There was once a plan hatched by Rabbit that Pooh and Piglit should join him in scaring Kanga and Roo from the forest.  Rabbit’s plan ran as follows:

PLAN TO CAPTURE BABY ROO
                1. General Remarks. Kanga runs faster than any  of  Us,
even Me.
        2.  More General Remarks. Kanga never takes her eye off
Baby Roo, except when he’s safely buttoned up in her pocket.
        3. Therefore. If we are to capture Baby  Roo,  we  must
get  a  Long  Start,  because Kanga runs faster than any of Us,
even Me. (See I.)
        4. A Thought. If Roo had jumped out of  Kanga’s  pocket
and  Piglet  had jumped in, Kanga wouldn’t know the difference,
because Piglet is a Very Small Animal.
        5. Like Roo.
        6. But Kanga would have to be  looking  the  other  way
first, so as not to see Piglet jumping in.
        7. See 2.
        8. Another Thought. But if Pooh was talking to her very
excitedly, she might look the other way for a moment.
        9. And then I could run away with Roo.
        10. Quickly.
        11.  And  Kanga  wouldn’t discover the difference until
Afterwards

        Well, Rabbit read this out proudly, and  for  a  little
while  after  he  had  read  it  nobody  said anything And then
Piglet, who had been opening and  shutting  his  mouth  without
making any noise, managed to say very huskily:

        “And — Afterwards?”

        “How do you mean?”

        “When Kanga does Discover the Difference?”

        “Then we all say ‘Aha!'”

You will see in Psalm 70 that the psalmist hopes that the plans of Piglet to say, “Aha!” will go astray.  Since God is on the side of the psalmist …

I hope you see the lighter side of this.

Psalm 70
For the director of music. Of David. A petition.

 ¹ Hasten, O God, to save me;
   come quickly, LORD, to help me.

 ² May those who want to take my life
   be put to shame and confusion;
may all who desire my ruin
   be turned back in disgrace.
³ May those who say to me, “Aha! Aha!”
   turn back because of their shame.
⁴ But may all who seek you
   rejoice and be glad in you;
may those who long for your saving help always say,
   “The LORD is great!”

 ⁵ But as for me, I am poor and needy;
   come quickly to me, O God.
You are my help and my deliverer;
   LORD, do not delay.

Questions

1. What do people want to do to the psalmist (again)?
2. What does the psalmist ask for?
3. How does the psalmist contrast his position with God’s?
4. Do you think anyone in your sphere has a crafty plan at work?  What is the nature of the plan?
5. Why do people hatch plans?  What does God think about that?