²³ But you, Lord, know
    all their plots to kill^(A) me.
Do not forgive^(B) their crimes
    or blot out their sins from your sight.
Let them be overthrown before you;
    deal with them in the time of your anger.^(C)

²² May the table set before them become a snare;
    may it become retribution and^[a] a trap.^(A)
23 May their eyes be darkened so they cannot see,
    and their backs be bent forever.^(B)
24 Pour out your wrath^(C) on them;
    let your fierce anger overtake them.
²⁵ May their place be deserted;^(D)
    let there be no one to dwell in their tents.^(E)
26 For they persecute those you wound
    and talk about the pain of those you hurt.^(F)
27 Charge them with crime upon crime;^(G)
    do not let them share in your salvation.^(H)
28 May they be blotted out of the book of life^(I)
    and not be listed with the righteous.^(J)

⁴ May those who seek my life^(A)
    be disgraced^(B) and put to shame;^(C)
may those who plot my ruin
    be turned back^(D) in dismay.

¹⁴ May the iniquity of his fathers^(A) be remembered before the Lord;
    may the sin of his mother never be blotted out.
¹⁵ May their sins always remain before^(B) the Lord,
    that he may blot out their name^(C) from the earth.