4. They attacked me, even though I loved themand prayed for them.
5. I was good to them, but they repay me with evil.I loved them, but they hate me in return.
6. They say about me, “Have an evil person work against him,and let an accuser stand against him.
7. When he is judged, let him be found guilty,and let even his prayers show his guilt.
8. Let his life be cut short,and let another man replace him as leader.
9. Let his children become orphansand his wife a widow.
10. Make his children wander around, begging for food.Let them be forced out of the ruins in which they live.
11. Let the people to whom he owes money take everything he owns,and let strangers steal everything he has worked for.
12. Let no one show him loveor have mercy on his orphaned children.
13. Let all his descendants dieand be forgotten by those who live after him.
14. Lord, remember how wicked his ancestors were,and don’t let the sins of his mother be wiped out.