² When the wicked advance against me
    to devour^[a] me,
it is my enemies and my foes
    who will stumble and fall.^(A)

¹² They swarmed around me like bees,^(A)
    but they were consumed as quickly as burning thorns;^(B)
    in the name of the Lord I cut them down.^(C)

⁴ Do all these evildoers know nothing?^(A)

They devour my people^(B) as though eating bread;
    they never call on the Lord.^(C)

³ My enemies turn back;
    they stumble and perish before you.

¹⁵ Many of them will stumble;^(A)
    they will fall and be broken,
    they will be snared and captured.”

⁷ Arise,^(A) Lord!
    Deliver me,^(B) my God!
Strike^(C) all my enemies on the jaw;
    break the teeth^(D) of the wicked.

²² Why do you pursue^(A) me as God does?^(B)
    Will you never get enough of my flesh?^(C)

¹⁶ Dogs^(A) surround me,
    a pack of villains encircles me;
    they pierce^[a](B) my hands and my feet.

⁴ The cords of death^(A) entangled me;
    the torrents^(B) of destruction overwhelmed me.