Psalm 109:9–20

⁹Let his children be fatherless

and his wife a widow.^ak

¹⁰Let his children wander as beggars,

searching for food far^D from their demolished homes.^al

¹¹Let a creditor seize all he has;

let strangers plunder what he has worked for.^am

¹²Let no one show him kindness,

and let no one be gracious to his fatherless children.^an

¹³Let the line of his descendants be cut off;

let their name be blotted out in the next generation.^ao

¹⁴Let the iniquity of his fathers

be remembered before the Lord,^ap

and do not let his mother’s sin be blotted out.^a

¹⁵Let their sins^A always remain before the Lord,

and let him remove^B all memory of them from the earth.^b

¹⁶For he did not think to show kindness,

but pursued the suffering, needy, and brokenhearted

in order to put them to death.^c

¹⁷He loved cursing—let it fall on him;

he took no delight in blessing—let it be far from him.^d

¹⁸He wore cursing like his coat—

let it enter his body like water

and go into his bones like oil.^e

¹⁹Let it be like a robe he wraps around himself,

like a belt he always wears.^f

²⁰Let this be the Lord’s payment to my accusers,

to those who speak evil against me.^g