16. Because he remembered not to show kindness, But persecuted the poor and needy man, And the broken in heart, to slay them.
17. Yea, he loved cursing, and it came unto him; And he delighted not in blessing, and it was far from him.
18. He clothed himself also with cursing as with his garment, And it came into his inward parts like water, And like oil into his bones.
19. Let it be unto him as the raiment wherewith he covereth himself, And for the girdle wherewith he is girded continually.
20. This is the reward of mine adversaries from Jehovah, And of them that speak evil against my soul.
21. But deal thou with me, O Jehovah the Lord, for thy name’s sake: Because thy lovingkindness is good, deliver thou me;
22. For I am poor and needy, And my heart is wounded within me.
23. I am gone like the shadow when it declineth: I am tossed up and down as the locust.
24. My knees are weak through fasting; And my flesh faileth of fatness.