Interpretations of Psalm 108:
Finally, a psalm to David.
O God, do not keep silent from my praise, for the mouth of the sinner and the weary has opened against me, speaking at me with a flattering tongue, and using hateful words to deceive me, and to scoff at me. me tune. Instead of loving me, I slandered me, but I prayed, and put evil on me for good, and hatred for my love. Place a sinner on him, and let the devil stand at his right hand. Let him always be judged, and let him come out condemned, and let his prayer become sin. Let his days be short, and let his bishopric take over: let his sons be Syrians, and his wife a widow: he that moves, let his sons abide and ask, and let them be cast out from their houses. May the lender seek all that is his, and may the labors of others delight him. Let there be no intercessor for him; let him be merciful to his orphans. Let his children be destroyed; let his name be used up in one generation. Let his father’s iniquity be remembered before the Lord, and let his mother’s sin not be cleansed. Let them be taken before the Lord, and let their memory be consumed from the earth. I will not remember to show mercy, but I will drive a man into poverty and wretchedness, and with a tender heart to kill. And love the oath, and it will come to him, and do not desire the blessing, and will withdraw from him. And he was clothed with an oath like a robe, and like water was in his womb, and like oil was in his bones. Let him be like a robe, and let him put on a robe, and let him wear it like a belt, with which he girds himself. This is the work of those who lie against me before the Lord and speak evil against my soul. And You, Lord, Lord, do to me in Your name, for Your mercy is good. Deliver me, for I am poor and wretched, and my heart is troubled within me. Like a canopy, when one evades it, one shakes off and shakes like a spring. My knees are weary from fasting, and my flesh has changed for the sake of oil. And I was reproached by them, seeing me, and bowing my heads. Help me, O Lord my God, and save me according to Your mercy, and let them understand that this is Your hand, and You, Lord, created this. They will be cursed, and You will bless them; those who rise up against me will be ashamed, but Your servant will rejoice. Let those who lie about me clothe themselves with shame, and let them clothe themselves like clothing with their own shame. I will confess to the Lord earnestly with my mouth, and in the midst of many I will praise Him, for I will appear at the right hand of the poor, even to save my soul from those who persecute.
Въ коне́цъ, ѱало́мъ дв҃дꙋ,
At the end,
twice
Бж҃е, хвалы̀ моеѧ̀ не премолчѝ: ꙗ҆́кѡ ᲂу҆ста̀ грѣ̑шнича и҆ ᲂу҆ста̀ льсти́вагѡ на мѧ̀ ѿверзо́шасѧ, глаго́лаша на мѧ̀ ѧ҆зы́комъ льсти́вымъ, и҆ словесы̀ ненави́стными ѡ҆быдо́ша мѧ̀, и҆ бра́шасѧ со мно́ю тꙋ́не. Вмѣ́стѡ є҆́же люби́ти мѧ̀, ѡ҆болга́хꙋ мѧ̀, а҆́зъ же молѧ́хсѧ: и҆ положи́ша на мѧ̀ ѕла̑ѧ за бл҃га̑ѧ, и҆ не́нависть за возлюбле́нїе моѐ. Поста́ви на него̀ грѣ́шника, и҆ дїа́волъ да ста́нетъ ѡ҆деснꙋ́ю є҆гѡ̀: внегда̀ сꙋди́тисѧ є҆мꙋ̀, да и҆зы́детъ ѡ҆сꙋжде́нъ, и҆ моли́тва є҆гѡ̀ да бꙋ́детъ въ грѣ́хъ. Да бꙋ́дꙋтъ дні́е є҆гѡ̀ ма́ли, и҆ є҆пі́скопство є҆гѡ̀ да прїи́метъ и҆́нъ: да бꙋ́дꙋтъ сы́нове є҆гѡ̀ си́ри, и҆ жена̀ є҆гѡ̀ вдова̀: дви́жꙋщесѧ да преселѧ́тсѧ сы́нове є҆гѡ̀ и҆ воспро́сѧтъ, да и҆згна́ни бꙋ́дꙋтъ и҆з̾ домѡ́въ свои́хъ. Да взы́щетъ заимода́вецъ всѧ̑, є҆ли̑ка сꙋ́ть є҆гѡ̀: и҆ да восхи́тѧтъ чꙋжді́и трꙋды̀ є҆гѡ̀. Да не бꙋ́детъ є҆мꙋ̀ застꙋ́пника, нижѐ да бꙋ́детъ ᲂу҆щедрѧ́ѧй сирѡты̀ є҆гѡ̀: да бꙋ́дꙋтъ ча̑да є҆гѡ̀ въ погꙋбле́нїе, въ ро́дѣ є҆ди́нѣмъ да потреби́тсѧ и҆́мѧ є҆гѡ̀. Да воспомѧне́тсѧ беззако́нїе ѻ҆тє́цъ є҆гѡ̀ пред̾ гдⷭ҇емъ, и҆ грѣ́хъ ма́тере є҆гѡ̀ да не ѡ҆чи́ститсѧ: да бꙋ́дꙋтъ пред̾ гдⷭ҇емъ вы́нꙋ, и҆ да потреби́тсѧ ѿ землѝ па́мѧть и҆́хъ: зане́же не помѧнꙋ̀ сотвори́ти ми́лость, и҆ погна̀ человѣ́ка