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from the wicked[a] who have afflicted me,
    from my enemies who have surrounded me.
10 They are imprisoned by their own prosperity,[b]
    they have boasted proudly with their mouth.
11 Now they have encircled our paths[c]
    and are determined[d] to cast us down to the ground.

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 17:9 Lit. face of the wicked
  2. Psalm 17:10 Lit. fat
  3. Psalm 17:11 So MT; DSS 11QPsc LXX read have expelled me
  4. Psalm 17:11 Lit. and have set their eyes

from the wicked who are out to destroy me,
    from my mortal enemies who surround me.(A)

10 They close up their callous hearts,(B)
    and their mouths speak with arrogance.(C)
11 They have tracked me down, they now surround me,(D)
    with eyes alert, to throw me to the ground.

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