Psalm 108 (109) Clementine Vulgate
Audio: World English Bible (WEB), read by Winfred W. Henson · Psalm 109 · About the recordings
Notes on this text (2)
- Greek and Latin Bibles number most Psalms one lower than Hebrew and English Bibles.
- Psalms follow the Greek/Latin numbering.
Psalm 108 in VUL = Psalm 109 in WEB.
1 In finem. Psalmus David.
109:1 For the Chief Musician. A Psalm by David. God of my praise, don’t remain silent,
2 [Deus, laudem meam ne tacueris, quia os peccatoris et os dolosi super me apertum est.
109:2 for they have opened the mouth of the wicked and the mouth of deceit against me. They have spoken to me with a lying tongue.
3 Locuti sunt adversum me lingua dolosa, et sermonibus odii circumdederunt me: et expugnaverunt me gratis.
109:3 They have also surrounded me with words of hatred, and fought against me without a cause.
4 Pro eo ut me diligerent, detrahebant mihi; ego autem orabam.
109:4 In return for my love, they are my adversaries; but I am in prayer.
5 Et posuerunt adversum me mala pro bonis, et odium pro dilectione mea.
109:5 They have rewarded me evil for good, and hatred for my love.
6 Constitue super eum peccatorem, et diabolus stet a dextris ejus.
109:6 Set a wicked man over him. Let an adversary stand at his right hand.
7 Cum judicatur, exeat condemnatus; et oratio ejus fiat in peccatum.
109:7 When he is judged, let him come out guilty. Let his prayer be turned into sin.
8 Fiant dies ejus pauci, et episcopatum ejus accipiat alter.
109:8 Let his days be few. Let another take his office.
9 Fiant filii ejus orphani, et uxor ejus vidua.
109:9 Let his children be fatherless, and his wife a widow.
10 Nutantes transferantur filii ejus et mendicent, et ejiciantur de habitationibus suis.
109:10 Let his children be wandering beggars. Let them be sought from their ruins.
11 Scrutetur fœnerator omnem substantiam ejus, et diripiant alieni labores ejus.
109:11 Let the creditor seize all that he has. Let strangers plunder the fruit of his labor.
12 Non sit illi adjutor, nec sit qui misereatur pupillis ejus.
109:12 Let there be no one to extend kindness to him, neither let there be anyone to have pity on his fatherless children.
13 Fiant nati ejus in interitum; in generatione una deleatur nomen ejus.
109:13 Let his posterity be cut off. In the generation following let their name be blotted out.
14 In memoriam redeat iniquitas patrum ejus in conspectu Domini, et peccatum matris ejus non deleatur.
109:14 Let the iniquity of his fathers be remembered by Yahweh. Don’t let the sin of his mother be blotted out.
15 Fiant contra Dominum semper, et dispereat de terra memoria eorum:
109:15 Let them be before Yahweh continually, that he may cut off their memory from the earth;
16 pro eo quod non est recordatus facere misericordiam,
109:16 because he didn’t remember to show kindness, but persecuted the poor and needy man, the broken in heart, to kill them.
17 et persecutus est hominem inopem et mendicum, et compunctum corde, mortificare.
109:17 Yes, he loved cursing, and it came to him. He didn’t delight in blessing, and it was far from him.
18 Et dilexit maledictionem, et veniet ei; et noluit benedictionem, et elongabitur ab eo. Et induit maledictionem sicut vestimentum; et intravit sicut aqua in interiora ejus, et sicut oleum in ossibus ejus.
109:18 He clothed himself also with cursing as with his garment. It came into his inward parts like water, like oil into his bones.
19 Fiat ei sicut vestimentum quo operitur, et sicut zona qua semper præcingitur.
109:19 Let it be to him as the clothing with which he covers himself, for the belt that is always around him.
20 Hoc opus eorum qui detrahunt mihi apud Dominum, et qui loquuntur mala adversus animam meam.
109:20 This is the reward of my adversaries from Yahweh, of those who speak evil against my soul.
