5. Let them be like husks blown by the windas the Messenger of the Lord chases them.
6. Let their path be dark and slipperyas the Messenger of the Lord pursues them.
7. For no reason they hid their net in a pit.For no reason they dug the pit ⌊to trap me⌋.
8. Let destruction surprise them.Let the net that they hid catch them.Let them fall into their own pit and be destroyed.
9. My soul will find joy in the Lordand be joyful about his salvation.
10. All my bones will say, “O Lord, who can compare with you?You rescue the weak person from the one who is too strong for himand weak and needy people from the one who robs them.”
11. Malicious people bring charges against me.They ask me things I know nothing about.
12. I am devastatedbecause they pay me back with evil instead of good.
13. But when they were sick, I wore sackcloth.I humbled myself with fasting.When my prayer returned unanswered,
14. I walked around as if I were mourning for my friend or my brother.I was bent over as if I were mourning for my mother.
15. Yet, when I stumbled,they rejoiced and gathered together.They gathered together against me.Unknown attackers tore me apart without stopping.