He concocts his secret strategy to divide and harm others, stirring up trouble one against another.
They lurk in the dark, waiting, spying on my movements in secret to take me by surprise, ready to take my life.
They lie awake at night to hatch their evil plots, always planning their schemes of darkness, and never once do they consider the evil of their ways.
Deception fills the hearts of those who plot harm, but those who plan for peace are filled with joy.
I speak words of peace while they speak words of war, but they refuse to listen.
But look at these who want me dead, shouting their vicious threats at me! The moment they discover my weakness, they all begin plotting to take me down.
Meanwhile my enemies are out to kill me, plotting my ruin, speaking of my doom as they spend every waking moment planning how to finish me off.
We will watch them fail, for these are the ones who plan their evil schemes against the Lord.
See how they set an ambush for my life. They’re fierce men ready to launch their attack against me. O Lord, I’m innocent; protect me!