Psalms 109

1 My days have declined like a shadow, and I am withered like grass. 2 But thou, O Lord, endurest for ever: and thy memorial to all generations. 3 Thou shalt arise and have mercy on Sion: for it is time to have mercy on it, for the time is come. 4 For the stones thereof have pleased thy servants: and they shall have pity on the earth thereof. 5 All the Gentiles shall fear thy name, O Lord, and all the kings of the earth thy glory. 6 For the Lord hath built up Sion: and he shall be seen in his glory. 7 He hath had regard to the prayer of the humble: and he hath not despised their petition. 8 Let these things be written unto another generation: and the people that shall be created shall praise the Lord: 9 Because he hath looked forth from his high sanctuary: from heaven the Lord hath looked upon the earth. 10 That he might hear the groans of them that are in fetters: that he might release the children of the slain: 11 That they may declare the name of the Lord in Sion: and his praise in Jerusalem; 12 When the people assemble together, and kings, to serve the Lord. 13 He answered him in the way of his strength: Declare unto me the fewness of my days. 14 Call me not away in the midst of my days: thy years are unto generation and generation. 15 In the beginning, O Lord, thou foundedst the earth: and the heavens are the works of thy hands. 16 They shall perish but thou remainest: and all of them shall grow old like a garment: And as a vesture thou shalt change them, and they shall be changed. 17 But thou art always the selfsame, and thy years shall not fail. 18 The children of thy servants shall continue and their seed shall be directed for ever. 20 For David himself. Bless the Lord, O my soul: and let all that is within me bless his holy name. 21 Bless the Lord, O my soul, and never forget all he hath done for thee. 22 Who forgiveth all thy iniquities: who healeth all thy diseases. 23 Who redeemeth thy life from destruction: who crowneth thee with mercy and compassion. 24 Who satisfieth thy desire with good things: thy youth shall be renewed like the eagle’s. 25 The Lord doth mercies, and judgment for all that suffer wrong. 26 He hath made his ways known to Moses: his wills to the children of Israel. 27 The Lord is compassionate and merciful: longsuffering and plenteous in mercy. 28 He will not always be angry: nor will he threaten for ever. 29 He hath not dealt with us according to our sins: nor rewarded us according to our iniquities. 30 For according to the height of the heaven above the earth: he hath strengthened his mercy towards them that fear him. 31 As far as the east is from the west, so far hath he removed our iniquities from us.