Psalm 109:6-20

Legacy Standard Bible

⁶ Appoint a wicked man over him,
And let an ^[a](A)accuser stand at his right hand.
⁷ When he is judged, let him ^(B)come forth a wicked man,
And let his ^(C)prayer become sin.
⁸ Let ^(D)his days be few;
Let ^(E)another take his office.
⁹ Let his ^(F)sons be orphans
And his ^(G)wife a widow.
¹⁰ Let his ^(H)sons wander aimlessly and beg;
And let them ^(I)search for food ^[b]from their ruined homes.
¹¹ Let ^(J)the creditor ^[c]seize all that he has,
And let ^(K)strangers plunder the fruit of his labor.
¹² Let there be none to ^[d](L)extend lovingkindness to him,
And ^(M)let there be none to be gracious to his orphans.
¹³ Let those who ^(N)follow him be ^[e]cut off;
In a following generation let their ^(O)name be blotted out.

¹⁴ Let ^(P)the iniquity of his fathers be remembered ^[f]before Yahweh,
And let not the sin of his mother be ^(Q)blotted out.
¹⁵ Let ^(R)them be before Yahweh continually,
That He may ^(S)cut off their memory from the earth;
¹⁶ Because he did not remember to show lovingkindness,
But persecuted the ^(T)afflicted, the needy man,
And the ^(U)disheartened to ^(V)put them to death.
¹⁷ He also loved cursing, so ^(W)it came to him;
And he did not delight in blessing, so it was far from him.
¹⁸ But he ^(X)clothed himself with cursing as his garment,
And it ^(Y)came into his inward parts like water
And like oil into his bones.
¹⁹ Let it be to him as ^(Z)a garment with which he wraps himself,
And for a belt with which he constantly ^(AA)girds himself.
²⁰ This is the ^(AB)reward of my accusers from Yahweh,
And of those who ^(AC)speak evil against my soul.