11. But the lord stands beside me like a great warrior.Before him my persecutors will stumble.They cannot defeat me.They will fail and be thoroughly humiliated.Their dishonor will never be forgotten.
12. O lord of Heaven’s Armies,you test those who are righteous,and you examine the deepest thoughts and secrets.Let me see your vengeance against them,for I have committed my cause to you.
13. Sing to the lord!Praise the lord!For though I was poor and needy,he rescued me from my oppressors.
14. Yet I curse the day I was born!May no one celebrate the day of my birth.
15. I curse the messenger who told my father,“Good news—you have a son!”