8. Let destruction come upon him at unawares, and let his net that he has hid catch himself; into that very destruction let him fall.
9. And my soul shall be joyful in the Lord; it shall rejoice in his saving health.
10. All my bones shall say, Lord, who is like unto thee, who delivers the poor from him that is too strong for him, yea, the poor and the needy from him that spoils him?
11. False witnesses rose up; they laid to my charge things that I knew not.
12. They rewarded me evil for good until my soul was alone.
13. But as for me, when they were sick, my clothing was sackcloth; I humbled my soul with fasting, and my prayer rose up in my bosom.
14. I behaved myself as though he had been my friend or brother; I bowed down heavily, as one that mourns for his mother.
15. But in my adversity they rejoiced and gathered themselves together; yea, the smiters gathered themselves together against me, and I knew it not; they tore me apart and did not cease:
16. With immature hypocritical mockers, they gnashed upon me with their teeth.
17. Lord, how long wilt thou look on? Restore my soul from their destructions, my life from the lions.