Psalm 109:9–20

⁹May his children be orphans

and his wife a widow.^*

¹⁰May his children wander about and beg;

may they be driven out of^t the ruins they inhabit.

¹¹May the creditor seize all that he has;

may strangers plunder the fruits of his toil.^*

¹²May there be no one to do him a kindness

nor anyone to pity his orphaned children.^*

¹³May his posterity be cut off;

may his name be blotted out in the second generation.^*

¹⁴May the iniquity of his father^u be remembered before the Lord,

and do not let the sin of his mother be blotted out.^*

¹⁵Let them be before the Lord continually,

and may his^v memory be cut off from the earth.^*

¹⁶For he did not remember to show kindness

but pursued the poor and needy

and the brokenhearted to their death.^*

¹⁷He loved to curse; let curses come on him.

He did not like blessing; may it be far from him.^*

¹⁸He clothed himself with cursing as his coat;

may it soak into his body like water,

like oil into his bones.^*

¹⁹May it be like a garment that he wraps around himself,

like a belt that he wears every day.”

²⁰May that be the reward of my accusers from the Lord,

of those who speak evil against my life.^*