²³ I will crush his foes before him^(A)
    and strike down his adversaries.^(B)

¹⁸ I will clothe his enemies with shame,^(A)
    but his head will be adorned with a radiant crown.”^(B)

⁶ Appoint someone evil to oppose my enemy;
    let an accuser^(E) stand at his right hand.
⁷ When he is tried, let him be found guilty,^(F)
    and may his prayers condemn^(G) him.
⁸ May his days be few;^(H)
    may another take his place^(I) of leadership.
⁹ May his children be fatherless
    and his wife a widow.^(J)
10 May his children be wandering beggars;^(K)
    may they be driven^[a] from their ruined homes.
¹¹ May a creditor^(L) seize all he has;
    may strangers plunder^(M) the fruits of his labor.^(N)
12 May no one extend kindness to him
    or take pity^(O) on his fatherless children.
¹³ May his descendants be cut off,^(P)
    their names blotted out^(Q) from the next generation.
¹⁴ May the iniquity of his fathers^(R) be remembered before the Lord;
    may the sin of his mother never be blotted out.
¹⁵ May their sins always remain before^(S) the Lord,
    that he may blot out their name^(T) from the earth.

¹⁶ For he never thought of doing a kindness,
    but hounded to death the poor
    and the needy^(U) and the brokenhearted.^(V)
17 He loved to pronounce a curse—
    may it come back on him.^(W)
He found no pleasure in blessing—
    may it be far from him.
¹⁸ He wore cursing^(X) as his garment;
    it entered into his body like water,^(Y)
    into his bones like oil.
¹⁹ May it be like a cloak wrapped^(Z) about him,
    like a belt tied forever around him.
²⁰ May this be the Lord’s payment^(AA) to my accusers,
    to those who speak evil^(AB) of me.

²¹ But you, Sovereign Lord,
    help me for your name’s sake;^(AC)
    out of the goodness of your love,^(AD) deliver me.^(AE)
22 For I am poor and needy,
    and my heart is wounded within me.
²³ I fade away like an evening shadow;^(AF)
    I am shaken off like a locust.
²⁴ My knees give^(AG) way from fasting;^(AH)
    my body is thin and gaunt.^(AI)
25 I am an object of scorn^(AJ) to my accusers;
    when they see me, they shake their heads.^(AK)

²⁶ Help me,^(AL) Lord my God;
    save me according to your unfailing love.
²⁷ Let them know^(AM) that it is your hand,
    that you, Lord, have done it.
²⁸ While they curse,^(AN) may you bless;
    may those who attack me be put to shame,
    but may your servant rejoice.^(AO)
29 May my accusers be clothed with disgrace
    and wrapped in shame^(AP) as in a cloak.

³⁰ With my mouth I will greatly extol the Lord;
    in the great throng^(AQ) of worshipers I will praise him.
³¹ For he stands at the right hand^(AR) of the needy,
    to save their lives from those who would condemn them.

“Sit at my right hand^(AT)
    until I make your enemies
    a footstool for your feet.”^(AU)