19 Listen to me, Lord;

hear what my accusersw are saying!

20 Should good be repaid with evil?x

Yet they have dug a pity for me.

Remember that I stoodz before you

and spoke in their behalfa

to turn your wrath away from them.

21 So give their children over to famine;b

hand them over to the power of the sword.c

Let their wives be made childless and widows;d

let their men be put to death,

their young mene slain by the sword in battle.

22 Let a cryf be heard from their houses

when you suddenly bring invaders against them,

for they have dug a pitg to capture me

and have hidden snaresh for my feet.

23 But you, Lord, know

all their plots to killi me.

Do not forgivej their crimes

or blot out their sins from your sight.

Let them be overthrown before you;

deal with them in the time of your anger.k