⁴ Let them be put to shame and dishonor
    who seek after my life.
Let them be turned back and confounded
    who devise evil against me.^(B)
5 Let them be like chaff before the wind,
    with the angel of the Lord driving them on.^(C)
6 Let their way be dark and slippery,
    with the angel of the Lord pursuing them.^(D)

⁷ For without cause they hid their net^[a] for me;
    without cause they dug a pit^[b] for my life.^(E)
8 Let ruin come on them unawares,
and let the net that they hid ensnare them;
    let them fall in it—to their ruin.^(F)

⁹ Then my soul shall rejoice in the Lord,
    exulting in his deliverance.^(G)
10 All my bones shall say,
    “O Lord, who is like you?
You deliver the weak
    from those too strong for them,
    the weak and needy from those who despoil them.”^(H)

¹¹ Malicious witnesses rise up;
    they ask me about things I do not know.^(I)
12 They repay me evil for good;
    my soul is forlorn.^(J)
13 But as for me, when they were sick,
    I wore sackcloth;
    I afflicted myself with fasting.
I prayed with head bowed^[c] on my bosom,^(K)
14     as though I grieved for a friend or a brother;
I went about as one who laments for a mother,
    bowed down and in mourning.

¹⁵ But at my stumbling they gathered in glee;
    they gathered together against me;
ruffians whom I did not know
    tore at me without ceasing;^(L)
16 they impiously mocked more and more,^[d]
    gnashing at me with their teeth.

¹⁷ How long, O Lord, will you look on?
    Rescue me from their ravages,
    my life from the lions!^(M)
18 Then I will thank you in the great congregation;
    in the mighty throng I will praise you.^(N)

¹⁹ Do not let my treacherous enemies rejoice over me
    or those who hate me without cause wink the eye.^(O)
20 For they do not speak peace,
    but they conceive deceitful words
    against those who are quiet in the land.
²¹ They open wide their mouths against me;
    they say, “Aha, Aha,
    our eyes have seen it.”^(P)

²² You have seen, O Lord; do not be silent!
    O Lord, do not be far from me!^(Q)
23 Wake up! Rouse yourself for my defense,
    for my cause, my God and my Lord!^(R)
24 Vindicate me, O Lord, my God,
    according to your righteousness,
    and do not let them rejoice over me.^(S)
25 Do not let them say to themselves,
    “Aha, we have our heart’s desire.”
Do not let them say, “We have swallowed you^[e] up.”^(T)

²⁶ Let all those who rejoice at my calamity
    be put to shame and confusion;
let those who exalt themselves against me
    be clothed with shame and dishonor.^(U)

²⁷ Let those who desire my vindication
    shout for joy and be glad
    and say evermore,
“Great is the Lord,
    who delights in the welfare of his servant.”^(V)
28 Then my tongue shall tell of your righteousness
    and of your praise all day long.^(W)

‘One does not live by bread alone,
    but by every word that comes from the mouth of God.’ ”^(C)

‘He will command his angels concerning you,’
    and ‘On their hands they will bear you up,
so that you will not dash your foot against a stone.’ ”^(E)

‘Worship the Lord your God,
    and serve only him.’ ”^(G)