¹⁹ Give heed to me, O Lord,
and hearken to the voice of them that contend with me.
²⁰ Shall evil be recompensed for good?
for they have digged a pit for my soul.
Remember that I stood before thee to speak good for them,
and to turn away thy wrath from them.
²¹ Therefore deliver up their children to the famine,
and pour out their blood by the force of the sword;
and let their wives be bereaved of their children, and be widows;
and let their men be put to death;
let their young men be slain by the sword in battle.
²² Let a cry be heard from their houses,
when thou shalt bring a troop suddenly upon them:
for they have digged a pit to take me,
and hid snares for my feet.
²³ Yet, Lord, thou knowest all their counsel against me to slay me:
forgive not their iniquity,
neither blot out their sin from thy sight,
but let them be overthrown before thee;
deal thus with them in the time of thine anger.