³ What shall be given to you,
Or what shall be done to you,
You false tongue?
⁴ Sharp arrows of the ^[a]warrior,
With coals of the broom tree!

⁵ Woe is me, that I dwell in ^(B)Meshech,
^(C)That I dwell among the tents of Kedar!
⁶ My soul has dwelt too long
With one who hates peace.
⁷ I am for peace;
But when I speak, they are for war.

^3 (C)He will not allow your foot to ^[a]be moved;
^(D)He who keeps you will not slumber.
⁴ Behold, He who keeps Israel
Shall neither slumber nor sleep.

⁵ The Lord is your ^[b]keeper;
The Lord is ^(E)your shade ^(F)at your right hand.
^6 (G)The sun shall not strike you by day,
Nor the moon by night.

⁷ The Lord shall ^[c]preserve you from all evil;
He shall ^(H)preserve your soul.
⁸ The Lord shall ^(I)preserve^[d] your going out and your coming in
From this time forth, and even forevermore.

^4 (C)Keep me, O Lord, from the hands of the wicked;
Preserve me from violent men,
Who have purposed to make my steps stumble.
⁵ The proud have hidden a ^(D)snare for me, and cords;
They have spread a net by the wayside;
They have set traps for me. Selah

⁶ I said to the Lord: “You are my God;
Hear the voice of my supplications, O Lord.
⁷ O God the Lord, the strength of my salvation,
You have ^[a]covered my head in the day of battle.
⁸ Do not grant, O Lord, the desires of the wicked;
Do not further his wicked scheme,
^(E)Lest they be exalted. Selah

⁹ “As for the head of those who surround me,
Let the evil of their lips cover them;
^10 (F)Let burning coals fall upon them;
Let them be cast into the fire,
Into deep pits, that they rise not up again.
¹¹ Let not a slanderer be established in the earth;
Let evil hunt the violent man to overthrow him.”

¹² I know that the Lord will ^(G)maintain
The cause of the afflicted,
And justice for the poor.
¹³ Surely the righteous shall give thanks to Your name;
The upright shall dwell in Your presence.

³ For the enemy has persecuted my soul;
He has crushed my life to the ground;
He has made me dwell in ^[a]darkness,
Like those who have long been dead.
^4 (B)Therefore my spirit is overwhelmed within me;
My heart within me is distressed.

^5 (C)I remember the days of old;
I meditate on all Your works;
I ^[b]muse on the work of Your hands.
⁶ I spread out my hands to You;
^(D)My soul longs for You like a thirsty land. Selah

⁷ Answer me speedily, O Lord;
My spirit fails!
Do not hide Your face from me,
^(E)Lest I ^[c]be like those who ^[d]go down into the pit.
⁸ Cause me to hear Your lovingkindness ^(F)in the morning,
For in You do I trust;
^(G)Cause me to know the way in which I should walk,
For ^(H)I lift up my soul to You.

⁹ Deliver me, O Lord, from my enemies;
^[e]In You I take shelter.
^10 (I)Teach me to do Your will,
For You are my God;
^(J)Your Spirit is good.
Lead me in ^(K)the land of uprightness.

^11 (L)Revive me, O Lord, for Your name’s sake!
For Your righteousness’ sake bring my soul out of trouble.
¹² In Your mercy ^(M)cut^[f] off my enemies,
And destroy all those who afflict my soul;
For I am Your servant.

^3 (B)Lord, what is man, that You take knowledge of him?
Or the son of man, that You are mindful of him?
^4 (C)Man is like a breath;
^(D)His days are like a passing shadow.

^5 (E)Bow down Your heavens, O Lord, and come down;
^(F)Touch the mountains, and they shall smoke.
^6 (G)Flash forth lightning and scatter them;
Shoot out Your arrows and destroy them.
⁷ Stretch out Your hand from above;
Rescue me and deliver me out of great waters,
From the hand of foreigners,
⁸ Whose mouth ^(H)speaks ^[b]lying words,
And whose right hand is a right hand of falsehood.

⁹ I will ^(I)sing a new song to You, O God;
On a harp of ten strings I will sing praises to You,
¹⁰ The One who gives ^[c]salvation to kings,
^(J)Who delivers David His servant
From the deadly sword.

¹¹ Rescue me and deliver me from the hand of foreigners,
Whose mouth speaks lying words,
And whose right hand is a right hand of falsehood—
¹² That our sons may be ^(K)as plants grown up in their youth;
That our daughters may be as ^[d]pillars,
Sculptured in palace style;
¹³ That our barns may be full,
Supplying all kinds of produce;
That our sheep may bring forth thousands
And ten thousands in our fields;
¹⁴ That our oxen may be well laden;
That there be no ^[e]breaking in or going out;
That there be no outcry in our streets.
^15 (L)Happy are the people who are in such a state;
Happy are the people whose God is the Lord!