Let the wicked fall into their own nets, while I alone escape.
So they hanged Haman on the gallows that he had prepared for Mordecai. Then the anger of the king abated.
Those who surround me lift up their heads; let the mischief of their lips overwhelm them!
Let ruin come on them unawares. And let the net that they hid ensnare them; let them fall in it—to their ruin.
The righteous are delivered from trouble, and the wicked get into it instead.