ни́ща и҆ ᲂу҆бо́га, и҆ ᲂу҆миле́на се́рдцемъ ᲂу҆мертви́ти. И҆ возлюбѝ клѧ́твꙋ, и҆ прїи́детъ є҆мꙋ̀: и҆ не восхотѣ̀ блгⷭ҇ве́нїѧ, и҆ ᲂу҆дали́тсѧ ѿ негѡ̀. И҆ ѡ҆блече́сѧ въ клѧ́твꙋ ꙗ҆́кѡ въ ри́зꙋ, и҆ вни́де ꙗ҆́кѡ вода̀ во ᲂу҆тро́бꙋ є҆гѡ̀ и҆ ꙗ҆́кѡ є҆ле́й въ кѡ́сти є҆гѡ̀: да бꙋ́детъ є҆мꙋ̀ ꙗ҆́кѡ ри́за, въ ню́же ѡ҆блачи́тсѧ, и҆ ꙗ҆́кѡ по́ѧсъ, и҆́мже вы́нꙋ ѡ҆поѧсꙋ́етсѧ. Сїѐ дѣ́ло ѡ҆болга́ющихъ мѧ̀ ᲂу҆ гдⷭ҇а и҆ глаго́лющихъ лꙋка̑ваѧ на дꙋ́шꙋ мою̀. И҆ ты̀, гдⷭ҇и, гдⷭ҇и, сотворѝ со мно́ю и҆́мене ра́ди твоегѡ̀, ꙗ҆́кѡ бл҃га млⷭ҇ть твоѧ̀: и҆зба́ви мѧ̀, ꙗ҆́кѡ ни́щь и҆ ᲂу҆бо́гъ є҆́смь а҆́зъ, и҆ се́рдце моѐ смѧте́сѧ внꙋ́трь менє̀. Ꙗ҆́кѡ сѣ́нь, внегда̀ ᲂу҆клони́тисѧ є҆́й, ѿѧ́хсѧ: стрѧсо́хсѧ ꙗ҆́кѡ прꙋ́зи. Кѡлѣ́на моѧ̑ и҆знемого́ста ѿ поста̀, и҆ пло́ть моѧ̀ и҆змѣни́сѧ є҆ле́а ра́ди. И҆ а҆́зъ бы́хъ поноше́нїе и҆̀мъ: ви́дѣша мѧ̀, покива́ша глава́ми свои́ми. Помози́ ми, гдⷭ҇и бж҃е мо́й, и҆ сп҃си́ мѧ по млⷭ҇ти твое́й: и҆ да разꙋмѣ́ютъ, ꙗ҆́кѡ рꙋка̀ твоѧ̀ сїѧ̀, и҆ ты̀, гдⷭ҇и, сотвори́лъ є҆сѝ ю҆̀. Прокленꙋ́тъ ті́и, и҆ ты̀ блгⷭ҇ви́ши: востаю́щїи на мѧ̀ да постыдѧ́тсѧ, ра́бъ же тво́й возвесели́тсѧ. Да ѡ҆блекꙋ́тсѧ ѡ҆болга́ющїи мѧ̀ въ срамотꙋ̀ и҆ ѡ҆де́ждꙋтсѧ ꙗ҆́кѡ ѻ҆де́ждою стꙋдо́мъ свои́мъ. И҆сповѣ́мсѧ гдⷭ҇еви ѕѣлѡ̀ ᲂу҆сты̑ мои́ми и҆ посредѣ̀ мно́гихъ восхвалю̀ є҆го̀: ꙗ҆́кѡ предста̀ ѡ҆деснꙋ́ю ᲂу҆бо́гагѡ, є҆́же спⷭ҇тѝ ѿ гонѧ́щихъ дꙋ́шꙋ мою̀.
O Lord, my praise shall not be silent: for they have set sinners against me, and they have set deceitful ones against me, speaking deceitful words against me, and words of hatred have come upon me. Instead of loving me, they have dealt treacherously with me; and I, I have prayed. They have laid evil upon me for good, and hatred for my love. Set a sinner against him, and let the devil stand at his right hand. When he is judged, let him be condemned, and let his prayer be counted as sin. Let his days be few, and let his office be taken by another. Let his sons be orphans, and his wife a widow. Let his sons wander about, and seek for bread, and be driven out of their own houses. Let the creditor take all that he has, and let strangers take his labors. Let him have no defender, nor let any one show mercy to his orphan. Let his children be destroyed in ruin, and let his name be consumed in the generation of the ungodly. Let the iniquity of his father be remembered before the Lord, and let the sin of his mother not be cleansed. Let them be before the Lord as a reproach, and let their memory be consumed from the earth, because he remembered not to show mercy, and pursued the poor and the needy, and had compassion on the humble of heart. He loved oaths, and they came upon him; and he did not desire mercy, and it was taken from him. He put on oaths as a garment, and entered as water into his womb, and as oil into his bones. Let it be to him as a garment, wherein he is clothed, and as a girdle, with which he is girded. This is the work of those who deal treacherously with me before the Lord, and who speak deceitfully against my soul. And Thou, O Lord, O Lord, do this for my sake, for Thy name's sake, because of Thy great mercy. Deliver me, for I am poor and needy, and my heart is troubled within me. As a shadow when it is driven away, I have fled; I have been afraid as a trembling. My strength has failed through fasting, and my flesh has grown lean for my sorrow. And I was a reproach to them: they saw me, and they shook their heads. Help me, O Lord my God, and save me according to Thy mercy, that they may know that Thy hand is this, and that Thou, O Lord, hast done it. Cursed be they who rise up against me, but blessed be Thy servant. Let them be clothed with shame and confusion, and let them be covered with their own shame. I will confess to the Lord His goodness, and in the midst of many I will praise Him, because He stood at the right hand of the needy, who delivered my soul from those who persecuted it.