^9 (8) May they be like a slug that melts as it moves,
like a stillborn baby that never sees the sun.

¹² They surrounded me like bees
but were extinguished [as quickly] as a fire in thorns;
in the name of Adonai I cut them down.

⁶ For the laughter of fools is like the crackling of thorns
burning under a pot; this too is pointless.