Come, LORD! Save me, my God! You punish all my enemies and leave them powerless to harm me.

May they be like snails that dissolve into slime; may they be like a baby born dead that never sees the light.

There are people who take cruel advantage of the poor and needy; that is the way they make their living.

I go after it, attack it, and rescue the lamb. And if the lion or bear turns on me, I grab it by the throat and beat it to death.

then they would have swallowed us alive in their furious anger against us;

Let us thank the LORD, who has not let our enemies destroy us.