My enemies are chasing me; they crushed me to the ground. They made me live in darkness like those long dead.
Joab said to him, “You saw him? Why didn’t you kill him and let him fall to the ground? I would have given you a belt and four ounces of silver!”
Abner again said to Asahel, “Stop chasing me! If you don’t stop, I’ll have to kill you! Then I won’t be able to face your brother Joab again!”
Listen to my cry, because I am helpless. Save me from those who are chasing me, because they are too strong for me.
Make those who want to kill me be ashamed and disgraced. Make those who plan to harm me turn back and run away.
Strangers turn against me, and cruel people want to kill me. They do not care about God.Selah
If I have, let my enemy chase me and capture me. Let him trample me into the dust and bury me in the ground.Selah
Lord, rise up in your anger; stand up against my enemies’ anger. Get up and demand fairness.
He made me sit in the dark, like those who have been dead a long time.
Then he said to me, “Human, these bones are like all the people of Israel. They say, ‘Our bones are dried up, and our hope has gone. We are destroyed.’
Enemy, don’t laugh at me. I have fallen, but I will get up again. I sit in the shadow of trouble now, but the Lord will be a light for me.