21 Et tu, Domine, Domine, fac mecum propter nomen tuum, quia suavis est misericordia tua.
109:21 But deal with me, Yahweh the Lord, for your name’s sake, because your loving kindness is good, deliver me;
22 Libera me, quia egenus et pauper ego sum, et cor meum conturbatum est intra me.
109:22 for I am poor and needy. My heart is wounded within me.
23 Sicut umbra cum declinat ablatus sum, et excussus sum sicut locustæ.
109:23 I fade away like an evening shadow. I am shaken off like a locust.
24 Genua mea infirmata sunt a jejunio, et caro mea immutata est propter oleum.
109:24 My knees are weak through fasting. My body is thin and lacks fat.
25 Et ego factus sum opprobrium illis; viderunt me, et moverunt capita sua.
109:25 I have also become a reproach to them. When they see me, they shake their head.
26 Adjuva me, Domine Deus meus; salvum me fac secundum misericordiam tuam.
109:26 Help me, Yahweh, my God. Save me according to your loving kindness;
27 Et sciant quia manus tua hæc, et tu, Domine, fecisti eam.
109:27 that they may know that this is your hand; that you, Yahweh, have done it.
28 Maledicent illi, et tu benedices: qui insurgunt in me confundantur; servus autem tuus lætabitur.
109:28 They may curse, but you bless. When they arise, they will be shamed, but your servant shall rejoice.
29 Induantur qui detrahunt mihi pudore, et operiantur sicut diploide confusione sua.
109:29 Let my adversaries be clothed with dishonor. Let them cover themselves with their own shame as with a robe.
30 Confitebor Domino nimis in ore meo, et in medio multorum laudabo eum:
109:30 I will give great thanks to Yahweh with my mouth. Yes, I will praise him among the multitude.
31 quia astitit a dextris pauperis, ut salvam faceret a persequentibus animam meam.]
109:31 For he will stand at the right hand of the needy, to save him from those who judge his soul.
Cross references (31)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info. References use English (Hebrew-based) verse numbers; links open the passage in VUL.
- 1 Psalm 28:1; Psalm 83:1; Deuteronomy 10:21; Psalm 35:22–23; Isaiah 42:14
- 2 Psalm 52:4; Psalm 120:2–3; Proverbs 6:17; Psalm 31:13; Proverbs 12:19
- 3 Psalm 69:4; Psalm 35:7; Psalm 35:20; John 15:24–25; Psalm 88:17
- 4 Psalm 38:20; Psalm 35:7; Luke 23:34; Psalm 69:12–13; Psalm 55:16–17
- 5 Psalm 38:20; Proverbs 17:13; Psalm 55:12–15; Genesis 44:4; 2 Samuel 15:31
- 6 Zechariah 3:1; Matthew 5:25; Matthew 27:4; John 13:2; John 13:27
- 7 Proverbs 28:9; Proverbs 21:27; Proverbs 15:8; Galatians 3:10; Matthew 23:13
- 8 Acts 1:16–26; Psalm 55:23; Matthew 27:5
- 9 Exodus 22:24; Jeremiah 18:21; Lamentations 5:3
- 10 Psalm 37:25; Genesis 4:12–14; Isaiah 16:2; 2 Kings 5:27; Psalm 59:15
- 11 Job 5:5; Deuteronomy 28:33–34; Deuteronomy 28:50–51; Deuteronomy 28:29; Job 18:9–19
- 12 Psalm 137:8–9; James 2:13; Matthew 27:25; Luke 6:38; Isaiah 27:11
- 13 Proverbs 10:7; Psalm 37:28; Job 18:19; 1 Samuel 2:31–33; Psalm 21:10
- 14 Exodus 20:5; Nehemiah 4:5; Jeremiah 18:23; Isaiah 43:25; 2 Samuel 3:29
- 15 Psalm 34:16; Job 18:17; Psalm 90:8; Psalm 51:9; Isaiah 65:15
- 16 Psalm 34:18; James 2:13; Matthew 18:33–35; Psalm 37:14; 2 Samuel 16:11–12
- 17 Matthew 7:2; Proverbs 14:14; Psalm 59:12–13; Ezekiel 35:6; Psalm 52:4–5
