11 May a creditor(A) seize all he has;
    may strangers plunder(B) the fruits of his labor.(C)
12 May no one extend kindness to him
    or take pity(D) on his fatherless children.
13 May his descendants be cut off,(E)
    their names blotted out(F) from the next generation.
14 May the iniquity of his fathers(G) be remembered before the Lord;
    may the sin of his mother never be blotted out.
15 May their sins always remain before(H) the Lord,
    that he may blot out their name(I) from the earth.

16 For he never thought of doing a kindness,
    but hounded to death the poor
    and the needy(J) and the brokenhearted.(K)
17 He loved to pronounce a curse—
    may it come back on him.(L)
He found no pleasure in blessing—
    may it be far from him.
18 He wore cursing(M) as his garment;
    it entered into his body like water,(N)
    into his bones like oil.
19 May it be like a cloak wrapped(O) about him,
    like a belt tied forever around him.
20 May this be the Lord’s payment(P) to my accusers,
    to those who speak evil(Q) of me.

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11 Let the extortioner catch all that he hath; and let the strangers spoil his labour.

12 Let there be none to extend mercy unto him: neither let there be any to favour his fatherless children.

13 Let his posterity be cut off; and in the generation following let their name be blotted out.

14 Let the iniquity of his fathers be remembered with the Lord; and let not the sin of his mother be blotted out.

15 Let them be before the Lord continually, that he may cut off the memory of them from the earth.

16 Because that he remembered not to shew mercy, but persecuted the poor and needy man, that he might even slay the broken in heart.

17 As he loved cursing, so let it come unto him: as he delighted not in blessing, so let it be far from him.

18 As he clothed himself with cursing like as with his garment, so let it come into his bowels like water, and like oil into his bones.

19 Let it be unto him as the garment which covereth him, and for a girdle wherewith he is girded continually.

20 Let this be the reward of mine adversaries from the Lord, and of them that speak evil against my soul.

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