⁶ Each evening they come back
    howling like dogs
    and prowling about the city.^(B)
7 There they are, bellowing with their mouths,
    with sharp words^[a] on their lips,
    for “Who,” they think,^[b] “will hear us?”^(C)

⁸ But you laugh at them, O Lord;
    you hold all the nations in derision.^(D)
9 O my strength, I will watch for you,
    for you, O God, are my fortress.^(E)
10 My God in his steadfast love will meet me;
    my God will let me look in triumph on my enemies.^(F)

¹¹ Do not kill them, or my people may forget;
    make them totter by your power and bring them down,
    O Lord, our shield.^(G)
12 For the sin of their mouths, the words of their lips,
    let them be trapped in their pride.
For the cursing and lies that they utter,^(H)
13     consume them in wrath;
    consume them until they are no more.
Then it will be known to the ends of the earth
    that God rules over Jacob. Selah^(I)

²⁵ I alone am the one
    who blots out your transgressions for my own sake,
    and I will not remember your sins.^(A)