# Though rulers plot and slander me
"Though rulers make plans to harm me and say bad things about me"
# Your covenant decrees are my delight
"Your covenant decrees make me very happy."
# they are my counselors
God's decrees are spoken of as if they were people. AT: "they are like wise counselors to me" or "they give me wise counsel" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-personification]])