9. It is better to take refuge in Yahweh than to trust princes.
10. All nations surrounded me. In the name of Yahweh I opposed them indeed.
11. They surrounded me; yes, they surrounded me. In the name of Yahweh I opposed them indeed.
12. They surrounded me like bees; they were extinguished like a fire of thorns. In the name of Yahweh I opposed them indeed.
13. You pushed me hard to make me fall, but Yahweh helped me.
14. Yah is my strength and my song, and he has become my salvation.
15. The sound of rejoicing and salvation is in the tents of the righteous; the right hand of Yahweh has done valiantly.
16. The right hand of Yahweh has exalted; the right hand of Yahweh has done valiantly.
17. I will not die but live, and tell of the works of Yah.
18. Yah has disciplined me severely, but he did not consign me to death.