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29 My accusers will be covered[a] with shame,
and draped in humiliation as if it were a robe.
30 I will thank the Lord profusely.[b]
In the middle of a crowd[c] I will praise him,
31 because he stands at the right hand of the needy,
to deliver him from those who threaten[d] his life.

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 109:29 tn Heb “clothed.” Another option is to translate the prefixed verbal forms in this line and the next as jussives (“may my accusers be covered with shame”).
  2. Psalm 109:30 tn Heb “I will thank the Lord very much with my mouth.”
  3. Psalm 109:30 tn Heb “many.”
  4. Psalm 109:31 tn Heb “judge.”