An evil man seeks only rebellion; therefore a cruel messenger shall be sent against him.

So they hanged Haman on the gallows that he had prepared for Mordecai. Then the king's wrath was pacified.

He has excavated a cistern and dug it, and has fallen into the pit which he made.

His trouble shall return upon his own head, and his violence shall come down upon his own crown.

The nations have sunk down in the pit that they made; their own foot is caught in the net which they hid.

Jehovah is known. He has executed judgment; the wicked is snared in the work of his own hands. Higgaion. Selah.

The wicked in his pride persecutes the lowly; let them be caught in the plots that they have devised.

They have prepared a net for my steps; my soul is bowed down; they have dug a pit before me, they have fallen into it. Selah.