5. I was good to them, but they repay me with evil.I loved them, but they hate me in return.
6. They say about me, “Have the Evil One work against him.Let the devil accuse him.
7. When he is judged, let him be found guilty.Let even his prayers show that he is guilty.
8. Let his life be cut short.Let another man replace him as leader.
9. Let his children become orphans.Let his wife become a widow.
10. Make his children wander around, begging for food.Let them be forced out of the ruins they live in.
11. Let the people he owes money to take everything he owns.Let strangers steal everything he has worked for.
12. Let no one show him love.Let no one have mercy on his children.
13. Let all his descendants die.Let him be forgotten by people who live after him.
14. Let the Lord remember how wicked his ancestors were.Don’t let the sins of his mother be wiped out.
15. Let the Lord always remember their sins.Then he will make people forget about them completely.
16. “He did not remember to be loving.He hurt the poor, the needy and those who were saduntil they were nearly dead.
17. He loved to put curses on others.So let those same curses fall on him.He did not like to bless others.So do not let good things happen to him.
18. He cursed others as often as he wore clothes.Cursing others filled his body and his life,like drinking water and using olive oil.
19. So let curses cover him like clothes.Let them wrap around him like a belt.”
20. May the Lord do these things to those who accuse me,to those who speak evil against me.
21. But you, Lord God,be kind to me so others will know you are good.Because your love is good, save me.
22. I am poor and helpless.And I am very sad.
23. I am dying like an evening shadow.I am shaken off like a locust.
24. My knees are weak from hunger.I have become thin.