6. Let their way be dark and slippery, and the angel of the Lord pursuing them.
7. For without cause have they hid for me their net in a pit, without cause have they digged a pit for my soul.
8. Let destruction come upon him at unawares; and let his net that he hath hid catch himself: with destruction let him fall therein.
9. And my soul shall be joyful in the Lord: it shall rejoice in his salvation.
10. All my bones shall say, Lord, who is like unto thee, which deliverest the poor from him that is too strong for him, yea, the poor and the needy from him that spoileth him?
11. Unrighteous witnesses rise up; they ask me of things that I know not.
12. They reward me evil for good, to the bereaving of my soul.
13. But as for me, when they were sick, my clothing was sackcloth: I afflicted my soul with fasting; and my prayer returned into mine own bosom.
14. I behaved myself as though it had been my friend or my brother: I bowed down mourning, as one that bewaileth his mother.
15. But when I halted they rejoiced, and gathered themselves together: the abjects gathered themselves together against me, and I knew it not; they did tear me, and ceased not:
16. Like the profane mockers in feasts, they gnashed upon me with their teeth.
17. Lord, how long wilt thou look on? rescue my soul from their destructions, my darling from the lions.
18. I will give thee thanks in the great congregation: I will praise thee among much people.
19. Let not them that are mine enemies wrongfully rejoice over me: neither let them wink with the eye that hate me without a cause.