1. Plead my cause, O Lord, with those that strive with me; fight against those that fight against me.
2. Take hold of shield and buckler, and stand up in my help.
3. Draw out also the spear, and stop the way against those that persecute me; say unto my soul; I am thy saving health.
4. Let them be confounded and put to shame that seek after my soul; let them be turned back and brought to confusion that devise my hurt.
5. Let them be as chaff before the wind, and let the angel of the Lord chase them.
6. Let their way be dark and slippery, and let the angel of the Lord persecute them.
7. For without cause they have hid their net for me in a pit, which without cause they have dug for my soul.
8. Let destruction come upon him at unawares, and let his net that he has hid catch himself; into that very destruction let him fall.