17. Yes, he loved cursing, and it came [back] upon him; he delighted not in blessing, and it was far from him.
18. He clothed himself also with cursing as with his garment, and it seeped into his inward [life] like water, and like oil into his bones.
19. Let it be to him as the raiment with which he covers himself and as the girdle with which he is girded continually.
20. Let this be the reward of my adversaries from the Lord, and of those who speak evil against my life.
21. But You deal with me and act for me, O God the Lord, for Your name's sake; because Your mercy and loving-kindness are good, O deliver me.
22. For I am poor and needy, and my heart is wounded and stricken within me.