² In arrogance, the wicked hunt down the weak; They are caught in the schemes that they devise.

¹⁶ The trouble he causes shall return to his own head. His violence shall come down on the crown of his own head.

² then spoke Azariah the son of Hoshaiah, and Johanan the son of Kareah, and all the proud men, saying to Jeremiah, You speak falsely: Yahweh our God has not sent you to say, You shall not go into Egypt to sojourn there;

¹⁶ Those who see you shall gaze at you, they shall consider you, [saying], "Is this the man who made the earth to tremble, who shook kingdoms;

¹³ You said in your heart, I will ascend into heaven, I will exalt my throne above the stars of God; and I will sit on the mountain of congregation, in the uttermost parts of the north;

¹² Therefore it shall happen that, when the Lord has performed his whole work on 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 has 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 those who sit [on thrones]:

²² The evil deeds of the wicked ensnare him. The cords of his sin hold him firmly.

⁵ The proud have hidden a snare for me, They have spread the cords of a net by the path. They have set traps for me. Selah.

¹²² Ensure your servant's well-being. Don't let the proud oppress me.

⁸⁵ The proud have dug pits for me, Contrary to your law.

⁶⁹ The proud have smeared a lie upon me. With my whole heart, I will keep your precepts.

⁵ Oh that my ways were steadfast To obey your statutes!

¹² For the sin of their mouth, and the words of their lips, Let them be caught in their pride, For the curses and lies which they utter.

¹¹ Don't let the foot of pride come against me. Don't let the hand of the wicked drive me away.

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

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

¹⁶ Yahweh has made himself known. He has executed judgment. The wicked is snared by the work of his own hands. Meditation. Selah.

¹¹ Now I know that Yahweh is greater than all gods because of the thing in which they dealt arrogantly against them."

¹⁷ as you still exalt yourself against my people, that you won't let them go.