My enemies hunted me down Like a bird, without cause.
They have surrounded me with words of hatred, And they attack me without a cause.
In יהוה I have taken refuge; Why do you say to me, “Flee to your mountain like a bird”?
Rulers have persecuted me without a cause, But at Your word my heart stood in awe.
Our being has escaped like a bird From the snare of the trappers; The snare was broken, and we have escaped.
Let not my lying enemies rejoice over me; Or those who hate me without cause wink their eyes.
For without cause they hid their net for me; Without cause they dug a pit for my life.
Those who hate me without a cause Are more than the hairs of my head; They are mighty who would destroy me, My lying enemies; What I did not steal, I restored.
And Yirmeyahu said to Tsiḏ
My eye pains my being Because of all the daughters of my city.
but...that the word might be filled which was written in their Torah, ‘They hated Me without a cause.’