13
[Psalms 109:13](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/109:13)

יְהִי־אַחֲרִית֥וֹ לְהַכְרִ֑ית בְּד֥וֹר אַ֝חֵ֗ר יִמַּ֥ח שְׁמָֽם׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Let his posterity be cut off; and in the generation following let their name be blotted out.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
Let his [his son's] end be cut off; in the next generation, let their names be erased.


###### Psalms 109:14
[Psalms 109:14](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/109:14)

יִזָּכֵ֤ר**׀** עֲוֺ֣ן אֲ֭בֹתָיו אֶל־יְהֹוָ֑ה וְחַטַּ֥את אִ֝מּ֗וֹ אַל־תִּמָּֽח׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
May the iniquity of his fathers be remembered by the Lord; and let not the sin of his mother be blotted out.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
Let the sin against his fathers be remembered [against him] to the L rd, and let the sin against his mother not be erased.


###### Psalms 109:15
[Psalms 109:15](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/109:15)

יִהְי֣וּ נֶגֶד־יְהֹוָ֣ה תָּמִ֑יד וְיַכְרֵ֖ת מֵאֶ֣רֶץ זִכְרָֽם׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Let them be before the Lord continually, that he may cut off the memory of them from the earth.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
Let them [these sins] ever be before the L rd, and let their remembrance [(that of Esav and his chiefs)] be cut off from the land.


###### Psalms 109:16
[Psalms 109:16](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/109:16)

יַ֗עַן אֲשֶׁ֤ר**׀** לֹ֥א זָכַר֮ עֲשׂ֢וֹת חָ֥֫סֶד וַיִּרְדֹּ֡ף אִישׁ־עָנִ֣י וְ֭אֶבְיוֹן וְנִכְאֵ֨ה לֵבָ֬ב לְמוֹתֵֽת׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Because he remembered not to show kindness, but pursued the poor and needy man, and the brokenhearted to their death.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
Because he did not remember to do lovingkindness, and he pursued the poor one [Israel] and the destitute and the broken of heart to the death.


###### Psalms 109:17
[Psalms 109:17](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/109:17)

וַיֶּאֱהַ֣ב קְ֭לָלָה וַתְּבוֹאֵ֑הוּ וְֽלֹא־חָפֵ֥ץ בִּ֝בְרָכָ֗ה וַתִּרְחַ֥ק מִמֶּֽנּוּ׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
For he loved cursing, and it came to him: and he delighted not in blessing, and it was far from him.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
He loved cursing [(the L rd, whom he denied)] — let it [(a curse)] come to him; he did not desire blessing — let it be far from him.


###### Psalms 109:18
[Psalms 109:18](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/109:18)

וַיִּלְבַּ֥שׁ קְלָלָ֗ה כְּמַ֫דּ֥וֹ וַתָּבֹ֣א כַמַּ֣יִם בְּקִרְבּ֑וֹ וְ֝כַשֶּׁ֗מֶן בְּעַצְמוֹתָֽיו׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
And he clothed himself with cursing like his garment, and it came into his bowels like water, and like oil into his bones.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
Let him be clothed in cursing as [he is in] his cloak; let it come as water into his innards, and as oil into his bones.


###### Psalms 109:19
[Psalms 109:19](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/109:19)

תְּהִי־ל֭וֹ כְּבֶ֣גֶד יַעְטֶ֑ה וּ֝לְמֵ֗זַח תָּמִ֥יד יַחְגְּרֶֽהָ׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Let it be to him as the garment which he puts on, and for the girdle wherewith he is girded continually.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
Let it be as an enwrapping garment [around him], and let it buckle him always as a belt.


###### Psalms 109:20
[Psalms 109:20](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/109:20)

זֹ֤את פְּעֻלַּ֣ת שֹׂ֭טְנַי מֵאֵ֣ת יְהֹוָ֑ה וְהַדֹּבְרִ֥ים רָ֝֗ע עַל־נַפְשִֽׁי׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
This is what my adversaries seek to obtain from the Lord, and they who speak evil against my soul.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
This is [the recompense for] the acts of my haters from the L rd, and [that of] those who speak evil against my soul.


###### Psalms 109:21
[Psalms 109:21](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/109:21)

וְאַתָּ֤ה**׀** יֱ֘הֹוִ֤ה אֲדֹנָ֗י עֲֽשֵׂה־אִ֭תִּי לְמַ֣עַן שְׁמֶ֑ךָ כִּי־ט֥וֹב חַ֝סְדְּךָ֗ הַצִּילֵֽנִי׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
But do Thou for me, O God the Lord, for Thy name’s sake: because Thy steadfast love is good, deliver Thou me.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
And You, O G d, my L rd, do with me [good] for Your name's sake; in the goodness of Your lovingkindness, save me.


