¹³ He catches the wise^(A) in their craftiness,^(B)
    and the schemes of the wily are swept away.^(C)

¹⁵ The nations have fallen into the pit they have dug;^(A)
    their feet are caught in the net they have hidden.^(B)
16 The Lord is known by his acts of justice;
    the wicked are ensnared by the work of their hands.^[a](C)

⁵¹ He has performed mighty deeds with his arm;^(A)
    he has scattered those who are proud in their inmost thoughts.^(B)

²⁶ to the pure^(A) you show yourself pure,
    but to the devious you show yourself shrewd.^(B)

“I will destroy the wisdom of the wise;
    the intelligence of the intelligent I will frustrate.”^[a](A)

¹⁵ Whoever digs a hole and scoops it out
    falls into the pit^(A) they have made.^(B)
16 The trouble they cause recoils on them;
    their violence comes down on their own heads.

⁷ Since they hid their net^(A) for me without cause^(B)
    and without cause dug a pit^(C) for me,
⁸ may ruin overtake them by surprise—^(D)
    may the net they hid entangle them,
    may they fall into the pit,^(E) to their ruin.