²² then let my arm fall from the shoulder,
    let it be broken off at the joint.^(A)

⁶ May my tongue cling to the roof^(A) of my mouth
    if I do not remember^(B) you,
if I do not consider Jerusalem^(C)
    my highest joy.

⁴ if I have repaid my ally with evil
    or without cause^(A) have robbed my foe—
⁵ then let my enemy pursue and overtake^(B) me;
    let him trample my life to the ground^(C)
    and make me sleep in the dust.^[a](D)

¹⁵ The wicked are denied their light,^(A)
    and their upraised arm is broken.^(B)

⁴⁰ then let briers^(A) come up instead of wheat
    and stinkweed^(B) instead of barley.”