ESV Study Bible | English Standard Version

 6 a Appoint a wicked man b against him;
let an accuser stand c at his right hand.
 7 When he is tried, let him come forth guilty;
let his d prayer be counted as sin!
 8 May his e days be few;
may f another take his g office!
 9 May his h children be fatherless
and his wife a widow!
10 May his children i wander about and beg,
j seeking food far from the ruins they inhabit!
11 May k the creditor seize all that he has;
may k strangers plunder the fruits of his toil!
12 Let there be none to l extend kindness to him,
nor any to m pity his fatherless children!
13 May his n posterity be cut off;
may his o name be blotted out in the second generation!
14 May p the iniquity of his fathers be remembered before the Lord,
and let not the sin of his mother be q blotted out!
15 r Let them be before the Lord continually,
that he may s cut off the memory of them from the earth!

16 For he did not remember to show kindness,
but pursued t the poor and needy
and u the brokenhearted, to put them to death.
17 v He loved to curse; let curses come [1] upon him!
He did not delight in blessing; may it be far [2] from him!
18 He w clothed himself with cursing as his coat;
may it x soak [3] into his body like water,
like oil into his bones!
19 May it be like a garment that he wraps around him,
like a belt that he puts on every day!
20 May this be the reward of my y accusers from the Lord,
of those who speak evil against my life!