Psalms 109:6-20

6⌞I said,⌟ “Appoint the evil one to oppose him. Let Satan stand beside him.

7When he stands trial, let him be found guilty. Let his prayer be considered sinful.

8Let his days be few ⌞in number⌟. Let someone else take his position.

9“Let his children become fatherless and his wife a widow.

10Let his children wander around and beg. Let them seek help far from their ruined homes.

11Let a creditor take everything he owns. Let strangers steal what he has worked for.

12Let no one be kind to him anymore. Let no one show any pity to his fatherless children.

13Let his descendants be cut off and their family name be wiped out by the next generation.

14Let the Lord remember the guilt of his ancestors and not wipe out his mother’s sin.

15Let their guilt and sin always remain on record in front of the Lord. Let the Lord remove every memory of him  from the earth,

16because he did not remember to be kind. “He drove oppressed, needy, and brokenhearted people to their graves.

17He loved to put curses ⌞on others⌟, so he, too, was cursed. He did not like to bless ⌞others⌟, so he never received a blessing.

18He wore cursing as though it were clothing, so cursing entered his body like water and his bones like oil.

19Let cursing be his clothing, a belt he always wears.”

20This is how the Lord rewards those who accuse me, those who say evil things against me.