¹² Because of the sinful things they say,
    because of the evil that is on their lips,
let them be captured by their pride,
    their curses, and their lies.

¹¹ Don’t let the proud trample me
    or the wicked push me around.

¹⁶ The trouble they make for others backfires on them.
    The violence they plan falls on their own heads.

²² An evil man is held captive by his own sins;
    they are ropes that catch and hold him.

¹⁸ Silence their lying lips—
    those proud and arrogant lips that accuse the godly.

“By my own powerful arm I have done this.
    With my own shrewd wisdom I planned it.
I have broken down the defenses of nations
    and carried off their treasures.
    I have knocked down their kings like a bull.

⁵ The proud have set a trap to catch me;
    they have stretched out a net;
    they have placed traps all along the way. Interlude