15. May they be before the lord continually, and let the memory of them perish from the earth:
16. because he remembered not to show mercy,
17. But persecuted the poor man and the beggar; and the broken in heart, to put him to death.
18. And he loved cursing, and it shall come unto him: and he would not have blessing, and it shall be far from him. And he put on cursing, like a garment: and it went in like water into his entrails, and like oil in his bones.
19. May it be unto him like a garment which covereth him; and like a girdle with which he is girded continually.
20. This is the work of them who detract me before the Lord; and who speak evils against my soul.
21. But thou, O Lord, do with for thy names sake: because thy mercy is sweet. Do thou deliver me,
22. for I am poor and needy, and my heart is troubled within me.
23. I am taken away like the shadow when it declineth: and I am shaken off as locusts.
24. My knees are weakened through fasting: and my flesh is changed for oil.
25. And I am become a reproach to them: they saw me and they shaked their heads,
26. Help me, O Lord my God; save me according to thy mercy.
27. And let them know that this is thy hand: and that thou, O Lord, hast done it.
28. They will curse and thou will bless: let them that rise up against me be confounded: but thy servant shall rejoice.
29. Let them that detract me be clothed with shame: and let them be covered with the their confusion as with a double cloak.