²² May the table set before them become a snare;
    may it become retribution and^[a] a trap.^(A)
23 May their eyes be darkened so they cannot see,
    and their backs be bent forever.^(B)
24 Pour out your wrath^(C) on them;
    let your fierce anger overtake them.
²⁵ May their place be deserted;^(D)
    let there be no one to dwell in their tents.^(E)
26 For they persecute those you wound
    and talk about the pain of those you hurt.^(F)
27 Charge them with crime upon crime;^(G)
    do not let them share in your salvation.^(H)
28 May they be blotted out of the book of life^(I)
    and not be listed with the righteous.^(J)

⁶ Appoint someone evil to oppose my enemy;
    let an accuser^(A) stand at his right hand.
⁷ When he is tried, let him be found guilty,^(B)
    and may his prayers condemn^(C) him.
⁸ May his days be few;^(D)
    may another take his place^(E) of leadership.
⁹ May his children be fatherless
    and his wife a widow.^(F)
10 May his children be wandering beggars;^(G)
    may they be driven^[a] from their ruined homes.
¹¹ May a creditor^(H) seize all he has;
    may strangers plunder^(I) the fruits of his labor.^(J)
12 May no one extend kindness to him
    or take pity^(K) on his fatherless children.
¹³ May his descendants be cut off,^(L)
    their names blotted out^(M) from the next generation.
¹⁴ May the iniquity of his fathers^(N) be remembered before the Lord;
    may the sin of his mother never be blotted out.
¹⁵ May their sins always remain before^(O) the Lord,
    that he may blot out their name^(P) from the earth.