They have surrounded me with words of hatred, And they attack me without a cause.
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.
For without cause they hid their net for me; Without cause they dug a pit for my life.
They surrounded me like water all day long; They close in upon me altogether.
For they do not speak peace, But they devise words of deceit Against the peaceable ones of the land.
“Ephrayim has surrounded Me with lying, and the house of Yisra’ĕ
Many bulls have surrounded Me; Strong ones of Bashan have encircled Me.
They have now surrounded us in our steps, They set their eyes to cast us to the ground,
Aḇ
And he said, “Why is this that my master is pursuing his servant? For what have I done, or what evil is in my hand?
Let not my lying enemies rejoice over me; Or those who hate me without cause wink their eyes.