6 Set in office over him a wicked man, And may an adversary stand at his right hand! 7 When he is judged, let him go out guilty, And let his prayer be [counted] for sin! 8 Be his days few, His office may another take! 9 Be his children orphans, And his wife a widow! 10 And may his children wander up and down and beg, May they seek [bread] [far] from the ruins [of their house]! 11 May a creditor get into his nets all that he has, And may strangers plunder [the fruit of] his toil! 12 May there be no one to continue loving-kindness to him, And may there be no one that shows favour to his orphans! 13 May his posterity be cut off, In the next generation may their name be blotted out! 14 Let the iniquity of his fathers be remembered before Jehovah, And the sin of his mother not be blotted out! 15 May they be before Jehovah continually, And may He cut off their memory from the earth! 16 Because he remembered not to show loving-kindness, And persecuted the afflicted and poor man, And the heart-stricken, to do him to death. 17 And he loved cursing--and it came on him, And delighted not in blessing--and it remained far from him. 18 And he clothed himself [with] cursing like his garment, And it came like water into his inwards, And like oil into his bones. 19 May it be to him like a robe [with which] he covers himself, And for a girdle [which] he continually girds on! 20 Be this the wage of my adversaries from Jehovah, And of those who speak evil against my soul! 21 But Thou, Jehovah, Lord, deal with me for Thy name's sake, Because Thy loving-kindness is good, deliver me, 22 Because afflicted and poor am I, And my heart is pierced within me. 23 Like a shadow when it stretches out am I gone, I am shaken out, like the locust. 24 My knees give out through fasting, And my flesh falls away from fatness. 25 And I--I have become a reproach to them, They see me, they nod their head. 26 Help me, Jehovah, my God, Save me, according to Thy loving-kindness: 27 That they may know that this is Thy hand, Thou--Thou, Jehovah, hast done it. 28 They--they curse, but Thou--Thou dost bless; They arose, and were put to shame, And Thy servant rejoices. 29 My adversaries clothe themselves [with] disgrace, And cover themselves like a mantle with their shame. 30 I will praise Jehovah greatly with my mouth, And amidst many will I praise Him. 31 For He stands at the right hand of the poor, To save him from those that judge his soul.