²² Because of the Lord’s great love^(A) we are not consumed,^(B)
    for his compassions never fail.^(C)

¹⁸ “The Lord is righteous,^(A)
    yet I rebelled^(B) against his command.
Listen, all you peoples;
    look on my suffering.^(C)
My young men and young women
    have gone into exile.^(D)

⁵ The arrogant have hidden a snare^(A) for me;
    they have spread out the cords of their net^(B)
    and have set traps^(C) for me along my path.

⁶ I say to the Lord, “You are my God.”^(D)
    Hear, Lord, my cry for mercy.^(E)
7 Sovereign Lord,^(F) my strong deliverer,
    you shield my head in the day of battle.
⁸ Do not grant the wicked^(G) their desires, Lord;
    do not let their plans succeed.

⁹ Those who surround me proudly rear their heads;
    may the mischief of their lips engulf them.^(H)
10 May burning coals fall on them;
    may they be thrown into the fire,^(I)
    into miry pits, never to rise.
¹¹ May slanderers not be established in the land;
    may disaster hunt down the violent.^(J)

⁶ Praise be to the Lord,
    who has not let us be torn by their teeth.
⁷ We have escaped like a bird
    from the fowler’s snare;^(A)
the snare has been broken,^(B)
    and we have escaped.