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When he's judged, let the verdict be, "Guilty," and when he prays, let his prayer turn to sin.
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Give him a short life, and give his job to somebody else.
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Make orphans of his children, dress his wife in widow's weeds;
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Turn his children into begging street urchins, evicted from their homes - homeless.
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May the bank foreclose and wipe him out, and strangers, like vultures, pick him clean.
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May there be no one around to help him out, no one willing to give his orphans a break.
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Chop down his family tree so that nobody even remembers his name.
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But erect a memorial to the sin of his father, and make sure his mother's name is there, too -
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Their sins recorded forever before God, but they themselves sunk in oblivion.
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That's all he deserves since he was never once kind, hounded the afflicted and heartbroken to their graves.
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Since he loved cursing so much, let curses rain down; Since he had no taste for blessing, let blessings flee far from him.