^10 (A)For I heard many ^[a]mocking:
“Fear on every side!”
“Report,” they say, “and we will report it!”
^(B)All my acquaintances watched for my stumbling, saying,
“Perhaps he can be induced;
Then we will prevail against him,
And we will take our revenge on him.”

^9 (A)Even my own familiar friend in whom I trusted,
^(B)Who ate my bread,
Has ^[a]lifted up his heel against me.

^13 (A)For I hear the slander of many;
^(B)Fear is on every side;
While they ^(C)take counsel together against me,
They scheme to take away my life.

²¹ Who make a man an offender by a word,
And ^(A)lay a snare for him who reproves in the gate,
And turn aside the just ^(B)by empty words.

²⁵ Do not go out into the field,
Nor walk by the way.
Because of the sword of the enemy,
Fear is on every side.