May all who hate Zion be humiliated and turned back!

But those who are my enemies for no reason are numerous; those who hate me without cause outnumber me.

Do not let those who are my enemies for no reason gloat over me! Do not let those who hate me without cause carry out their wicked schemes!

All who hate me whisper insults about me to one another; they plan ways to harm me.

Show me evidence of your favor! Then those who hate me will see it and be ashamed, for you, O Lord, will help me and comfort me.

The prince who is a great oppressor lacks wisdom, but the one who hates unjust gain will prolong his days.

yet you hate what is good, and love what is evil. You flay my people’s skin and rip the flesh from their bones.

Those who hate me without cause are more numerous than the hairs of my head. Those who want to destroy me, my enemies for no reason, outnumber me. They make me repay what I did not steal!

But you choose from the people capable men, God-fearing, men of truth, those who hate bribes, and put them over the people as rulers of thousands, rulers of hundreds, rulers of fifties, and rulers of tens.

David said on that day, “Whoever attacks the Jebusites must approach the ‘lame’ and the ‘blind’ who are David’s enemies by going through the water tunnel.” For this reason it is said, “The blind and the lame cannot enter the palace.”