Appoint someone evil to oppose my enemy;
    let an accuser(A) stand at his right hand.
When he is tried, let him be found guilty,(B)
    and may his prayers condemn(C) him.
May his days be few;(D)
    may another take his place(E) of leadership.
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.

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 109:10 Septuagint; Hebrew sought

Set thou a wicked man over him: and let Satan stand at his right hand.

When he shall be judged, let him be condemned: and let his prayer become sin.

Let his days be few; and let another take his office.

Let his children be fatherless, and his wife a widow.

10 Let his children be continually vagabonds, and beg: let them seek their bread also out of their desolate places.

11 Let the extortioner catch all that he hath; and let the strangers spoil his labour.

12 Let there be none to extend mercy unto him: neither let there be any to favour his fatherless children.

13 Let his posterity be cut off; and in the generation following let their name be blotted out.

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