^{6 Ref} Appoint Thou over him the wicked, And an adversary standeth at his right hand.

^{7 Ref} In his being judged, he goeth forth wicked, And his prayer is for sin.

^{8 Ref} His days are few, his oversight another taketh,

^{9 Ref} His sons are fatherless, and his wife a widow.

^{10 Ref} And wander continually do his sons, Yea, they have begged, And have sought out of their dry places.

^{11 Ref} An exactor layeth a snare for all that he hath, And strangers spoil his labour.

^{12 Ref} He hath none to extend kindness, Nor is there one showing favour to his orphans.

^{13 Ref} His posterity is for cutting off, In another generation is their name blotted out.

^{14 Ref} The iniquity of his fathers Is remembered unto Jehovah, And the sin of his mother is not blotted out.

^{15 Ref} They are before Jehovah continually, And He cutteth off from earth their memorial.

^{16 Ref} Because that he hath not remembered to do kindness, And pursueth the poor man and needy, And the smitten of heart -- to slay,

^{17 Ref} And he loveth reviling, and it meeteth him, And he hath not delighted in blessing, And it is far from him.

^{18 Ref} And he putteth on reviling as his robe, And it cometh in as water into his midst, And as oil into his bones.

^{19 Ref} It is to him as apparel -- he covereth himself, And for a continual girdle he girdeth it on.

^{20 Ref} This `is' the wage of mine accusers from Jehovah, And of those speaking evil against my soul.

^{21 Ref} And Thou, O Jehovah Lord, Deal with me for Thy name's sake, Because Thy kindness `is' good, deliver me.