8do not grant the wicked their desires, O Lord;

do not let their plans succeed,

or they will become proud.       Selah

9Let the heads of those who surround me

be covered with the trouble their lips have caused.

10Let burning coals fall upon them;

may they be thrown into the fire,

into miry pits, never to rise.

11Let slanderers not be established in the land;

may disaster hunt down men of violence.

12I know that the Lord secures justice for the poor

and upholds the cause of the needy.

13Surely the righteous will praise your name

and the upright will live before you.