11:20 So I said to the Lord,
“O Lord who rules over all,
You examine people’s hearts and minds.
I want to see you pay them back for what they have done
because I trust you to vindicate my cause.”
12:8 The people I call my own
like a lion
They have roared defiantly
So I will treat them as though I hate them.
17:18 May those who persecute me be disgraced.
Do not let me be disgraced.
May they be dismayed.
Do not let me be dismayed.
Bring days of disaster on them.
Bring on them the destruction they deserve.”
18:19 Then I said,
“Lord, pay attention to me.
Listen to what my enemies are saying.
18:20 Should good be paid back with evil?
Yet they are virtually digging a pit to kill me.
Just remember how I stood before you
pleading on their behalf
to keep you from venting your anger on them.
18:21 So let their children die of starvation.
Let them be cut down by the sword.
Let their wives lose their husbands and children.
Let the older men die of disease
and the younger men die by the sword in battle.
18:22 Let cries of terror be heard in their houses
when you send bands of raiders unexpectedly to plunder them.
For they have virtually dug a pit to capture me
and have hidden traps for me to step into.
18:23 But you, Lord, know
all their plots to kill me.
Do not pardon their crimes!
Do not ignore their sins as though you had erased them!
Let them be brought down in defeat before you!
Deal with them while you are still angry!
24:1 The Lord showed me two baskets of figs sitting before his temple. This happened after King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon deported Jehoiakim’s son, King Jeconiah of Judah. He deported him and the leaders of Judah, along with the craftsmen and metal workers, and took them to Babylon.
54:7 Surely
and I triumph over my enemies.
59:10 The God who loves me will help me;
God will enable me to triumph over
109:6
May an accuser stand
109:7 When he is judged, he will be found
Then his prayer will be regarded as sinful.
109:8 May his days be few!
May another take his job!
109:9 May his children
and his wife a widow!
109:10 May his children
asking for handouts as they leave their ruined home!
109:11 May the creditor seize
May strangers loot his property!
109:12 May no one show him kindness!
May no one have compassion
109:13 May his descendants
May the memory of them be wiped out by the time the next generation arrives!
109:14 May his ancestors’
May his mother’s sin not be forgotten!
109:15 May the Lord be constantly aware of them,
and cut off the memory of his children
109:16 For he never bothered to show kindness;
he harassed the oppressed and needy,
and killed the disheartened.
109:17 He loved to curse
He had no desire to bless anyone, so he has experienced no blessings.
109:18 He made cursing a way of life,
so curses poured into his stomach like water
and seeped into his bones like oil.
109:19 May a curse attach itself to him, like a garment one puts on,
or a belt
109:20 May the Lord repay my accusers in this way,
those who say evil things about
18:20 (Rejoice over her, O heaven,
and you saints and apostles and prophets,
for God has pronounced judgment
19:2 because his judgments are true and just.
For he has judged
who corrupted the earth with her sexual immorality,
and has avenged the blood of his servants
19:3 Then