²⁵ Do not let them think, “Aha,^(A) just what we wanted!”
    or say, “We have swallowed him up.”^(B)

¹⁶ All your enemies open their mouths
    wide against you;^(A)
they scoff and gnash their teeth^(B)
    and say, “We have swallowed her up.^(C)
This is the day we have waited for;
    we have lived to see it.”^(D)

⁸ Do not grant the wicked^(A) their desires, Lord;
    do not let their plans succeed.

⁸ They said in their hearts, “We will crush^(A) them completely!”
    They burned^(B) every place where God was worshiped in the land.

³ He sends from heaven and saves me,^(A)
    rebuking those who hotly pursue me—^[a](B)
    God sends forth his love and his faithfulness.^(C)