Catholic Public Domain Version
"May the money lenders scrutinize all his belongings, and let foreigners plunder his labors. "
— Psalms 108:11, Catholic Public Domain Version
“Wilt not thou, O God, who hast cast us off? and wilt not thou, O God, go forth with our hosts?”
“Hast not thou cast us off, O God? And thou goest not forth, O God, with our hosts. ”
“Haven't you rejected us, God? You don't go forth, God, with our armies.”
“Have you not rejected us, O God? O God, you do not go into battle with our armies.”
“May the usurer search all his substance: and let strangers plunder his labours.”
“Have you not sent us away from you, O God? and you go not out with our armies.”
“Wilt not thou, O God, who hast cast us off? and wilt not thou, O God, go forth with our hosts?”
May his days be few, and let another take his episcopate.
May his sons be orphans, and his wife a widow.
May his sons be carried by those who walk unsteadily, and may they go begging. And may they be cast out of their dwelling places.
May the money lenders scrutinize all his belongings, and let foreigners plunder his labors.
May there be no one to assist him, nor anyone to be compassionate to his orphaned children.
May his posterity be in utter ruin. In one generation, may his name be wiped away.
May the iniquity of his fathers return in memory before the sight of the Lord, and do not let the sin of his mother be wiped away.