Let the enemy pursue my soul and overtake it;
And let him trample my life down to the ground
And lay my glory in the dust. Selah.

They have now surrounded us in our steps;
They set their eyes to cast us down to the ground.

May He grant you your heart’s desire
And fulfill all your counsel!

They have burned Your sanctuary to the ground;
They have defiled the dwelling place of Your name.

You cleared the ground before it,
And it took deep root and filled the land.

Who were destroyed at En-dor,
Who became as dung for the ground.

Show us Your lovingkindness, O Lord,
And grant us Your salvation.

Turn to me, and be gracious to me;
Oh grant Your strength to Your servant,
And save the son of Your handmaid.

You have made his splendor to cease
And cast his throne to the ground.

That You may grant him relief from the days of adversity,
Until a pit is dug for the wicked.

You send forth Your Spirit, they are created;
And You renew the face of the ground.

And ate up all vegetation in their land,
And ate up the fruit of their ground.

He changes rivers into a wilderness
And springs of water into a thirsty ground;

Remove the false way from me,
And graciously grant me Your law.

“Do not grant, O Lord, the desires of the wicked;
Do not promote his evil device, that they not be exalted. Selah.

For the enemy has persecuted my soul;
He has crushed my life to the ground;
He has made me dwell in dark places, like those who have long been dead.

Teach me to do Your will,
For You are my God;
Let Your good Spirit lead me on level ground.

The Lord supports the afflicted;
He brings down the wicked to the ground.