¹⁷ He loved to pronounce a curse—
    may it come back on him.^(A)
He found no pleasure in blessing—
    may it be far from him.
¹⁸ He wore cursing^(B) as his garment;
    it entered into his body like water,^(C)
    into his bones like oil.
¹⁹ May it be like a cloak wrapped^(D) about him,
    like a belt tied forever around him.