Psalm 109:8–20

^8*May his life soon be ended;

may someone else take his job!

⁹May his children become orphans,

and his wife a widow!

¹⁰May his children be homeless beggars;

may they be driven from^s the ruins they live in!

¹¹May his creditors take away all his property,

and may strangers get everything he worked for.

¹²May no one ever be kind to him

or care for the orphans he leaves behind.

¹³May all his descendants die,

and may his name be forgotten in the next generation.

¹⁴May the Lord remember the evil of his ancestors

and never forgive his mother’s sins.

¹⁵May the Lord always remember their sins,

but may they themselves be completely forgotten!

¹⁶That man never thought of being kind;

he persecuted and killed

the poor, the needy, and the helpless.

¹⁷He loved to curse—may he be cursed!

He hated to give blessings—may no one bless him!

¹⁸He cursed as naturally as he dressed himself;

may his own curses soak into his body like water

and into his bones like oil!

¹⁹May they cover him like clothes

and always be round him like a belt!

²⁰Lord, punish my enemies in that way—

those who say such evil things against me!