9. If I say, “I will not mention him,or speak any more in his name,” there is in my heart as it were a burning fireshut up in my bones,and I am weary with holding it in,and I cannot.
10. For I hear many whispering. Terror is on every side!“Denounce him! Let us denounce him!”say all my close friends, watching for my fall.“Perhaps he will be deceived;then we can overcome himand take our revenge on him.”
11. But the Lord is with me as a dread warrior;therefore my persecutors will stumble; they will not overcome me. They will be greatly shamed,for they will not succeed.Their eternal dishonorwill never be forgotten.