^{4 Ref} For my love they are my adversaries: But I `give myself unto' prayer.

^{5 Ref} And they have rewarded me evil for good, And hatred for my love.

^{6 Ref} Set thou a wicked man over him; And let an adversary stand at his right hand.

^{7 Ref} When he is judged, let him come forth guilty; And let his prayer be turned into sin.

^{8 Ref} Let his days be few; `And' let another take his office.

^{9 Ref} Let his children be fatherless, And his wife a widow.

^{10 Ref} Let his children be vagabonds, and beg; And let them seek `their bread' out of their desolate places.

^{11 Ref} Let the extortioner catch all that he hath; And let strangers make spoil of his labor.

^{12 Ref} Let there be none to extend kindness unto him; Neither let there be any to have pity on his fatherless children.

^{13 Ref} Let his posterity be cut off; In the generation following let their name be blotted out.