61-63 “You heard, God, their vicious gossip,
    their behind-my-back plots to ruin me.
They never quit, these enemies of mine, dreaming up mischief,
    hatching malice, day after day after day.
Sitting down or standing up—just look at them!—
    they mock me with vulgar doggerel.

64-66 “Make them pay for what they’ve done, God.
    Give them their just deserts.
Break their miserable hearts!
    Damn their eyes!
Get good and angry. Hunt them down.
    Make a total demolition here under your heaven!”

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63 Look at them! Sitting or standing,
    they mock me in their songs.(A)

64 Pay them back what they deserve, Lord,
    for what their hands have done.(B)
65 Put a veil over their hearts,(C)
    and may your curse be on them!

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