Psalms 71:13

71:13 May my accusers be humiliated and defeated!

May those who want to harm me ¹  be covered with scorn and disgrace!

Psalms 109:20

109:20 May the Lord repay my accusers in this way, ² 

those who say evil things about ³  me! ⁴ 

[71:13]  ¹ tn Heb “those who seek my harm.”

[109:20]  ² tn Heb “[may] this [be] the repayment to my accusers from the Lord.”

[109:20]  ³ tn Or “against.”

[109:20]  ⁴ tn The Hebrew term נֶפֶשׁ (nefesh, “being; soul”) with a pronominal suffix is often equivalent to a pronoun, especially in poetry (see BDB 660 s.v. נֶפֶשׁ 4.a).