5 I did good things to them, but they are doing bad things to me. I loved them, but they hated me.
6 They said, “Choose someone evil to represent him. Let the one at his side really be his accuser.
7 Let even his prayer be used as evidence against him, and let the court find him guilty.
8 Let his life be cut short, and let someone else take over his work.
9 Let his children become orphans and his wife a widow.
10 Make his children wander around as beggars, forced from homes that lie in ruins.
11 Let the people he owes take everything he owns. Let strangers get everything he worked for.