Bible Chapter Summary
Psalm 109 Summary
Prayer Against Persecutors and Pleas for Vindication
The psalmist calls upon God not to hold His peace as the wicked and deceitful speak lies and hatred against him without cause, rewarding him evil for good. He prays that a wicked man be set over his adversary and Satan stand at his right hand, that his judgment be condemnation and his prayer become sin, his days be few, and his office go to another. Yet the psalmist shifts to describe his own poor and wounded condition—weak through fasting, become a reproach—and pleads for God's help and salvation, trusting that God will vindicate him while his adversaries are clothed with shame.
Key themes
Key verses
Psalms 109:1-2
“Hold not thy peace, O God of my praise; 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 109:6-7
“Set thou a wicked man over him: and let Satan stand at his right hand. When he shall be judged, let him be condemned: and let his prayer become sin.”
Psalms 109:26-28
“Help me, O LORD my God: O save me according to thy mercy: That they may know that this is thy hand; that thou, LORD, hast done it. Let them curse, but bless thou: when they arise, let them be ashamed; but let thy servant rejoice.”
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