² In the pride of the wicked the poor is hotly pursued; Let them be taken in the devices that they have conceived.

¹⁶ His mischief shall return upon his own head, And his violence shall come down upon his own pate.

² then spake Azariah the son of Hoshaiah, and Johanan the son of Kareah, and all the proud men, saying unto Jeremiah, Thou speakest falsely: Jehovah our God hath not sent thee to say, Ye shall not go into Egypt to sojourn there;

¹⁶ They that see thee shall gaze at thee, they shall consider thee, `saying', Is this the man that made the earth to tremble, that did shake kingdoms;

¹³ And thou saidst in thy heart, I will ascend into heaven, I will exalt my throne above the stars of God; and I will sit upon the mount of congregation, in the uttermost parts of the north;

¹² Wherefore it shall come to pass, that, when the Lord hath performed his whole work upon mount Zion and on Jerusalem, I will punish the fruit of the stout heart of the king of Assyria, and the glory of his high looks.

¹³ For he hath said, By the strength of my hand I have done it, and by my wisdom; for I have understanding: and I have removed the bounds of the peoples, and have robbed their treasures, and like a valiant man I have brought down them that sit `on thrones':

²² His own iniquities shall take the wicked, And he shall be holden with the cords of his sin.

⁵ The proud have hid a snare for me, and cords; They have spread a net by the wayside; They have set gins for me. Selah

¹²² Be surety for thy servant for good: Let not the proud oppress me.

⁸⁵ The proud have digged pits for me, Who are not according to thy law.

⁶⁹ The proud have forged a lie against me: With my whole heart will I keep thy precepts.

⁵ Oh that my ways were established To observe thy statutes!

¹² `For' the sin of their mouth, `and' the words of their lips, Let them even be taken in their pride, And for cursing and lying which they speak.

¹¹ Let not the foot of pride come against me, And let not the hand of the wicked drive me away.

¹⁸ Let the lying lips be dumb, Which speak against the righteous insolently, With pride and contempt.

¹⁵ The nations are sunk down in the pit that they made: In the net which they hid is their own foot taken.

¹⁶ Jehovah hath made himself known, he hath executed judgment: The wicked is snared in the work of his own hands. Higgaion. Selah

¹¹ Now I know that Jehovah is greater than all gods; yea, in the thing wherein they dealt proudly against them.

¹⁷ As yet exaltest thou thyself against my people, that thou wilt not let them go?