The cords of the wrong have surrounded me, Your Torah I have not forgotten.
I have strayed like a lost sheep; Seek Your servant, For I have not forgotten Your commands.
“And as bands of robbers lie in wait for a man, so the company of priests murder on the way to Sheḵ
Do not say, “Let me do to him as he did to me; I repay each according to his work.”
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.
The wrong have waited for me to destroy me; I understand Your witnesses.
O יהוה, how my adversaries have increased! Many rising up against me.
While he was still speaking, another also came and said, “The Chaldeans formed three bands, and made a raid on the camels and took them away, and they smote the servants with the edge of the sword. And I alone have escaped to inform you!”
I delight myself in Your laws; I do not forget Your word.
