May the arrogant be put to shame for subverting me with a lie; I will meditate on Your precepts.
Though rulers sit and slander me, Your servant meditates on Your statutes.
Surely none who wait for You will be put to shame; but those who engage in treachery without cause will be disgraced.
The arrogant utterly deride me, but I do not turn from Your law.
But this is to fulfill what is written in their Law: ‘They hated Me without reason.’
How is it to your credit if you are beaten for doing wrong and you endure it? But if you suffer for doing good and you e
May those who gloat in my distress be ashamed and confounded; may those who exalt themselves over me be clothed in shame
And he continued, “Why is my lord pursuing his servant? What have I done? What evil is in my hand?
Those who hate me without cause outnumber the hairs of my head; many are those who would destroy me—my enemies for no re
O LORD my God, if I have done this, if injustice is on my hands,
They surround me with hateful words and attack me without cause.
and said to David, “You are more righteous than I, for you have rewarded me with good, though I have rewarded you with e
But his delight is in the Law of the LORD, and on His law he meditates day and night.
For without cause they laid their net for me; without reason they dug a pit for my soul.
Behold, this day you have seen with your own eyes that the LORD delivered you into my hand in the cave. I was told to ki
The arrogant have dug pits for me in violation of Your law.
You rebuke the arrogant—the cursed who stray from Your commandments.
The arrogant one will stumble and fall with no one to pick him up. And I will kindle a fire in his cities to consume all