^(A)“Let their table become a snare and a trap,
    a stumbling block and a retribution for them;
¹⁰ let their eyes be darkened so that they cannot see,
    and bend their backs forever.”

^4 (A)Let them be ^(B)put to shame and dishonor
    who seek after my life!
Let them be ^(C)turned back and disappointed
    who devise evil against me!
⁵ Let them be like ^(D)chaff before the wind,
    with the angel of the Lord driving them away!
⁶ Let their way be dark and ^(E)slippery,
    with the angel of the Lord pursuing them!

⁷ For ^(F)without cause ^(G)they hid their net for me;
    without cause they dug ^(H)a pit for my life.^[a]
8 Let ^(I)destruction come upon him ^(J)when he does not know it!
And let the net that he hid ensnare him;
    let him fall into it—to his destruction!

^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 ^(L)strangers plunder the fruits of his toil!
¹² Let there be none to ^(M)extend kindness to him,
    nor any to ^(N)pity his fatherless children!
¹³ May his ^(O)posterity be cut off;
    may his ^(P)name be blotted out in the second generation!
¹⁴ May ^(Q)the iniquity of his fathers be remembered before the Lord,
    and let not the sin of his mother be ^(R)blotted out!
^15 (S)Let them be before the Lord continually,
    that he may ^(T)cut off the memory of them from the earth!