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