The LORDhas madeHimself known;He has executedjudgment.In the workof his own handsthe wickedis snared.HiggaionSelah.
"Now,O LORDour God,I pray,deliverus from his handthat allthe kingdomsof the earthmay knowthat You alone,O LORD,are God."
"A snareseizes[him] by the heel,[And] a trapsnapsshuton him.
Upon the wickedHe will rainsnares;Fireand brimstoneand burningwindwill be the portionof their cup.
"As for the headof those who surroundme, May the mischiefof their lipscoverthem.
Let the wordsof my mouthand the meditationof my heartBe acceptablein Your sight,O LORD,my rockand my Redeemer.
Let MountZionbe glad,Let the daughtersof JudahrejoiceBecauseof Your judgments.
Giveearto my words,O LORD,Considermy groaning.
His mischiefwill returnupon his own head,And his violencewill descendupon his own pate.
With the ten-stringedlute and with the harp,With resoundingmusicupon the lyre.
As Pharaohdrewnear,the sonsof Israellooked,and behold,the Egyptianswere marchingafterthem, and they becameveryfrightened;so the sonsof Israelcriedout to the LORD.
When Israelsawthe greatpowerwhichthe LORDhad usedagainst the Egyptians,the peoplefearedthe LORD,and they believedin the LORDand in His servantMoses.
"Thus I will hardenPharaoh'sheart,and he will chaseafterthem; and I will be honoredthrough Pharaohand allhis army,and the Egyptianswill knowthat I am the LORD."And they didso.
"The Egyptiansshall knowthat I am the LORD,when I stretchout My handon Egyptand bringout the sonsof Israelfrom their midst."
An evilmanis ensnaredby the transgressionof his lips,But the righteouswill escapefrom trouble.
[If] you have been snaredwith the wordsof your mouth,Have been caughtwith the wordsof your mouth,
So the wordof the LORDto them will be, "Orderon order,orderon order,Lineon line,lineon line,A littlehere,a littlethere,"That they may goand stumblebackward,be broken,snaredand takencaptive.
"Manywill stumbleover them, Then they will falland be broken;They will even be snaredand caught."
ThenDariusthe kingwroteto allthe peoples,nationsand [men of every] languagewhowere livingin allthe land:"May your peaceabound!
Adoni-bezeksaid,"Seventykingswith their thumbsand their bigtoescutoffused to gatherup [scraps] undermy table;as I have done,soGodhas repaidme." So they broughthim to Jerusalemand he diedthere.
"Thisdaythe LORDwill deliveryou up into my hands,and I will strikeyou downand removeyour headfrom you. And I will givethe deadbodiesof the armyof the Philistinesthisdayto the birdsof the skyand the wildbeastsof the earth,that allthe earthmay knowthat thereis a Godin Israel,