The arrogant have dug pitfalls for me; they flout your law.
Let the arrogant be put to shame, for they have subverted me with guile; as for me, I will meditate on your precepts.
For without cause they hid their net for me; without cause they dug a pit for my life.
Do not let the foot of the arrogant tread on me or the hand of the wicked drive me away.
They make a pit, digging it out, and fall into the hole that they have made.
Scoundrels concoct evil, and their speech is like a scorching fire.
Is evil a recompense for good? Yet they have dug a pit for my life. Remember how I stood before you to speak good for them, to turn away your wrath from them.
May a cry be heard from their houses when you bring the marauder suddenly upon them! For they have dug a pit to catch me and laid snares for my feet.