who make evil plans, who always start fights.
They wait. They hide. They watch my steps, hoping to kill me.
At night they make evil plans; what they do leads to nothing good. They don’t refuse things that are evil.
Someone has come from Nineveh who makes evil plans against the Lord and gives wicked advice.
They burn like an oven; their hearts burn inside them. All night long their anger is low, but when morning comes, it becomes a roaring fire.
Those who plan evil are full of lies, but those who plan peace are happy.
When I talk peace, they want war.
How long will you attack someone? Will all of you kill that person? Who is like a leaning wall, like a fence ready to fall?
Some people set traps to kill me. Those who want to hurt me plan trouble; all day long they think up lies.
They made evil plans against you, but their traps won’t work.
Look, they are waiting to ambush me. Cruel people attack me, but I have not sinned or done wrong, Lord.
