¹⁰ Let the sinners be taken in the nets which they themselves have put down, while I go free.

⁸ Let destruction come on them without their knowledge; let them be taken themselves in their secret nets, falling into the same destruction.

¹⁰ So Haman was put to death by hanging him on the pillar he had made for Mordecai. Then the king's wrath became less.

¹⁵ He has made a hole deep in the earth, and is falling into the hole which he has made

¹⁶ His wrongdoing will come back to him, and his violent behaviour will come down on his head.

¹⁴ The evil-doers have taken out their swords, their bows are bent; for crushing the poor, and to put to death those who are upright in their ways.

¹⁵ But their swords will be turned into their hearts, and their bows will be broken.

⁷ But God sends out an arrow against them; suddenly they are wounded.

⁸ The evil of their tongues is the cause of their fall; all those who see them are shaking their heads at them.

⁹ As for those who come round me, let their heads be covered by the evil of their lips.

⁸ The upright man is taken out of trouble, and in his place comes the sinner.