He leads priests away barefoot and overthrows established leaders.

He pours out contempt on nobles and disarms the strong.

His powerful stride is shortened, and his own schemes trip him up.

A trap catches [him] by the heel; a noose seizes him.

Terrors frighten him on every side and harass him at every step.

Unleash your raging anger; look on every proud person and humiliate him.

Look on every proud person and humble him; trample the wicked where they stand.

I have seen a wicked, violent man well-rooted like a flourishing native tree.

Then I passed by and noticed he was gone; I searched for him, but he could not be found.

He pours contempt on nobles and makes them wander in trackless wastelands.

A person's pride will humble him, but a humble spirit will gain honor.

It will be like a man who flees from a lion only to have a bear confront him. He goes home and rests his hand against the wall only to have a snake bite him.

Won't the Day of the LORD be darkness rather than light, even gloom without any brightness in it?

In the days of Shamgar son of Anath, in the days of Jael, the main ways were deserted, because travelers kept to the side roads.

Jael is most blessed of women, the wife of Heber the Kenite; she is most blessed among tent-dwelling women.

Let their table set before them be a snare, and let it be a trap for [their] allies.

There is no peace for the wicked," says my God.