Do not let my treacherous enemies rejoice over me,
or those who hate me without cause wink the eye.
For they do not speak peace,
but they conceive deceitful words
against those who are quiet in the land.
They open wide their mouths against me;
they say, ‘Aha, Aha,
our eyes have seen it.’
The most treacherous enemy I know is myself.
I set nets that ensnare my best intentions.
I dig pits into which I fall.
"How long, O Lord, will you look on?
Rescue me from their ravages,
my life from the lions!"
Righteousness - tsedeq - is fulfilling our best selves, rescued from our worst selves.
Psalm 35
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