109:12 May no one show him kindness! 1
May no one have compassion 2 on his fatherless children!
109:13 May his descendants 3 be cut off! 4
May the memory of them be wiped out by the time the next generation arrives! 5
109:14 May his ancestors’ 6 sins be remembered by the Lord!
May his mother’s sin not be forgotten! 7
109:15 May the Lord be constantly aware of them, 8
and cut off the memory of his children 9 from the earth!
109:16 For he never bothered to show kindness; 10
he harassed the oppressed and needy,
and killed the disheartened. 11
109:17 He loved to curse 12 others, so those curses have come upon him. 13
He had no desire to bless anyone, so he has experienced no blessings. 14
109:18 He made cursing a way of life, 15
so curses poured into his stomach like water
and seeped into his bones like oil. 16
109:19 May a curse attach itself to him, like a garment one puts on, 17
or a belt 18 one wears continually!