12 But, Almighty Lord, you test people justly;you know what is in their hearts and minds.So let me see you take revenge on my enemies,for I have placed my cause in your hands.
13 Sing to the Lord!Praise the Lord!He rescues the oppressed from the power of evil people.
14 Curse the day I was born!Forget the day my mother gave me birth!
15 Curse the one who made my father gladby bringing him the news,“It's a boy! You have a son!”
16 May he be like those citiesthat the Lord destroyed without mercy.May he hear cries of pain in the morningand the battle alarm at noon,
17 for not killing me before I was born.Then my mother's womb would have been my grave.
18 Why was I born?Was it only to have trouble and sorrow,to end my life in disgrace?