Those who seek my life lay snares for me; they seek my misfortune, they speak of ruin; they plot treachery every day.
The wicked have set snares for me, but from your precepts I do not stray.
I said, “I will watch my ways, lest I sin with my tongue; I will keep a muzzle on my mouth.”
From all my sins deliver me; let me not be the taunt of fools.
Though harshly treated, he submitted and did not open his mouth; Like a lamb led to slaughter or a sheep silent before shearers, he did not open his mouth.
When he was insulted, he returned no insult; when he suffered, he did not threaten; instead, he handed himself over to the one who judges justly.