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Make his life very short!
    Let somebody else do the job which he did.
May he soon die,
    so that his children have no father,
    and his wife has no husband.
10 Cause his children to have no home,
    so that they go from place to place,
    and ask people to give them food.

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May his days be few;(A)
    may another take his place(B) of leadership.
May his children be fatherless
    and his wife a widow.(C)
10 May his children be wandering beggars;(D)
    may they be driven[a] from their ruined homes.

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 109:10 Septuagint; Hebrew sought