Let not those rejoice over me who are wrongfully my foes, and let not those wink the eye who hate me without cause.
More in number than the hairs of my head are those who hate me without cause; mighty are those who would destroy me, those who attack me with lies. What I did not steal must I now restore?
But the word that is written in their Law must be fulfilled: ‘They hated me without a cause.’
winks with his eyes, signals with his feet, points with his finger,
But my foes are vigorous, they are mighty, and many are those who hate me wrongfully.
lest my enemy say, “I have prevailed over him,” lest my foes rejoice because I am shaken.
Whoever winks the eye causes trouble, and a babbling fool will come to ruin.
For I said, “Only let them not rejoice over me, who boast against me when my foot slips!”
“I have been hunted like a bird by those who were my enemies without cause;
Princes persecute me without cause, but my heart stands in awe of your words.
They encircle me with words of hate, and attack me without cause.
But at my stumbling they rejoiced and gathered; they gathered together against me; wretches whom I did not know tore at me without ceasing;
O my God, in you I trust; let me not be put to shame; let not my enemies exult over me.
Why does your heart carry you away, and why do your eyes flash,
For I am ready to fall, and my pain is ever before me.
Those who render me evil for good accuse me because I follow after good.
O God, you know my folly; the wrongs I have done are not hidden from you.