Taw
“Pay them back
For their deeds!
O Yahweh!
According to the work
Of their hands,
Give them anguish
Of heart!
May your curse
Be on them!
Pursue them
In anger!
Destroy them
From under Yahweh’s heavens!”
This personal lament ends with a plea to Yahweh to destroy his enemies. This author was very clear. He wanted his enemies paid back for what they had done. Yahweh was to use his own hands and his own anger. They were to receive an anguished heart. They should be cursed, pursued, and destroyed. They should be wiped out from under God’s heavens. These three verses start with the final Hebrew consonant letter Taw, since this is the last section of this acrostic poem.
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