10. Lord, confuse and confound their speech, for I see violence and strife in the city.
11. Day and night they make the rounds on her walls. Iniquity and mischief are within her.
12. Ruins are in her midst. Oppression and deceit never leave her square.
13. For if it were an enemy taunting me, I could endure it. If my foe was exalting himself over me, I could hide from him.
14. But it is you, a man like me— my companion and my close friend!
15. Together we enjoyed great fellowship. We used to walk with the throng in the House of God.
16. Let desolation come upon them, let them go down alive into Sheol— for evil is in their dwelling, among them.