“Let us tear their fetters apart
And cast away their cords from us!”

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

Upon You I was cast from birth;
You have been my God from my mother’s womb.

They divide my garments among them,
And for my clothing they cast lots.

The wicked have drawn the sword and bent their bow
To cast down the afflicted and the needy,
To slay those who are upright in conduct.

Vindicate me, O God, and plead my case against an ungodly nation;
O deliver me from the deceitful and unjust man!

“For you hate discipline,
And you cast My words behind you.

“These things you have done and I kept silence;
You thought that I was just like you;
I will reprove you and state the case in order before your eyes.

Do not cast me away from Your presence
And do not take Your Holy Spirit from me.

Cast your burden upon the Lord and He will sustain you;
He will never allow the righteous to be shaken.

Because of wickedness, cast them forth,
In anger put down the peoples, O God!

Do not cast me off in the time of old age;
Do not forsake me when my strength fails.

Surely You set them in slippery places;
You cast them down to destruction.

At Your rebuke, O God of Jacob,
Both rider and horse were cast into a dead sleep.

But You have cast off and rejected,
You have been full of wrath against Your anointed.

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

Because of Your indignation and Your wrath,
For You have lifted me up and cast me away.

Therefore He swore to them
That He would cast them down in the wilderness,

And that He would cast their seed among the nations
And scatter them in the lands.

“May burning coals fall upon them;
May they be cast into the fire,
Into deep pits from which they cannot rise.