Let the proud be ashamed; for they transgressed against me unjustly; but I will meditate on Your commandments.

He has opened a pit, and dug it up, and he shall fall into the ditch which he has made.

For without cause they have hid for me their destructive snare; without a cause they have reproached my soul.

Let not the foot of pride come against me, and let not the hand of sinners move me.

But the perverse bears destruction upon his own mouth: a foolish man digs up evil for himself, and treasures fire on his own lips.

Forasmuch as evil is rewarded for good; for they have spoken words against my soul, and they have hidden the punishment they [meant] for me. Remember that I stood before Your face, to speak good concerning them, to turn away Your wrath from them.

For the end. Destroy not; by David, for a memorial. If you do indeed speak righteousness, [then] do you judge rightly, you sons of men?

For you work iniquities in [your] hearts in the earth; your hands plot unrighteousness.