¹³ Evil will never leave the house
    of one who pays back evil^(A) for good.^(B)

⁶ Appoint someone evil to oppose my enemy;
    let an accuser^(C) stand at his right hand.
⁷ When he is tried, let him be found guilty,^(D)
    and may his prayers condemn^(E) him.
⁸ May his days be few;^(F)
    may another take his place^(G) of leadership.
⁹ May his children be fatherless
    and his wife a widow.^(H)
10 May his children be wandering beggars;^(I)
    may they be driven^[a] from their ruined homes.
¹¹ May a creditor^(J) seize all he has;
    may strangers plunder^(K) the fruits of his labor.^(L)
12 May no one extend kindness to him
    or take pity^(M) on his fatherless children.
¹³ May his descendants be cut off,^(N)
    their names blotted out^(O) from the next generation.

¹² They repay me evil for good^(A)
    and leave me like one bereaved.

¹² If an enemy were insulting me,
    I could endure it;
if a foe were rising against me,
    I could hide.
¹³ But it is you, a man like myself,
    my companion, my close friend,^(A)
14 with whom I once enjoyed sweet fellowship^(B)
    at the house of God,^(C)
as we walked about
    among the worshipers.

¹⁵ Let death take my enemies by surprise;^(D)
    let them go down alive to the realm of the dead,^(E)
    for evil finds lodging among them.

²⁰ Those who repay my good with evil^(A)
    lodge accusations^(B) against me,
    though I seek only to do what is good.