14 Let his ancestors’ guilt
be remembered before the Lord,(A)
and do not let his mother’s sin be blotted out.(B)
15 Let their sins[a] always remain before the Lord,
and let Him erase[b] all memory of them from the earth.(C)

16 For he did not think to show kindness,
but pursued the afflicted, poor, and brokenhearted
in order to put them to death.(D)

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 109:15 Lit Let them
  2. Psalm 109:15 Or cut off

14 May the iniquity of his fathers(A) be remembered before the Lord;
    may the sin of his mother never be blotted out.
15 May their sins always remain before(B) the Lord,
    that he may blot out their name(C) from the earth.

16 For he never thought of doing a kindness,
    but hounded to death the poor
    and the needy(D) and the brokenhearted.(E)

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