Strangers turn against me, and cruel people want to kill me. They do not care about God.Selah
I keep the Lord before me always. Because he is close by my side, I will not be hurt.
May he send you help from his Temple and support you from Mount Zion.
Evil people have surrounded me; like dogs they have trapped me. They have bitten my arms and legs.
Sin speaks to the wicked in their hearts. They have no fear of God.
People are trying to kill me. Shame them and disgrace them. People want to hurt me. Let them run away in disgrace.
God, defend me. Argue my case against those who don’t follow you. Save me from liars and those who do evil.
Don’t the wicked understand? They destroy my people as if they were eating bread. They do not ask God for help.
I am like a stranger to my closest relatives and a foreigner to my mother’s children.
God, proud people are attacking me; a gang of cruel people is trying to kill me. They do not respect you.
They will do this because they have not known the Father and they have not known me.