^7 (A)Their feet run to evil,
And they make haste to shed ^(B)innocent blood;
^(C)Their thoughts are thoughts of iniquity;
Wasting and ^(D)destruction are in their paths.
⁸ The way of ^(E)peace they have not known,
And there is no justice in their ways;
^(F)They have made themselves crooked paths;
Whoever takes that way shall not know peace.

^16 (A)For they do not sleep unless they have done evil;
And their sleep is ^[a]taken away unless they make someone fall.

² For the mouth of the wicked and the mouth of the deceitful
Have opened against me;
They have spoken against me with a ^(A)lying tongue.
³ They have also surrounded me with words of hatred,
And fought against me ^(B)without a cause.
⁴ In return for my love they are my accusers,
But I give myself to prayer.

^8 (A)I will both lie down in peace, and sleep;
^(B)For You alone, O Lord, make me dwell in safety.

^16 (A)For their feet run to evil,
And they make haste to shed blood.