5. Let them be as chaff before the wind, and let the angel of Jehovah drive them away;
6. Let their way be dark and slippery, and let the angel of Jehovah pursue them.
7. For without cause have they hidden for me their net in a pit; without cause they have digged it for my soul.
8. Let destruction come upon him unawares, and let his net which he hath hidden catch himself: for destruction let him fall therein.
9. And my soul shall be joyful in Jehovah; it shall rejoice in his salvation.
10. All my bones shall say, Jehovah, who is like unto thee, who deliverest the afflicted from one stronger than he, yea, the afflicted and the needy from him that spoileth him!
11. Unrighteous witnesses rise up; they lay to my charge things which I know not.
12. They reward me evil for good, to the bereavement of my soul.
13. But as for me, when they were sick, my clothing was sackcloth; I chastened my soul with fasting, and my prayer returned into mine own bosom:
14. I behaved myself as though he had been a friend, a brother to me; I bowed down in sadness, as one that mourneth for a mother.