Into the Fire

May those who seek my life

   be disgraced and put to shame;

may those who plot my ruin

   be turned back in dismay.

May they be like chaff before the wind,

   with the angel of the Lord driving them away;

may their path be dark and slippery,

   with the angel of the Lord pursuing them.

Since they hid their net for me without cause

   and without cause dug a pit for me, 

may ruin overtake them by surprise —

   may the net they hid entangle them,

   may they fall into the pit, to their ruin. 

Then my soul will rejoice in the Lord

   and delight in his salvation.

My whole being will exclaim,

   "Who is like you, O Lord?

You rescue the poor from those too strong for them,

   the poor and needy from those who rob them." 

Psalm 35:4-10 (NIV)