19. Pay attention to me, Lord;listen to what my enemies are saying.
20. Should evil be returned for good?Yet they have set traps for me.Remember that I stood before you,begging you to be mercifuland not to punish them.
21. Enough! Let their children starve;let them die by the sword.Let their wives be barren widows;let their men be slaughteredand their youth struck down in battle.
22. Let screams be heard from their homeswhen you suddenly bring armies against them.They have dug a pit to capture me,set traps for my feet.
23. But you, Lord, you knowall their sinister plots to kill me.Don’t overlook their wrongdoing;don’t cleanse their sin from before you.May they stumble before you;when you become angry, do something about them.