9. Oh, let the evil of the wicked come to an end,and may you establish the righteous—you who test the minds and hearts,O righteous God!
10. My shield is with God,who saves the upright in heart.
11. God is a righteous judge,and a God who feels indignation every day.
12. If a man does not repent, God will whet his sword;he has bent and readied his bow;
13. he has prepared for him his deadly weapons,making his arrows fiery shafts.
14. Behold, the wicked man conceives eviland is pregnant with mischiefand gives birth to lies.
15. He makes a pit, digging it out,and falls into the hole that he has made.
16. His mischief returns upon his own head,and on his own skull his violence descends.
17. I will give to the Lord the thanks due to his righteousness,and I will sing praise to the name of the Lord, the Most High.