The Song of the Slandered

Psalms 109:6

In 11 translations

BSB: Set over him a wicked man; let an accuser stand at his right hand.
KJV: Set thou a wicked man over him: and let Satan stand at his right hand.Satan: or, an adversary
WEB: Set a wicked man over him. Let an adversary stand at his right hand.
ASV: Set thou a wicked man over him; And let an adversary stand at his right hand.
LSV: Appoint the wicked over him, || And an adversary stands at his right hand.
YLT: Appoint Thou over him the wicked, And an adversary standeth at his right hand.
DBY: Set a wicked [man] over him, and let [the] adversary stand at his right hand;
DRC108:6: Set thou the sinner over him: and may the devil stand at his right hand.
GNV: Set thou the wicked ouer him, and let the aduersarie stand at his right hand.
JPS: 'Set Thou a wicked man over him; and let an adversary stand at his right hand.
LXXE108:6: Set thou a sinner against him; and let the devil stand at his right hand.Or, the accuser.

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Words in brackets are English the glossers added; the Hebrew has no word for them, and they can carry a choice of tense or meaning.

Original-language editions

WLC: הַפְקֵ֣ד עָלָ֣יו רָשָׁ֑ע וְ֝שָׂטָ֗ן יַעֲמֹ֥ד עַל־יְמִינֽוֹ׃
LXX-Br108:6: Κατάστησον ἐπʼ αὐτὸν ἁμαρτωλὸν, καὶ διάβολος στήτω ἐκ δεξιῶν αὐτοῦ.

How traditions read it

Identified with Satan in later Jewish and Christian tradition · Satan

The Hebrew śāṭān means "adversary" or "accuser". In Job 1–2 and Zechariah 3 it has the article ("the satan"), a title rather than a name, and in Psalm 109:6 it is a human accuser ("let an accuser stand at his right hand"). 1 Chronicles 21:1 has no article and is the likeliest use as a name. Later Jewish and Christian tradition identifies these figures with Satan.

In the reference works topics that cite this verse

Satan Adversary Judge Hand Hands, The David Psalms, Book of God Wicked (People)Afflictions and Adversities

From public-domain Bible dictionaries and topical indexes (1884–1915).

Cross-references most cited first

Zechariah 3:1Then the angel showed me Joshua the high priest standing before the angel of the LORD, with Satan standing at his right hand to accuse him.
Matthew 5:25Reconcile quickly with your adversary, while you are still on the way to court. Otherwise, he may hand you over to the judge, and the judge may hand you over to the officer, and you may be thrown into prison.
Matthew 27:4“I have sinned by betraying innocent blood,” he said. “What is that to us?” they replied. “You bear the responsibility.”
John 13:2The evening meal was underway, and the devil had already put into the heart of Judas, the son of Simon Iscariot, to betray Jesus.
John 13:27And when Judas had taken the morsel, Satan entered into him. Then Jesus said to Judas, “What you are about to do, do quickly.”

From the OpenBible.info cross-reference set (votes from readers; not every link is a quotation or allusion).

Verse numbering differs between Bibles

108:6 in some Bibles
109:6 in most Bibles