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16 For he didn’t think to extend gracious love;
    he harassed to death the poor, the needy, and the broken hearted.[a]
17 He loved to curse—may his curses[b] return upon him!
    He took no delight in blessing others[c]
        so may blessings[d] be far from him.
18 He wore curses like a garment—
    may they[e] enter his inner being like water
        and his bones like oil.

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 109:16 Or downhearted
  2. Psalm 109:17 Lit. may it
  3. Psalm 109:17 The Heb. lacks others
  4. Psalm 109:17 Lit. it
  5. Psalm 109:18 Lit. it