8. Meet him doth desolation--he knoweth not, And his net that he hid catcheth him, For desolation he falleth into it.
9. And my soul is joyful in Jehovah, It rejoiceth in His salvation.
10. All my bones say, `Jehovah, who is like Thee, Delivering the poor from the stronger than he, And the poor and needy from his plunderer.'
11. Violent witnesses rise up, That which I have not known they ask me.
12. They pay me evil for good, bereaving my soul,
13. And I--in their sickness my clothing [is] sackcloth, I have humbled with fastings my soul, And my prayer unto my bosom returneth.
14. As [if] a friend, as [if] my brother, I walked habitually, As a mourner for a mother, Mourning I have bowed down.
15. And--in my halting they have rejoiced, And have been gathered together, Gathered against me were the smiters, And I have not known, They have rent, and they have not ceased;
16. With profane ones, mockers in feasts, Gnashing against me their teeth.
17. Lord, how long dost thou behold? Keep back my soul from their desolations, From young lions my only one.