And those seeking my soul lay a snare, And those seeking my evil Have spoken mischievous things, And they do deceits meditate all the day.

For I said, “Don’t let them rejoice over me—
those who are arrogant toward me when I stumble.”

And mine enemies are lively, They have been strong, and those hating me without cause, Have been multiplied.

And those paying evil for good accuse me, Because of my pursuing good.

Look, you make my days short-lived, and my life span is nothing from your perspective. Surely all people, even those who seem secure, are nothing but vapor.

O the happiness of the man Who hath made Jehovah his trust, And hath not turned unto the proud, And those turning aside to lies.

Let those who seek to take my life
be disgraced and confounded.
Let those who wish me harm
be driven back and humiliated.

Let them be appalled because of their shame, those who say to me, "Aha! Aha!"

Let all those that seek thee rejoice and be glad in thee: let such as love thy salvation say continually, The LORD be magnified.

All those hating me whisper against me; they plot evil against me.

Let my soul be overflowing with grief when these things come back to my mind, how I went in company to the house of God, with the voice of joy and praise, with the song of those who were keeping the feast.

By you we push down our enemies; by your name we tread down those who rise up against us.

For Thou hast saved us from our adversaries, And those hating us Thou hast put to shame.

Thou causest us to turn backward from an adversary, And those hating us, Have spoiled for themselves.

You have made us a taunt to our neighbors, a derision and a scorn to those around us.

And the daughters of Tyre will be there with an offering; those who have wealth among the people will be looking for your approval.

Trembling seized them there, pains like those of a woman in labor,

High and low together, the poor, and those who have wealth.

What cause have I for fear in the days of evil, when the evil-doing of those who are working for my downfall is round about me?

Those trusting on their wealth, And in the multitude of their riches, Do shew themselves foolish.

The place of the dead is their house for ever, and their resting-place through all generations; those who come after them give their names to their lands.

This [is] the journey [of those who] have foolish [confidence], and those after them [who] accept their sayings. Selah

Gather my saints together unto me; those that have made a covenant with me by sacrifice.

If thou sawest a thief, and thou wilt run with him, and thy portion with those committing adultery.

I will teach those transgressing, thy ways, and those sinning shall turn back to thee.

Have not workers of iniquity known, Those eating my people have eaten bread, God they have not called.

They are absolutely terrified, even by things that do not normally cause fear. For God annihilates those who attack you. You are able to humiliate them because God has rejected them.

Lo, God is a helper to me, The Lord is with those supporting my soul,

May those who wait to ambush me be repaid for their evil! As a demonstration of your faithfulness, destroy them!

He safely redeems my life from [the] battle against me, because [those standing] against me are among many.

My friend acts violently
against those at peace with him;
he violates his covenant.

To the Chief Musician. Concerning the silent dove, those far off. Of David, a secret treasure, when the Philistines took him in Gath. Be merciful to me, O God, for man would swallow me up; fighting daily, he presses me down.

Those who anticipate my defeat attack me all day long. Indeed, many are fighting against me, O Exalted One.

He will send help from heaven to deliver me from those who harass and despise me. Interlude God will send his gracious love and truth.

My soul [is] among lions. I lie down [among those who] devour-- the children of humankind whose teeth [are] spears and arrows and whose tongues [are] sharp swords.

Deliver me from my enemies, O my God. Protect me from those who rise up against me.

Deliver me from those who practice sin,
and save me from men of bloodshed.

You, LORD God of the Heavenly Armies, God of Israel, stir yourself up to punish all the nations. Show no mercy to those wicked transgressors. Interlude

My God in His [steadfast] lovingkindness will meet me;
God will let me look triumphantly on my enemies [who lie in wait for me].

Give a safe place to those who have fear of you, where they may go in flight from before the bow. (Selah.)

Thou hast given to those fearing thee an ensign. To be lifted up as an ensign Because of truth. Selah.

Save with Your right hand, and answer me,
so that those You love may be rescued.

For you have been my secret place, and my high tower from those who made war on me.

For thou, O God, hast heard my vows: thou hast given me the heritage of those that fear thy name.

You will add days to the days of the king, his years like [those of] {many generations}.

But those that seek my soul, to destroy it, shall go into the lower parts of the earth.

And the king doth rejoice in God, Boast himself doth every one swearing by Him, But stopped is the mouth of those speaking lies!

O God, let the voice of my grief come to your ear: keep my life from the fear of those who are against me.

