My assailants revile and conspire ¹  against me all day long.

The waves ¹  of death engulfed me, the currents ²  of chaos ³  overwhelmed me. ⁴ 

The waves of death engulfed me; the currents ¹  of chaos ²  overwhelmed me. ³ 

and then ¹  if he gets up and walks about ²  outside on his staff, then the one who struck him is innocent, except he must pay ³  for the injured person’s ⁴  loss of time ⁵  and see to it that he is fully healed.

When evil men attack me ¹  to devour my flesh, ²  when my adversaries and enemies attack me, ³  they stumble and fall. ⁴ 

How long will you threaten ¹  a man? All of you are murderers, ²  as dangerous as a leaning wall or an unstable fence. ³ 

I gloat in triumph over those who tried to ambush me; ¹  I hear the defeated cries of the evil foes who attacked me. ² 

If anyone dares to ¹  challenge you, it will not be my doing! Whoever tries to challenge you will be defeated. ² 

You give me strength for battle; ¹  you make my foes kneel before me. ² 

(41:1) ¹  See, his expectation is wrong, ²  he is laid low even at the sight of it. ³ 

Protect me from ¹  the wicked men who attack ²  me, my enemies who crowd around me for the kill. ³ 

My heart beats violently ¹  within me; the horrors of death overcome me. ² 

They curse, but you will bless. ¹  When they attack, they will be humiliated, ²  but your servant will rejoice.

to loot and plunder, to attack ¹  the inhabited ruins and the people gathered from the nations, who are acquiring cattle and goods, who live at the center ²  of the earth.”

When the sun went down, Abram fell sound asleep, ¹  and great terror overwhelmed him. ² 

However, suppose a person hates someone else ¹  and stalks him, attacks him, kills him, ²  and then flees to one of these cities.

Now his father and mother did not realize this was the Lord’s doing, ¹  because he was looking for an opportunity to stir up trouble with the Philistines ²  (for at that time the Philistines were ruling Israel).

His ¹  anger has torn me ²  and persecuted ³  me; he has gnashed at me with his teeth; my adversary locks ⁴  his eyes on me.

You give me strength ¹  for battle; you make my foes kneel before me. ² 

By your power ¹  we will drive back ²  our enemies; by your strength ³  we will trample down ⁴  our foes! ⁵