Psalm 109:8–20

⁸Let his years be few;

let someone else take his position.

⁹May his children become fatherless,

and his wife a widow.

¹⁰May his children wander as beggars

and be driven from their ruined homes.

¹¹May creditors seize his entire estate,

and strangers take all he has earned.

¹²Let no one be kind to him;

let no one pity his fatherless children.

¹³May all his offspring die.

May his family name be blotted out in the next generation.

¹⁴May the Lord never forget the sins of his fathers;

may his mother’s sins never be erased from the record.

¹⁵May the Lord always remember these sins,

and may his name disappear from human memory.

¹⁶For he refused all kindness to others;

he persecuted the poor and needy,

and he hounded the brokenhearted to death.

¹⁷He loved to curse others;

now you curse him.

He never blessed others;

now don’t you bless him.

¹⁸Cursing is as natural to him as his clothing,

or the water he drinks,

or the rich food he eats.

¹⁹Now may his curses return and cling to him like clothing;

may they be tied around him like a belt.”

²⁰May those curses become the Lord’s punishment

for my accusers who speak evil of me.