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15 Lord, never forget his family's sins.
May nobody on earth remember his family's name.
16 My enemy was never kind to anyone.
He was cruel to poor, weak, and helpless people.
    He even caused them to die,
17 He loved to curse people.
    Now may those curses happen to him!
He never asked God to bless other people,
    so nobody will ask God to bless him!

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15 May their sins always remain before(A) the Lord,
    that he may blot out their name(B) from the earth.

16 For he never thought of doing a kindness,
    but hounded to death the poor
    and the needy(C) and the brokenhearted.(D)
17 He loved to pronounce a curse—
    may it come back on him.(E)
He found no pleasure in blessing—
    may it be far from him.

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