¹⁷ Though the fig tree should not blossom,
    nor fruit be on the vines,
the produce of the olive fail
    and the fields yield no food,
the flock be cut off from the fold
    and there be no herd in the stalls,

⁹ May his ^(A)children be fatherless
    and his wife a widow!
¹⁰ May his children ^(B)wander about and beg,
    ^(C)seeking food far from the ruins they inhabit!
¹¹ May ^(D)the creditor seize all that he has;
    may ^(E)strangers plunder the fruits of his toil!
¹² Let there be none to ^(F)extend kindness to him,
    nor any to ^(G)pity his fatherless children!
¹³ May his ^(H)posterity be cut off;
    may his ^(I)name be blotted out in the second generation!
¹⁴ May ^(J)the iniquity of his fathers be remembered before the Lord,
    and let not the sin of his mother be ^(K)blotted out!
^15 (L)Let them be before the Lord continually,
    that he may ^(M)cut off the memory of them from the earth!

¹⁶ His ^(A)roots dry up beneath,
    and his branches ^(B)wither above.
¹⁷ His ^(C)memory perishes from the earth,
    and he has no name in the street.
^18 (D)He is thrust from light into darkness,
    and driven out of the world.
¹⁹ He has no ^(E)posterity or progeny among his people,
    and no survivor where he used to live.