All who want me dead set traps to catch me, and those who want to harm and destroy me plan and plot all day.
God has turned relatives and friends against me, and I am forgotten.
They are hungry lions hiding in the bushes, hoping to catch some helpless passer-by. They trap the poor in nets and drag them away.
Some merciless people are trying to trap me, but I never turn my back on your teachings.
Those proud people have hidden traps and nets to catch me as I walk.
Protect me from the traps of those violent people,
I am completely forgotten like someone dead. I am merely a broken dish.
They say hurtful things, and they lie to people who want to live in peace.
Let all who want to kill me be disappointed and disgraced. Chase away and confuse all who plan to harm me.
My vicious enemies ask me, “When will you die and be forgotten?”
Cruel strangers have attacked and want me dead. Not one of them cares about you.
My love for your house burns in me like a fire, and when others insulted you, they insulted me as well.
and I am almost blind because of my sorrow. Each day I lift my hands in prayer to you, LORD.
If you are poor, your own relatives reject you, and your friends are worse. When you really need them, they are not there.