² Save me, Lord,
    from lying lips^(A)
    and from deceitful tongues.^(B)

¹ Rescue me,^(A) Lord, from evildoers;
    protect me from the violent,^(B)
2 who devise evil plans^(C) in their hearts
    and stir up war^(D) every day.
³ They make their tongues as sharp as^(E) a serpent’s;
    the poison of vipers^(F) is on their lips.^[b]

¹ My God, whom I praise,^(A)
    do not remain silent,^(B)
2 for people who are wicked and deceitful^(C)
    have opened their mouths against me;
    they have spoken against me with lying tongues.^(D)

² You who practice deceit,^(A)
    your tongue plots destruction;^(B)
    it is like a sharpened razor.^(C)
3 You love evil^(D) rather than good,
    falsehood^(E) rather than speaking the truth.^[a]
4 You love every harmful word,
    you deceitful tongue!^(F)