²³ Princes also did sit and speak against me: but thy servant did meditate in thy statutes.

¹²² Be surety for thy servant for good: let not the proud oppress me.

¹⁵⁷ Many are my persecutors and mine enemies; yet do I not decline from thy testimonies.

¹⁴ After whom is the king of Israel come out? after whom dost thou pursue? after a dead dog, after a flea.

¹⁵ The Lord therefore be judge, and judge between me and thee, and see, and plead my cause, and deliver me out of thine hand.