<p class="lamhebrew">&#1511; (<i>Qofi>)p> <p class="poetry">Those who pursued us were swifterp> <p class="poetry">than eagles<n id="1" /> in the sky.<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">They chased us over the mountains;p> <p class="poetry">they ambushed us in the wilderness.p>

<p class="poetry">For look, they wait to ambush me;<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">powerful men stalk<n id="2" /> me,p> <p class="poetry">but not because I have rebelled or sinned, O <sc>Lordsc>.<n id="3" />p>

<p class="poetry">Their tongues are like deadly arrows.<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">They are always telling lies.<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">Friendly words for their neighbors come from their mouths.p> <p class="poetry">But their minds are thinking up ways to trap them.<n id="3" />p>