⁵ All day long they twist my words;^(A)
    all their schemes are for my ruin.

⁴ I am in the midst of lions;^(A)
    I am forced to dwell among ravenous beasts—
men whose teeth are spears and arrows,
    whose tongues are sharp swords.^(B)

⁶ They spread a net for my feet^(A)—
    I was bowed down^(B) in distress.
They dug a pit^(C) in my path—
    but they have fallen into it themselves.^(D)

⁴ Surely they intend to topple me
    from my lofty place;
    they take delight in lies.
With their mouths they bless,
    but in their hearts they curse.^[a](A)

⁹ for zeal for your house consumes me,^(A)
    and the insults of those who insult you fall on me.^(B)

¹⁰ For my enemies^(A) speak against me;
    those who wait to kill^(B) me conspire^(C) together.

⁸ All day long my enemies^(A) taunt me;^(B)
    those who rail against me use my name as a curse.^(C)

⁸ All day long my enemies^(A) taunt me;^(B)
    those who rail against me use my name as a curse.^(C)