⁴ May those who seek my life^(A)
    be disgraced^(B) and put to shame;^(C)
may those who plot my ruin
    be turned back^(D) in dismay.

⁵ What do I see?
    They are terrified,
they are retreating,
    their warriors are defeated.
They flee^(A) in haste
    without looking back,
    and there is terror^(B) on every side,”
declares the Lord.

² May those who want to take my life^(A)
    be put to shame and confusion;
may all who desire my ruin
    be turned back in disgrace.^(B)
3 May those who say to me, “Aha! Aha!”^(C)
    turn back because of their shame.

¹² Those who want to kill me set their traps,^(A)
    those who would harm me talk of my ruin;^(B)
    all day long they scheme and lie.^(C)

²⁶ May all who gloat^(A) over my distress^(B)
    be put to shame^(C) and confusion;
may all who exalt themselves over me^(D)
    be clothed with shame and disgrace.

⁵ May all who hate Zion^(A)
    be turned back in shame.^(B)

¹⁷ Let me not be put to shame,^(A) Lord,
    for I have cried out to you;
but let the wicked be put to shame
    and be silent^(B) in the realm of the dead.
¹⁸ Let their lying lips^(C) be silenced,
    for with pride and contempt
    they speak arrogantly^(D) against the righteous.

¹⁴ May all who want to take my life^(A)
    be put to shame and confusion;^(B)
may all who desire my ruin^(C)
    be turned back in disgrace.
¹⁵ May those who say to me, “Aha! Aha!”^(D)
    be appalled at their own shame.

²⁴ My tongue will tell of your righteous acts
    all day long,^(A)
for those who wanted to harm me^(B)
    have been put to shame and confusion.^(C)