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He loved to curse; let curses come on him! He did not like blessing; may it be far from him!
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He clothed himself with cursing as his coat, may it soak into his body like water, like oil into his bones!
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May it be like a garment which he wraps round him, like a belt with which he daily girds himself!
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May this be the reward of my accusers from the LORD, of those who speak evil against my life!
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But thou, O GOD my Lord, deal on my behalf for thy name's sake; because thy steadfast love is good, deliver me!
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For I am poor and needy, and my heart is stricken within me.
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I am gone, like a shadow at evening; I am shaken off like a locust.
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My knees are weak through fasting; my body has become gaunt.
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I am an object of scorn to my accusers; when they see me, they wag their heads.
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Help me, O LORD my God! Save me according to thy steadfast love!
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Let them know that this is thy hand; thou, O LORD, hast done it!