⁵ Every day they wrest my words: all their thoughts are against me for evil.

⁴ My soul is among lions: and I lie even among them that are set on fire, even the sons of men, whose teeth are spears and arrows, and their tongue a sharp sword.

⁶ They have prepared a net for my steps; my soul is bowed down: they have digged a pit before me, into the midst whereof they are fallen themselves. Selah.

⁴ They only consult to cast him down from his excellency: they delight in lies: they bless with their mouth, but they curse inwardly. Selah.

⁴ They that hate me without a cause are more than the hairs of mine head: they that would destroy me, being mine enemies wrongfully, are mighty: then I restored that which I took not away.

⁹ For the zeal of thine house hath eaten me up; and the reproaches of them that reproached thee are fallen upon me.

¹⁰ For mine enemies speak against me; and they that lay wait for my soul take counsel together,

⁸ Mine enemies reproach me all the day; and they that are mad against me are sworn against me.

⁸ Mine enemies reproach me all the day; and they that are mad against me are sworn against me.