8. Let destruction come upon him 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 salvation.
10. All my bones shall say, LORD, who is like unto you, who delivers the poor from him that is too strong for him, yea, the poor and the needy from him that plunders him?
11. False witnesses did rise up; they laid to my charge things that I knew not.
12. They rewarded me evil for good to the sorrow of my soul.
13. But as for me, when they were sick, my clothing was sackcloth: I humbled my soul with fasting; and my prayer returned into my own 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 attackers gathered themselves together against me, and I knew it not; they did tear me, and ceased not:
16. With hypocritical mockers at feasts, they gnashed upon me with their teeth.
17. Lord, how long will you look on? rescue my soul from their destructions, my precious life from the lions.
18. I will give you thanks in the great congregation: I will praise you among many people.
19. Let not them that are my enemies wrongfully rejoice over me: neither let them wink with the eye that hate me without a cause.
20. For they speak not peace: but they devise deceitful matters against them that are quiet in the land.
21. Yea, they opened their mouth wide against me, and said, Aha, aha, our eye has seen it.
22. This you have seen, O LORD: keep not silence: O LORD, be not far from me.
23. Stir up yourself, and awake to my defense, even unto my cause, my God and my Lord.
24. Judge me, O LORD my God, according to your righteousness; and let them not rejoice over me.
25. Let them not say in their hearts, Ah, so would we have it: let them not say, We have swallowed him up.
26. Let them be ashamed and brought to confusion together that rejoice at my hurt: let them be clothed with shame and dishonor that magnify themselves against me.
27. Let them shout for joy, and be glad, that favor my righteous cause: yea, let them say continually, Let the LORD be magnified, who has pleasure in the prosperity of his servant.
28. And my tongue shall speak of your righteousness and of your praise all the day long.