15. May their sins always remain before the Lord, that he may blot out their name from the earth.
16. For he never thought of doing a kindness, but hounded to death the poor and the needy and the brokenhearted.
17. He loved to pronounce a curse— may it come back on him. He found no pleasure in blessing— may it be far from him.
18. He wore cursing as his garment; it entered into his body like water, into his bones like oil.
19. May it be like a cloak wrapped about him, like a belt tied forever around him.
20. May this be the Lord’s payment to my accusers, to those who speak evil of me.