⁶ Appoint a wicked person over him,
And may an ^[d](J)accuser stand at his right hand.
⁷ When he is judged, may he ^(K)come out guilty,
And may his ^(L)prayer become sin.
⁸ May ^(M)his days be few;
May ^(N)another take his office.
⁹ May his ^(O)children be fatherless,
And his ^(P)wife a widow.
¹⁰ May his ^(Q)children wander about and beg;
And may they ^(R)seek sustenance ^[e]far from their ruined homes.
¹¹ May ^(S)the creditor ^[f]seize everything that he has,
And may ^(T)strangers plunder the product of his labor.
¹² May there be none to ^[g](U)extend kindness to him,
Nor ^(V)any to be gracious to his fatherless children.
¹³ May his ^(W)descendants be ^[h]eliminated;
May their ^(X)name be wiped out in a following generation.

¹⁴ May ^(Y)the guilt of his fathers be remembered ^[i]before the Lord,
And do not let the sin of his mother be ^(Z)wiped out.
¹⁵ May ^(AA)they be before the Lord continually,
So that He may ^(AB)eliminate their memory from the earth;
¹⁶ Because he did not remember to show mercy,
But persecuted the ^(AC)afflicted and needy person,
And the ^(AD)despondent in heart, to ^(AE)put them to death.
¹⁷ He also loved cursing, so ^(AF)it came to him;
And he did not delight in blessing, so it was far from him.
¹⁸ But he ^(AG)clothed himself with cursing as with his garment,
And it ^(AH)entered ^[j]his body like water,
And like oil into his bones.
¹⁹ May it be to him as ^(AI)a garment with which he covers himself,
And as a belt which he constantly ^(AJ)wears around himself.
²⁰ May this be the ^(AK)reward of my accusers from the Lord,
And of those who ^(AL)speak evil against my soul.

²¹ But You, ^[k]God, the Lord, deal kindly with me ^(AM)for the sake of Your name;
Because ^(AN)Your mercy is good, rescue me;
²² For ^(AO)I am afflicted and needy,
And ^[l]my heart is ^(AP)wounded within me.
²³ I am passing ^(AQ)like a shadow when it lengthens;
I am shaken off ^(AR)like the locust.
²⁴ My ^(AS)knees ^[m]are weak from ^(AT)fasting,
And my flesh has grown lean, without fatness.
²⁵ I also have become a ^(AU)disgrace to them;
When they see me, they ^(AV)shake their head.

^26 (AW)Help me, Lord my God;
Save me according to Your mercy.
^27 [n]And may they ^(AX)know that this is Your hand;
You, Lord, have done it.
^28 (AY)They will curse, but You bless;
When they arise, they will be ashamed,
But Your ^(AZ)servant will be glad.
^29 [o]May ^(BA)my accusers be clothed with dishonor,
And ^[p]may they ^(BB)cover themselves with their own shame as with a robe.

³⁰ With my mouth I will give thanks abundantly to the Lord;
And ^(BC)I will praise Him in the midst of many.
³¹ For He stands ^(BD)at the right hand of the needy,
To save him from those who ^(BE)judge his soul.