9. Oh, let the wickedness of the wicked come to an end, but establish the [uncompromisingly] righteous [those upright and in harmony with You]; for You, Who try the hearts and emotions and thinking powers, are a righteous God. [Rev. 2:23.]
10. My defense and shield depend on God, Who saves the upright in heart.
11. God is a righteous Judge, yes, a God Who is indignant every day.
12. If a man does not turn and repent, [God] will whet His sword; He has strung and bent His [huge] bow and made it ready [by treading it with His foot].
13. He has also prepared for him deadly weapons; He makes His arrows fiery shafts.
14. Behold, [the wicked man] conceives iniquity and is pregnant with mischief and gives birth to lies.
15. He made a pit and hollowed it out and has fallen into the hole which he made [before the trap was completed].
16. His mischief shall fall back in return upon his own head, and his violence come down [with the loose dirt] upon his own scalp.
17. I will give to the Lord the thanks due to His rightness and justice, and I will sing praise to the name of the Lord Most High.