“May their table become a snare and a trap,
    a stumbling block and a retribution for them.
¹⁰ May their eyes be darkened so they cannot see,^(A)
    and their backs be bent forever.”^[a](B)

⁴ May those who seek my life^(A)
    be disgraced^(B) and put to shame;^(C)
may those who plot my ruin
    be turned back^(D) in dismay.
⁵ May they be like chaff^(E) before the wind,
    with the angel of the Lord^(F) driving them away;
⁶ may their path be dark and slippery,
    with the angel of the Lord pursuing them.

⁷ Since they hid their net^(G) for me without cause^(H)
    and without cause dug a pit^(I) for me,
⁸ may ruin overtake them by surprise—^(J)
    may the net they hid entangle them,
    may they fall into the pit,^(K) to their ruin.

⁶ Appoint someone evil to oppose my enemy;
    let an accuser^(A) stand at his right hand.
⁷ When he is tried, let him be found guilty,^(B)
    and may his prayers condemn^(C) him.
⁸ May his days be few;^(D)
    may another take his place^(E) of leadership.
⁹ May his children be fatherless
    and his wife a widow.^(F)
10 May his children be wandering beggars;^(G)
    may they be driven^[a] from their ruined homes.
¹¹ May a creditor^(H) seize all he has;
    may strangers plunder^(I) the fruits of his labor.^(J)
12 May no one extend kindness to him
    or take pity^(K) on his fatherless children.
¹³ May his descendants be cut off,^(L)
    their names blotted out^(M) from the next generation.
¹⁴ May the iniquity of his fathers^(N) be remembered before the Lord;
    may the sin of his mother never be blotted out.
¹⁵ May their sins always remain before^(O) the Lord,
    that he may blot out their name^(P) from the earth.