⁷ Let them vanish like water that runs away;
    like grass let them be trodden down^[a] and wither.^(A)

⁸ Let them be like the snail that dissolves into slime,
    like the untimely birth that never sees the sun.^(A)

¹⁷ Show me a sign of your favor,
    so that those who hate me may see it and be put to shame,
    because you, Lord, have helped me and comforted me.^(A)

²⁸ The hope of the righteous ends in gladness,
    but the expectation of the wicked comes to nothing.