¹⁵ The nations have fallen into the pit they have dug;^(A)
    their feet are caught in the net they have hidden.^(B)

⁷ Since they hid their net^(A) for me without cause^(B)
    and without cause dug a pit^(C) for me,
⁸ may ruin overtake them by surprise—^(D)
    may the net they hid entangle them,
    may they fall into the pit,^(E) to their ruin.

¹⁸ A wicked person earns deceptive wages,
    but the one who sows righteousness reaps a sure reward.^(A)

²⁷ Whoever digs a pit^(A) will fall into it;^(B)
    if someone rolls a stone, it will roll back on them.^(C)

⁷ “They sow the wind
    and reap the whirlwind.^(A)
The stalk has no head;
    it will produce no flour.^(B)
Were it to yield grain,
    foreigners would swallow it up.^(C)