7 O Lord, You¹ induced me, and I was persuaded;
^aYou are stronger than I, and have prevailed.
^bI am¹ in derision daily;
Everyone mocks me. ‡

8 For when I spoke, I cried out;
^aI shouted, “Violence and plunder!”
Because the word of the Lord was made to me
A reproach and a derision daily. ‡

10 ^aFor I heard many¹ mocking:
“Fear on every side!”
“Report,” they say, “and we will report it!”
^bAll my acquaintances watched for my stumbling, saying,
“Perhaps he can be induced;
Then we will prevail against him,
And we will take our revenge on him.” ‡

11 But the Lord is ^awith me as a mighty, awesome One.
Therefore my persecutors will stumble, and will not ^bprevail.
They will be greatly ashamed, for they will not prosper.
Their ^ceverlasting confusion will never be forgotten. ‡