Psalms 109:9-20

9May his children be fatherless, and his wife a widow.

10Let his children wander and beg and may they search in their ruins.

11Let a creditor seize all he has, and may strangers plunder his labor.

12Let no one show him mercy, or take pity on his fatherless children.

13Let his posterity be cut off, and his name be blotted out in the next generation.

14May the guilt of his fathers be remembered before Adonai, the sin of his mother never blotted out.

15Let their sins be before Adonai continually, that He may cut off the memory of them from the earth.

16For he never remembered to show mercy. But he persecuted a poor and needy man, crushed in spirit, to put him to death.

17How he loved cursing—may it fall on him! He had no pleasure in blessing— may it be far from him!

18He wore cursing like his robe, until it filled his belly like water, and his bones like oil.

19May it be like a cloak wrapped around him, like a belt tied around him always.

20Let this be Adonai’s reward to my accusers, and to those who speak evil against me.