8. Let sho'ah (disaster) come upon him unawares; and let his own reshet (net) that he hath hid ensnare him; into that very sho'ah let him fall.
9. And my nefesh shall rejoice in Hashem; it shall be joyful in His Yeshuah (salvation).
10. All my atzmot shall say, Hashem, mi khamocha (who is like Thee), Who deliverest the oni (poor) from him that is too strong for him, yes, the oni and the evyon (needy) from him that despoileth him?
11. Edei chamas (witnesses of violence, false witnesses) rise up; they lay to my charge things, questioning me of that which I have no da'as.
12. They repay me ra'ah for tovah to the forlornness of my nefesh.
13. But as for me, when they were choleh (ill), my clothing was sackcloth; I humbled my nefesh with tzom (fasting); and my tefillah (prayer) turned back on mine own kheyk (bosom).
14. I went about as though he had been my re'a or ach; I bowed in sadness, as one that mourneth for his em.
15. But at mine stumbling they rejoiced, and gathered themselves together; yes, the attackers gathered themselves together against me, and I had no da'as; they did tear at me [with slander], and ceased not:
16. Like chanef (hypocritical) mockers at cake, they gnashed upon me with their teeth.
17. Adonoi, how long wilt Thou look on? Rescue my nefesh from their destructions, my yechidah (only one, my life) from the lions.
18. I will give Thee thanks in the kahal rav (great congregation); I will praise Thee among the mighty throng.
19. Let not them that are mine oyevim gloat over me; neither let them wink with the eye that have sinas chinom (baseless hatred) toward me.
20. For they speak not shalom, but they scheme divrei mirmot (deceitful matters) against the rigei eretz (them that are quiet in the land).
21. Yea, they opened their mouth wide against me, and said, Aha, aha, our eye hath seen it.
22. This Thou hast seen, Hashem; keep not silent; Adonoi, be not far from me.