Psalm 69
יְהִי שֻׁלְחָנָם לִפְנֵיהֶם לְפָח וְלִשְׁלוֹמִים לְמוֹקֵשׁ | 23 | Let their table become in their presence a trap and in their desserts a snare |
תֶּחְשַׁכְנָה עֵינֵיהֶם מֵרְאוֹת וּמָתְנֵיהֶם תָּמִיד הַמְעַד | 24 | let their eyes be darkened from seeing and their loins continually shake |
שְׁפָךְ עֲלֵיהֶם זַעְמֶךָ וַחֲרוֹן אַפְּךָ יַשִּׂיגֵם | 25 | Pour out on them your indignation and your fierce anger will overtake them |
תְּהִי טִירָתָם נְשַׁמָּה בְּאָהֳלֵיהֶם אַל יְהִי יֹשֵׁב | 26 | Let their home become desolate in their tents let no one be living |
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תְּנָה עָוֹן עַל עֲוֹנָם וְאַל יָבֹאוּ בְּצִדְקָתֶךָ | 28 | Give iniquity to their iniquity let them not come into your righteousness |
יִמָּחוּ מִסֵּפֶר חַיִּים וְעִם צַדִּיקִים אַל יִכָּתֵבוּ | 29 | they will be erased from the record of the living and with the righteous let them not be written |
and Psalm 109 - remember this is prayer (verse 4 but I, I am a prayer)
הַפְקֵד עָלָיו רָשָׁע וְשָׂטָן יַעֲמֹד עַל יְמִינוֹ | 6 | make a criminal officiate over him and let the accuser stand at his right hand |
בְּהִשָּׁפְטוֹ יֵצֵא רָשָׁע וּתְפִלָּתוֹ תִּהְיֶה לַחֲטָאָה | 7 | in his judgment let him come out a criminal and his prayer let it become the sin |
יִהְיוּ יָמָיו מְעַטִּים פְּקֻדָּתוֹ יִקַּח אַחֵר | 8 | let his days be short let another take his office |
יִהְיוּ בָנָיו יְתוֹמִים וְאִשְׁתּוֹ אַלְמָנָה | 9 | let his children be orphans and his wife a widow |
וְנוֹעַ יָנוּעוּ בָנָיו וְשִׁאֵלוּ וְדָרְשׁוּ מֵחָרְבוֹתֵיהֶם | 10 | and wandering let his children wander and let them beg let them seek from their wastelands |
יְנַקֵּשׁ נוֹשֶׁה לְכָל אֲשֶׁר לוֹ וְיָבֹזּוּ זָרִים יְגִיעוֹ | 11 | let a creditor catch all that is his and let strangers spoil his work |
אַל יְהִי לוֹ מֹשֵׁךְ חָסֶד וְאַל יְהִי חוֹנֵן לִיתוֹמָיו | 12 | let there be to him no dragging out of mercy and let there be no grace to his orphans |
יְהִי אַחֲרִיתוֹ לְהַכְרִית בְּדוֹר אַחֵר יִמַּח שְׁמָם | 13 | let his followers be cut off in the generation to come let their name be blotted out |
יִזָּכֵר עֲוֹן אֲבֹתָיו אֶל יְהוָה וְחַטַּאת אִמּוֹ אַל תִּמָּח | 14 | let the iniquity of his father be remembered with יְהוָה and the sin of his mother, let it not be blotted out |
יִהְיוּ נֶגֶד יְהוָה תָּמִיד וְיַכְרֵת מֵאֶרֶץ זִכְרָם | 15 | let them be before יְהוָה continually that he may cut off their memory from the earth |
יַעַן אֲשֶׁר לֹא זָכַר עֲשׂוֹת חָסֶד וַיִּרְדֹּף אִישׁ עָנִי וְאֶבְיוֹן וְנִכְאֵה לֵבָב לְמוֹתֵת | 16 | because he did not remember to do mercy but he persecuted one afflicted and needy the broken of heart to kill |
וַיֶּאֱהַב קְלָלָה וַתְּבוֹאֵהוּ וְלֹא חָפֵץ בִּבְרָכָה וַתִּרְחַק מִמֶּנּוּ | 17 | as he loved cursing so let it come to him as he did not delight in blessing so let it be distant from him |
וַיִּלְבַּשׁ קְלָלָה כְּמַדּוֹ וַתָּבֹא כַמַּיִם בְּקִרְבּוֹ וְכַשֶּׁמֶן בְּעַצְמוֹתָיו | 18 | as he put on cursing like clothing so it will come like water in his midst and like oil into his bones |
תְּהִי לוֹ כְּבֶגֶד יַעְטֶה וּלְמֵזַח תָּמִיד יַחְגְּרֶהָ | 19 | let it be to him as a garment wrapping him and a binding continually holding him |
Besides all those other enemies, I dare say there are a few kleptocrats we could pray for.
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