Do not let my treacherous enemies gloat over me. Do not let those who hate me for no reason wink ⌞at me⌟.
Why have your emotions carried you away? Why do your eyes flash
They surround me with hateful words. They fight against me for no reason.
Influential people have persecuted me for no reason, but it is only your words that fill my heart with terror.
and my enemy will say, “I have overpowered him.” My opponents will rejoice because I have been shaken.
I trust you, O my God. Do not let me be put to shame. Do not let my enemies triumph over me.
Yet, when I stumbled, they rejoiced and gathered together. They gathered together against me. Unknown attackers tore me apart without stopping.
I said, “Do not let them gloat over me. When my foot slips, do not let them promote themselves at my expense.”
I am ready to fall. I am continually aware of my pain.
My mortal enemies are growing stronger. Many hate me for no reason.
They pay me back with evil instead of good, and they accuse me because I try to do what is good.
Those who hate me for no reason outnumber the hairs on my head. Those who want to destroy me are mighty. They have no reason to be my enemies. I am forced to pay back what I did not steal.
O God, you know my stupidity, and the things of which I am guilty are not hidden from you.
Whoever winks with his eye causes heartache. The one who talks foolishly will be thrown down headfirst.
He winks his eye, makes a signal with his foot, ⌞and⌟ points with his fingers.
“Those who were my enemies for no reason hunted me like a bird.
In this way what is written in their Scriptures has come true: ‘They hate me for no reason.’