When evildoerscameupon me to devourmy flesh,My adversariesand my enemies,they stumbledand fell.
"Manywill stumbleover them, Then they will falland be broken;They will even be snaredand caught."
They surroundedme like bees;They were extinguishedas a fireof thorns;In the nameof the LORDI will surelycutthem off.
Do allthe workersof wickednessnot know,Who eatup my people[as] they eatbread,[And] do not callupon the Lord?
When my enemiesturnback,They stumbleand perishbeforeYou.
Arise,O LORD;saveme, O my God!For You have smittenallmy enemieson the cheek;You have shatteredthe teethof the wicked.
"Whydo you persecuteme as God[does], And are not satisfiedwith my flesh?
For dogshave surroundedme; A bandof evildoershas encompassedme; They piercedmy handsand my feet.
The cordsof deathencompassedme, And the torrentsof ungodlinessterrifiedme.
"Have the menof my tentnot said,'Whocan findone who has not been satisfiedwith his meat'?
Havethe workersof wickednessnoknowledge,Who eatup My people[as though] they atebreadAnd have not calledupon God?
