Psalm 101

Misericordiam et judicium

My song shall be of mercy and judgement *

unto thee, O Lord, will I sing.

O let me have understanding *

in the way of godliness.

When wilt thou come unto me *

I will walk in my house with a perfect heart.

I will take no wicked thing in hand; I hate the sins of unfaithfulness *

there shall no such cleave unto me.

A froward heart shall depart from me *

I will not know a wicked person.

Whoso privily slandereth his neighbour *

him will I destroy.

Whoso hath also a proud look and high stomach *

I will not suffer him.

Mine eyes look upon such as are faithful in the land *

that they may dwell with me.

Whoso leadeth a godly life *

he shall be my servant.

There shall no deceitful person dwell in my house *

he that telleth lies shall not tarry in my sight.

I shall soon destroy all the ungodly that are in the land *

that I may root out all wicked doers from the city of the Lord.

Psalm 109

Deus, laudem

Hold not thy tongue, O God of my praise *

for the mouth of the ungodly, yea, the mouth of the deceitful is opened upon me.

And they have spoken against me with false tongues *

they compassed me about also with words of hatred, and fought against me without a cause.

For the love that I had unto them, lo, they take now my contrary part *

but I give myself unto prayer.

Thus have they rewarded me evil for good *

and hatred for my good will.

Set thou an ungodly man to be ruler over him *

and let Satan stand at his right hand.

When sentence is given upon him, let him be condemned *

and let his prayer be turned into sin.

Let his days be few *

and let another take his office.

Let his children be fatherless *

and his wife a widow.

Let his children be vagabonds, and beg their bread *

let them seek it also out of desolate places.

Let the extortioner consume all that he hath *

and let the stranger spoil his labour.

Let there be no man to pity him *

nor to have compassion upon his fatherless children.

Let his posterity be destroyed *

and in the next generation let his name be clean put out.

Let the wickedness of his fathers be had in remembrance in the sight of the Lord *

and let not the sin of his mother be done away.

Let them alway be before the Lord *

that he may root out the memorial of them from off the earth.

And that, because his mind was not to do good *

but persecuted the poor helpless man, that he might slay him that was vexed at the heart.

His delight was in cursing, and it shall happen unto him *

he loved not blessing, therefore shall it be far from him.

He clothed himself with cursing, like as with a raiment *

and it shall come into his bowels like water, and like oil into his bones.

Let it be unto him as the cloke that he hath upon him *

and as the girdle that he is alway girded withal.

Let it thus happen from the Lord unto mine enemies *

and to those that speak evil against my soul.

But deal thou with me, O Lord God, according unto thy Name *

for sweet is thy mercy.

O deliver me, for I am helpless and poor *

and my heart is wounded within me.

I go hence like the shadow that departeth *

and am driven away as the grasshopper.

My knees are weak through fasting *

my flesh is dried up for want of fatness.

I became also a reproach unto them *

they that looked upon me shaked their heads.

Help me, O Lord my God *

O save me according to thy mercy.

And they shall know, how that this is thy hand *

and that thou, Lord, hast done it.

Though they curse, yet bless thou *

and let them be confounded that rise up against me; but let thy servant rejoice.

Let mine adversaries be clothed with shame *

and let them cover themselves with their own confusion, as with a cloke.

As for me, I will give great thanks unto the Lord with my mouth *

and praise him among the multitude.

For he shall stand at the right hand of the poor *

to save his soul from the unrighteous judges.