1. O God, whom I praise,don’t stand silent and aloof
2. while the wicked slander meand tell lies about me.
3. They surround me with hateful wordsand fight against me for no reason.
4. I love them, but they try to destroy me with accusationseven as I am praying for them!
5. They repay evil for good,and hatred for my love.
6. They say, “Get an evil person to turn against him.Send an accuser to bring him to trial.
7. When his case comes up for judgment,let him be pronounced guilty.Count his prayers as sins.
8. Let his years be few;let someone else take his position.
9. May his children become fatherless,and his wife a widow.
10. May his children wander as beggarsand be driven from their ruined homes.
11. May creditors seize his entire estate,and strangers take all he has earned.
12. Let no one be kind to him;let no one pity his fatherless children.
13. May all his offspring die.May his family name be blotted out in the next generation.
14. May the lord never forget the sins of his fathers;may his mother’s sins never be erased from the record.