⁸⁶ All your teachings are certain; they go after me with evil design; give me your help.

⁷⁸ Let the men of pride be shamed; because they have falsely given decision against me; but I will give thought to your orders.

¹⁹ Do not let my haters be glad over me falsely; let not those who are against me without cause make sport of me.

¹² But the law is holy, and its orders are holy, upright, and good.

¹³⁸ You have given your unchanging word in righteousness, and it is for ever.

²⁶ Give me help, O Lord my God; in your mercy be my saviour;

²⁰ Is evil to be the reward of good? for they have made a deep hole for my soul. Keep in mind how I took my place before you, to say a good word for them so that your wrath might be turned away from them.

⁹ O Lord, take me out of the hands of my haters; my soul is waiting for you.

⁴ Looking to my right side, I saw no man who was my friend: I had no safe place; no one had any care for my soul.

⁵ I have made my cry to you, O Lord; I have said, You are my safe place, and my heritage in the land of the living.

⁶ Give ear to my cry, for I am made very low: take me out of the hands of my haters, for they are stronger than I.

¹⁵¹ You are near, O Lord; and all your teachings are true.

¹⁴² Your righteousness is an unchanging righteousness, and your law is certain.

¹²⁸ Because of it I keep straight in all things by your orders; and I am a hater of every false way.

⁵ But I am poor and in need; come to me quickly, O God; you are my help and my saviour; let there be no waiting, O Lord.

³ For see, they are watching in secret for my soul; the strong have come together against me? but not because of my sin, or my evil-doing, O Lord.

⁴ For no sin of mine they go quickly and get themselves ready; be awake and come to my help, and see.

¹⁹ But they are strong who have hate for me without cause: those who are against me falsely are increased in numbers.

⁷ For without cause they have put a net ready for me secretly, in which to take my soul.

⁹ The fear of the Lord is clean, and has no end; the decisions of the Lord are true and full of righteousness.

¹ <Shiggaion of David; a song which he made to the Lord, about the words of Cush the Benjamite.> O Lord my God, I put my faith in you; take me out of the hands of him who is cruel to me, and make me free;

² So that he may not come rushing on my soul like a lion, wounding it, while there is no one to be my saviour.

³ O Lord my God, if I have done this; if my hands have done any wrong;

⁴ If I have given back evil to him who did evil to me, or have taken anything from him who was against me without cause;

⁵ Let my hater go after my soul and take it; let my life be crushed to the earth, and my honour into the dust. (Selah.)