⁵ But my enemies say nothing but evil about me.
    “How soon will he die and be forgotten?” they ask.

⁷ We have happy memories of the godly,
    but the name of a wicked person rots away.

⁸ My enemies taunt me day after day.
    They mock and curse me.

¹² Meanwhile, my enemies lay traps to kill me.
    Those who wish me harm make plans to ruin me.
    All day long they plan their treachery.

⁷ yet they will vanish forever,
    thrown away like their own dung.
Those who knew them will ask,
    ‘Where are they?’

¹⁷ All memory of their existence will fade from the earth;
    no one will remember their names.

⁶ But I am a worm and not a man.
    I am scorned and despised by all!
⁷ Everyone who sees me mocks me.
    They sneer and shake their heads, saying,
⁸ “Is this the one who relies on the Lord?
    Then let the Lord save him!
If the Lord loves him so much,
    let the Lord rescue him!”