- 18 Psalm 73:6; Numbers 5:22; Colossians 3:12; Matthew 27:3–5; 1 Peter 5:5
- 19 Psalm 109:29; Psalm 35:26; Psalm 132:18; Psalm 109:18
- 20 2 Timothy 4:14; Psalm 94:23; 1 Kings 2:44; Matthew 11:19; Psalm 110:5–6
- 21 Psalm 31:3; Psalm 69:16; Psalm 79:9–10; Psalm 25:11; Psalm 63:3
- 22 Psalm 40:17; Psalm 86:1; Psalm 102:4; 2 Corinthians 8:9; Psalm 22:6
- 23 Exodus 10:19; Job 14:2; 1 Chronicles 29:15; Psalm 102:10–11; Psalm 144:4
- 24 Psalm 32:3–4; Matthew 4:2; Psalm 22:14; Hebrews 12:12; Psalm 35:13–14
- 25 Psalm 22:6–7; Romans 15:3; Psalm 69:19–20; Psalm 69:9–12; Job 16:4
- 26 Psalm 119:86; Psalm 57:1; Psalm 69:13; Hebrews 5:7; Psalm 40:12
- 27 Job 37:7; 1 Kings 18:36–37; Exodus 8:19; Acts 4:16; Psalm 126:2
- 28 Numbers 23:20; John 16:22; Psalm 109:17; Hebrews 12:2; Numbers 22:12
- 29 Psalm 35:26; Psalm 132:18; Job 8:22; Jeremiah 20:11; Psalm 109:17–19
- 30 Psalm 111:1; Psalm 35:18; Psalm 22:22–25; Psalm 138:1; Psalm 116:12–18
- 31 Psalm 121:5; Psalm 16:8; Psalm 140:12; Psalm 73:23; Isaiah 54:17
Cross references: OpenBible.info (CC BY), drawn mainly from the public-domain Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. · Sources & licences
What the Fathers said
Passages from the Church Fathers that expound or quote this chapter, verbatim from the public-domain Schaff edition (19th-century English translations). Verse numbers below follow the Hebrew/English numbering: 109.
How these were chosen
“Commentary” is the opening of a homily or exposition on this chapter (John Chrysostom’s homilies, Augustine’s tractates, sermons and expositions of the Psalms). “Quotes” are sentences where the edition’s own footnotes identify a quotation of a verse here, kept only when the wording matches the verse. Only works whose authorship is not in doubt are used. Psalms follow the Hebrew/English numbering (Augustine numbers them as the Septuagint does: his Psalm 50 is Psalm 51 here).
I have not thought that the CVIII^th Psalm required an exposition; since I have already expounded it in the LVII^th Psalm, and in the LX^th, of the last divisions of which this Psalm consisteth.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 8 (1888)
… Judas to be, after being separated from her Enthymesis, was restored or recalled [to her former position]; but Judas was deprived [of his office], and cast out, while Matthias was ordained in his place, according to what is written, "And his bishopric let another take." They ought therefore to maintain that the twelfth Æon was cast out of the Pleroma, …
63. "I am poor and needy," yet better am I while in secret groanings I displease myself, and seek for Thy mercy, until what is lacking in me be renewed and made complete, even up to that peace of which the eye of the proud is ignorant.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 1 (1886)
O God, pass not over My praise in silence; for the mouth of the wicked, and the mouth of the deceitful, are opened against Me; they have spoken against Me with a treacherous tongue, they have compassed Me about also with words of hatred.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 2, vol. 7 (1894)
Let his habitation be desolate, and let no man dwell therein; and, His bishoprick let another take;" --thus leading to the completion of the apostles, according to the words spoken by David.