² Hide me from ^(A)the secret plots of the wicked,
    from the throng of evildoers,

¹⁹ But I was ^(A)like a gentle lamb
    led to the slaughter.
I did not know ^(B)it was against me
    they devised schemes, saying,
“Let us destroy the tree with its fruit,
    ^(C)let us cut him off from ^(D)the land of the living,
    that his name be remembered no more.”

² For wicked and ^(A)deceitful mouths are opened against me,
    speaking against me with lying tongues.
³ They encircle me with words of hate,
    and attack me ^(B)without cause.

² deliver me from ^(A)those who work evil,
    and save me from ^(B)bloodthirsty men.

²⁰ In ^(A)the cover of your presence you hide them
    from the plots of men;
you ^(B)store them in your shelter
    from the strife of tongues.

²³ Yet ^(A)you, O Lord, know
    all their plotting to kill me.
^(B)Forgive not their iniquity,
    nor blot out their sin from your sight.
Let them be overthrown before you;
    deal with them in the time of your anger.

⁶ They ^(A)stir up strife, they ^(B)lurk;
    they ^(C)watch my steps,
    as they have waited for my life.