Let the wicked fall into their own nets, while I escape.

He divided the sea and led them across it; he made the water stand in a heap.

You set up a boundary for them that they could not cross, so that they would not cover the earth again.

the birds in the sky, the fish in the sea and everything that moves through the currents of the seas.

He remembered that they were made of flesh, and were like a wind that blows past and does not return.

but when the hot wind blows by, it disappears, and one can no longer even spot the place where it once grew.

until the time when his prediction came true. The Lord’s word proved him right.

From the brightness in front of him came hail and fiery coals.

Commit your future to the Lord! Trust in him, and he will act on your behalf.

Wait patiently for the Lord! Wait confidently for him! Do not fret over the apparent success of a sinner, a man who carries out wicked schemes!

They will perish, but you will endure. They will wear out like a garment; like clothes you will remove them and they will disappear.

For my days go up in smoke, and my bones are charred like a fireplace.

Hear my prayer, O Lord! Listen to my cry for help! Do not ignore my sobbing! For I am dependent on you, like one residing outside his native land; I am at your mercy, just as all my ancestors were.

Their prosperity causes them to do wrong; their thoughts are sinful.

It said: “I removed the burden from his shoulder; his hands were released from holding the basket.

Your anger overwhelms me; your terrors destroy me.

My days are coming to an end, and I am withered like grass.

Let them be like a snail that melts away as it moves along! Let them be like stillborn babies that never see the sun!

The Lord judges the nations. Vindicate me, Lord, because I am innocent, because I am blameless, O Exalted One!

He waits in ambush near the villages; in hidden places he kills the innocent. His eyes look for some unfortunate victim.