13. Sing to the Lord!Praise the Lord!He saves the life of the poor.He saves them from the power of wicked people.
14. Let there be a curse on the day I was born.Let there be no blessing on the day when my mother gave birth to me.
15. Let there be a curse on the manwho brought my father the news:“You have a son!”This made my father glad.
16. Let that man be like the townsthe Lord destroyed without pity.Let that man hear loud crying in the morning.And let him hear battle cries at noon.
17. This is because he did not kill me before I was born.Then my mother would have been my grave.I would never have been born.