Psalms 109:6-20

6Find an evil man to judge my enemy! Put somebody at his right side to accuse him!

7When they judge him, show that he is guilty. Show that even his prayers are a sin.

8Make his life very short! Let somebody else do the job which he did.

9May he soon die, so that his children have no father, and his wife has no husband.

10Cause his children to have no home, so that they go from place to place, and ask people to give them food.

11May the people who lent money to my enemy, take away everything that belonged to him. Let strangers take everything that he worked hard to get for himself.

12Do not let anyone be kind to him. Do not let anyone help his children, even when they have no father.

13Remove all the descendants in his family. When his children die, may nobody remember his family any more!

14Lord, please remember his ancestors sins. Please do not forgive his mother's sins.

15Lord, never forget his family's sins. May nobody on earth remember his family's name.

16My enemy was never kind to anyone. He was cruel to poor, weak, and helpless people. He even caused them to die,

17He loved to curse people. Now may those curses happen to him! He never asked God to bless other people, so nobody will ask God to bless him!

18He always cursed others, as he always put on clothes. So those curses have become like his food and drink. May they go deep inside him, like olive oil that goes into his bones.

19Then curses will truly be his clothes. They will be like the belt that he wears every day.

20Yes, Lord, please punish all my enemies like that, because they say evil things to accuse me!