For strangers have risen up against me. Violent men have sought after my soul. They haven't set God before them. Selah.

Haven't you, God, rejected us? You do not go out with our armies, God.

Yes, you turn back the edge of his sword, and haven't supported him in battle.

Then are they glad, because they are at rest; and so he bringeth them unto the haven where they would be.

Haven't you rejected us, God? You do not go forth, God, with our armies.

Though the wicked lay a trap for me, I haven't wandered away from your precepts.

Many are my persecutors and my adversaries. I haven't swerved from your testimonies.

"Since my youth they have often persecuted me, yet they haven't defeated me.