Hide me from [the] secret plots of evildoers, from [the] unrest of [those who] do iniquity,

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

By awesome deeds of righteousness, you answer us, God of our salvation. You who are the hope of all the ends of the earth, of those who are far away on the sea;

Even those living in the most remote areas are awestruck by your acts; you cause those living in the east and west to praise you.

those which my lips have uttered and my mouth has spoken in my trouble.

Then those living on earth will know what you are like; all nations will know how you deliver your people.

To the Overseer. -- A Psalm, a song of David. Rise doth God -- scattered are His enemies! And those hating Him flee from His face.

A father to those who have no father, a judge of the widows, is God in his holy place.

God setteth the solitary in families: he bringeth out those which are bound with chains: but the rebellious dwell in a dry land.

Those whose resting-place was there, even the poor, were comforted by your good things, O God.

The Lord gave the word: great was the company of those that published it.

Thou didst go up to height, thou didst take captive captivity: thou didst receive gifts in man, also those turning away, for Jehovah God to dwell.

Indeed God strikes the heads of his enemies, the hairy foreheads of those who persist in rebellion.

Singers went up front, those playing stringed instruments last, between [them] young women [playing] tambourines.

Rebuke the beast in the reeds,
the herd of bulls with the calves of the peoples.
Trample underfoot those with bars of silver.
Scatter the peoples who take pleasure in war.

Those hating me without cause Have been more than the hairs of my head, Mighty have been my destroyers, My lying enemies, That which I took not away -- I bring back.

Let not them that wait on thee, O Lord GOD of hosts, be ashamed for my sake: let not those that seek thee be confounded for my sake, O God of Israel.

because the zeal for your house has consumed me, and the reproaches of those reproaching you have fallen on me.

Those sitting at the gate meditate concerning me, And those drinking strong drink, Play on instruments.

Deliver me from the mire, and let me not sink, Let me be delivered from those hating me, And from deep places of waters.

Come near to my soul, for its salvation: be my saviour, because of those who are against me.

Reproach broke my heart, and I shall be ill at ease: and I shall hope for comforting, and none; and for those consoling, and I found not

Let their table become a snare before them; and to those at ease a trap.

For they persecute him whom thou hast smitten; and they talk to the grief of those whom thou hast wounded.

May they be blotted out of the book of life [and their lives come to an end]
And may they not be recorded with the righteous (those in right standing with God).

For the LORD listens to the needy and doesn't despise those in bondage.

And the seed of His servants inherit it, And those loving His name dwell in it!

Let them be disappointed and confounded who seek my soul. Let those who desire my ruin be turned back in disgrace.

Let those who say Aha, aha! be turned back as a reward of their shame.

Let all those who are looking for you be glad and have joy in you; let the lovers of your salvation ever say, May God be great.

For my haters are waiting secretly for me; and those who are watching for my soul are banded together in their evil designs,

Let those who say evil against my soul be overcome and put to shame; let my haters be made low and have no honour.

Now when I am old and grey-headed, O God, give me not up; till I have made clear your strength to this generation, and your power to all those to come.

My tongue will be talking of your righteousness all the day; for those whose purpose is to do me evil have been crushed and put to shame.

May he be a judge of the poor among the people, may he give salvation to the children of those who are in need; by him let the violent be crushed.

Let those who are against him go down before him; and let his haters be low in the dust.

He will have pity on the poor, and be the saviour of those who are in need.

May there be an abundance of grain in the land [even] on [the] top of [the] mountains. May his crop sway like the [trees of] Lebanon, and may [those] from [the] city blossom like the grass of the earth.

Surely God is good to Israel, to those pure of heart.

For I envied those who are proud, as I observed the prosperity of the wicked.

Take a good look! This is what the wicked are like, those who always have it so easy and get richer and richer.

For those who are far away from you will come to destruction: you will put an end to all those who have not kept faith with you.

Those who are opposing you roar where we were meeting with you; they unfurl their war banners as signs.

They are known [to be] like [those who] {wield} axes in a thicket of trees.

O God, how long will those who are against us say cruel things? will the hater go on looking down on your name for ever?

Thou didst break in pieces the heads of leviathan, thou gavest him to be meat to those that people the desert.

Keep in mind the voice of your haters; the outcry of those who come against you goes up every day.

To you, O God, we give praise, to you we give praise: and those who give honour to your name make clear your works of power.

Make vows to the Lord your God and repay them! Let all those who surround him bring tribute to the awesome one!

He also drove out the nations before the sons of Israel
And allotted their land as an inheritance, measured out and partitioned;
And He had the tribes of Israel dwell in their tents [the tents of those who had been dispossessed].

From those bringing up to care for Jacob his people and for Israel his inheritance.

We have become a taunt to our neighbors, a derision and a scorn to those around us.