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.

Lo! as hand-breadths, hast thou granted my days, and my life-time, is as nothing before thee, - Surely, a mere breath, are all men, even such as stand firm. Selah.

Sacrifice and meal offering You do not desire, nor do You delight in them;
You have opened my ears and given me the capacity to hear [and obey Your word];
Burnt offerings and sin offerings You do not require.

Only -- vanity are the low, a lie the high. In balances to go up they than vanity are lighter.

Thou broughtest us into a net, thou didst lay a heavy burden upon our loins;

If I have said, 'I recount thus,' Lo, a generation of Thy sons I have deceived.

Let the money-lender lay a snare for all that is his; and let strangers take the fruit of his labor.

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

Lo, as eyes of men-servants Are unto the hand of their masters, As eyes of a maid-servant Are unto the hand of her mistress, So are our eyes unto Jehovah our God, Till that He doth favour us.

Lo, an inheritance of Jehovah are sons, A reward is the fruit of the womb.