###### Psalms 109:22
[Psalms 109:22](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/109:22)

כִּי־עָנִ֣י וְאֶבְי֣וֹן אָנֹ֑כִי וְ֝לִבִּ֗י חָלַ֥ל בְּקִרְבִּֽי׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
For I am poor and needy, and my heart is wounded within me.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
For I am poor and destitute, and my heart is empty within me.


###### Psalms 109:23
[Psalms 109:23](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/109:23)

כְּצֵל־כִּנְטוֹת֥וֹ נֶהֱלָ֑כְתִּי נִ֝נְעַ֗רְתִּי כָּאַרְבֶּֽה׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
I am gone like the shadow at evening: I am shaken off like the locust.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
I have been made to wander as the casting of a shadow [towards evening]; I have been shunted away as the locust swarm.


###### Psalms 109:24
[Psalms 109:24](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/109:24)

בִּ֭רְכַּי כָּשְׁל֣וּ מִצּ֑וֹם וּ֝בְשָׂרִ֗י כָּחַ֥שׁ מִשָּֽׁמֶן׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
My knees totter through fasting; and my flesh fails of fatness.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
My knees failed with fasting; my flesh withered of fat.


###### Psalms 109:25
[Psalms 109:25](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/109:25)

וַאֲנִ֤י**׀** הָיִ֣יתִי חֶרְפָּ֣ה לָהֶ֑ם יִ֝רְא֗וּנִי יְנִיע֥וּן רֹאשָֽׁם׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
I have become a taunt to them: when they see me they shake their heads.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
And I am become an [object of] shame to them; when they see me, they nod their heads [in scorn].


###### Psalms 109:26
[Psalms 109:26](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/109:26)

עׇ֭זְרֵנִי יְהֹוָ֣ה אֱלֹהָ֑י ה֖וֹשִׁיעֵ֣נִי כְחַסְדֶּֽךָ׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Help me, O Lord my God: O save me according to Thy steadfast love:

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
Help me, O L rd, my G d. Save me in Your lovingkindness.


###### Psalms 109:27
[Psalms 109:27](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/109:27)

וְֽ֭יֵדְעוּ כִּי־יָ֣דְךָ זֹּ֑את אַתָּ֖ה יְהֹוָ֣ה עֲשִׂיתָֽהּ׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
that they may know that this is Thy hand; that Thou, Lord, hast done it.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
Let them know that this is Your hand that You, O L rd, have done it.


###### Psalms 109:28
[Psalms 109:28](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/109:28)

יְקַֽלְלוּ־הֵמָּה֮ וְאַתָּ֢ה תְבָ֫רֵ֥ךְ קָ֤מוּ**׀** וַיֵּבֹ֗שׁוּ וְֽעַבְדְּךָ֥ יִשְׂמָֽח׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Let them curse, but bless Thou: when they arise, let them be ashamed; but let Thy servant rejoice.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
Let them curse, and You bless. They will arise and be shamed, and Your servant will rejoice.


###### Psalms 109:29
[Psalms 109:29](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/109:29)

יִלְבְּשׁ֣וּ שׂוֹטְנַ֣י כְּלִמָּ֑ה וְיַעֲט֖וּ כַמְעִ֣יל בׇּשְׁתָּֽם׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Let my adversaries be clothed with shame, and let them cover themselves with their own confusion, as with a robe.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
My haters will be clothed in disgrace; their shame will enwrap them as a cloak.


###### Psalms 109:30
[Psalms 109:30](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/109:30)

א֘וֹדֶ֤ה יְהֹוָ֣ה מְאֹ֣ד בְּפִ֑י וּבְת֖וֹךְ רַבִּ֣ים אֲהַלְלֶֽנּוּ׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
I will greatly praise the Lord with my mouth; yea, I will praise him among the multitude.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
I will thank the L rd greatly with my mouth; in the midst of a multitude I will praise Him.


###### Psalms 109:31
[Psalms 109:31](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/109:31)

כִּֽי־יַ֭עֲמֹד לִימִ֣ין אֶבְי֑וֹן לְ֝הוֹשִׁ֗יעַ מִשֹּׁפְטֵ֥י נַפְשֽׁוֹ׃{פ}

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
For he stands at the right hand of the poor, to save him from those who would condemn him to death.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
For He stands at the right of the poor one, to save him from the condemners of his soul.