6 I have called upon thee, for thou wilt answer me, O God: incline thine ear unto me, and hear my speech.
7 Shew thy marvelous lovingkindness, O thou that savest them which put their trust in thee from those that rise up against them, by thy right hand.
8 Keep me as the apple of the eye, hide me under the shadow of thy wings,
9 From the wicked that spoil me, my deadly enemies, that compass me about.
10 They are enclosed in their own fat: with their mouth they speak proudly.
11 They have now compassed us in our steps: they set their eyes to cast us down to the earth.
12 He is like a lion that is greedy of his prey, and as it were a young lion lurking in secret places.