⁶ They say,^[a] “Appoint a wicked man against him;
    let an accuser stand on his right.^(A)
7 When he is tried, let him be found guilty;
    let his prayer be counted as sin.^(B)
8 May his days be few;
    may another seize his position.^(C)
9 May his children be orphans
    and his wife a widow.^(D)
10 May his children wander about and beg;
    may they be driven out of^[b] the ruins they inhabit.
¹¹ May the creditor seize all that he has;
    may strangers plunder the fruits of his toil.^(E)
12 May there be no one to do him a kindness
    nor anyone to pity his orphaned children.^(F)
13 May his posterity be cut off;
    may his name be blotted out in the second generation.^(G)
14 May the iniquity of his father^[c] be remembered before the Lord,
    and do not let the sin of his mother be blotted out.^(H)
15 Let them be before the Lord continually,
    and may his^[d] memory be cut off from the earth.^(I)
16 For he did not remember to show kindness
    but pursued the poor and needy
    and the brokenhearted to their death.^(J)
17 He loved to curse; let curses come on him.
    He did not like blessing; may it be far from him.^(K)
18 He clothed himself with cursing as his coat;
    may it soak into his body like water,
    like oil into his bones.^(L)
19 May it be like a garment that he wraps around himself,
    like a belt that he wears every day.”

²⁰ May that be the reward of my accusers from the Lord,
    of those who speak evil against my life.^(M)

⁴ Let all who seek you
    rejoice and be glad in you.
Let those who love your salvation
    say evermore, “God is great!”