In arrogance the wrongdoer hotly pursues the poor; They are caught by the schemes which they devised.
Because he did not remember to show kindness, But persecuted the poor and needy man; And the broken-hearted, to put to death.
Guarantee Your servant’s well-being; Let not the proud oppress me.
Oh, that my ways were established To guard Your laws!
The proud have forged a lie against me, With all my heart I observe Your orders.
The proud have dug pits for me, Which is not according to Your Torah.
The proud have hidden a trap for me, and cords; They have spread a net by the wayside; They have set snares for me. Selah.
Let lips of falsehood be stilled, Which speak recklessly against the righteous, With pride and scorn.
Let not the foot of pride come against me, And the hand of the wrong drive me away.
The sin of their mouth is the words of their lips, And they are captured in their pride, And for the cursing and lying they utter.
His trouble turns back upon his own head, And his wrongdoing comes down on the top of his head.
“Now I know that יהוה is greater than all the mighty ones, indeed in the matter in which they acted proudly, above them.”
“You still exalt yourself against My people in that you do not let them go!
The wrong one is entrapped In his own crookednesses, And he is caught in the cords of his sin.
“For you have said in your heart, ‘Let me go up to the heavens, let me raise my throne above the stars of Ě
“Those who see you stare at you, and ponder over you, saying, ‘Is this the man who made the earth tremble, who shook reigns,
that Azaryah son of Hoshayah, and Yoḥ