Psalm 109:9–20

⁹“Let his children become fatherless and his wife a widow. 

¹⁰Let his children wander around and beg. 

Let them seek help far from their ruined homes. 

¹¹Let a creditor take everything he owns. 

Let strangers steal what he has worked for. 

¹²Let no one be kind to him anymore. 

Let no one show any pity to his fatherless children. 

¹³Let his descendants be cut off 

and their family name be wiped out by the next generation. 

¹⁴Let the Lord remember the guilt of his ancestors 

and not wipe out his mother’s sin. 

¹⁵Let their guilt and sin always remain on record 

in front of the Lord. 

Let the Lord remove every memory of him^bfrom the earth, 

¹⁶because he did not remember to be kind. 

“He drove oppressed, needy, 

and brokenhearted people to their graves. 

¹⁷He loved to put curses ⸤on others⸥, 

so he, too, was cursed. 

He did not like to bless ⸤others⸥, 

so he never received a blessing. 

¹⁸He wore cursing as though it were clothing, 

so cursing entered his body like water 

and his bones like oil. 

¹⁹Let cursing be his clothing, 

a belt he always wears.” 

²⁰This is how the Lord rewards those who accuse me, 

those who say evil things against me.