²⁸ For the Lord loves the just
    and will not forsake his faithful ones.^(A)

Wrongdoers will be completely destroyed^[a];
    the offspring of the wicked will perish.^(B)

¹³ May his descendants be cut off,^(A)
    their names blotted out^(B) from the next generation.

¹⁶ His roots dry up below^(A)
    and his branches wither above.^(B)
17 The memory of him perishes from the earth;^(C)
    he has no name^(D) in the land.^(E)

¹⁹ He has no offspring^(A) or descendants^(B) among his people,
    no survivor^(C) where once he lived.^(D)

²⁰     you will not join them in burial,^(A)
for you have destroyed your land
    and killed your people.

Let the offspring^(B) of the wicked^(C)
    never be mentioned^(D) again.