^4 (A)Let those be put to shame and brought to dishonor
Who seek after my life;
Let those be ^(B)turned back and brought to confusion
Who plot my hurt.
^5 (C)Let them be like chaff before the wind,
And let the ^[c]angel of the Lord chase them.
⁶ Let their way be ^(D)dark and slippery,
And let the angel of the Lord pursue them.
⁷ For without cause they have ^(E)hidden their net for me in a pit,
Which they have dug without cause for my life.
^8 [d]Let ^(F)destruction come upon him unexpectedly,
And let his net that he has hidden catch himself;
Into that very destruction let him fall.

⁹ And my soul shall be joyful in the Lord;
It shall rejoice in His salvation.
^10 (G)All my bones shall say,
“Lord, ^(H)who is like You,
Delivering the poor from him who is too strong for him,
Yes, the poor and the needy from him who plunders him?”

¹¹ Fierce witnesses rise up;
They ask me things that I do not know.
^12 (I)They reward me evil for good,
To the sorrow of my soul.
¹³ But as for me, ^(J)when they were sick,
My clothing was sackcloth;
I humbled myself with fasting;
And my prayer would return to my own ^[e]heart.
¹⁴ I paced about as though he were my friend or brother;
I bowed down ^[f]heavily, as one who mourns for his mother.

¹⁵ But in my ^[g]adversity they rejoiced
And gathered together;
Attackers gathered against me,
And I did not know it;
They tore at me and did not cease;
¹⁶ With ungodly mockers at feasts
They gnashed at me with their teeth.

¹⁷ Lord, how long will You ^(K)look on?
Rescue me from their destructions,
My precious life from the lions.
¹⁸ I will give You thanks in the great assembly;
I will praise You among ^[h]many people.

^19 (L)Let them not rejoice over me who are wrongfully my enemies;
Nor let them wink with the eye who hate me without a cause.
²⁰ For they do not speak peace,
But they devise deceitful matters
Against the quiet ones in the land.
²¹ They also opened their mouth wide against me,
And said, “Aha, aha!
Our eyes have seen it.”

²² This You have seen, O Lord;
Do not keep silence.
O Lord, do not be far from me.
²³ Stir up Yourself, and awake to my vindication,
To my cause, my God and my Lord.
²⁴ Vindicate me, O Lord my God, according to Your righteousness;
And let them not rejoice over me.
²⁵ Let them not say in their hearts, “Ah, so we would have it!”
Let them not say, “We have swallowed him up.”

²⁶ Let them be ashamed and brought to mutual confusion
Who rejoice at my hurt;
Let them be ^(M)clothed with shame and dishonor
Who exalt themselves against me.

^27 (N)Let them shout for joy and be glad,
Who favor my righteous cause;
And let them say continually,
“Let the Lord be magnified,
Who has pleasure in the prosperity of His servant.”
²⁸ And my tongue shall speak of Your righteousness
And of Your praise all the day long.

⁴ I said, “Lord, be merciful to me;
^(B)Heal my soul, for I have sinned against You.”
⁵ My enemies speak evil of me:
“When will he die, and his name perish?”
⁶ And if he comes to see me, he speaks ^[c]lies;
His heart gathers iniquity to itself;
When he goes out, he tells it.

⁷ All who hate me whisper together against me;
Against me they ^[d]devise my hurt.
⁸ “An^[e] evil disease,” they say, “clings to him.
And now that he lies down, he will rise up no more.”
^9 (C)Even my own familiar friend in whom I trusted,
^(D)Who ate my bread,
Has ^[f]lifted up his heel against me.

¹⁰ But You, O Lord, be merciful to me, and raise me up,
That I may repay them.
¹¹ By this I know that You are well pleased with me,
Because my enemy does not triumph over me.
¹² As for me, You uphold me in my integrity,
And ^(E)set me before Your face forever.

^13 (F)Blessed be the Lord God of Israel
From everlasting to everlasting!
Amen and Amen.

^3 (D)Oh, send out Your light and Your truth!
Let them lead me;
Let them bring me to ^(E)Your holy hill
And to Your ^[a]tabernacle.
⁴ Then I will go to the altar of God,
To God my exceeding joy;
And on the harp I will praise You,
O God, my God.

^5 (F)Why are you cast down, O my soul?
And why are you disquieted within me?
Hope in God;
For I shall yet praise Him,
The ^[b]help of my countenance and my God.

⁴ There is a ^(E)river whose streams shall make glad the ^(F)city of God,
The holy place of the ^[c]tabernacle of the Most High.
⁵ God is ^(G)in the midst of her, she shall not be ^[d]moved;
God shall help her, just ^[e]at the break of dawn.
^6 (H)The nations raged, the kingdoms were moved;
He uttered His voice, the earth melted.

⁷ The ^(I)Lord of hosts is with us;
The God of Jacob is our refuge. Selah

⁸ Come, behold the works of the Lord,
Who has made desolations in the earth.
^9 (J)He makes wars cease to the end of the earth;
^(K)He breaks the bow and cuts the spear in two;
^(L)He burns the chariot in the fire.

¹⁰ Be still, and know that I am God;
^(M)I will be exalted among the nations,
I will be exalted in the earth!

¹¹ The Lord of hosts is with us;
The God of Jacob is our refuge. Selah

^4 (C)My heart is severely pained within me,
And the terrors of death have fallen upon me.
⁵ Fearfulness and trembling have come upon me,
And horror has overwhelmed me.
⁶ So I said, “Oh, that I had wings like a dove!
I would fly away and be at rest.
⁷ Indeed, I would wander far off,
And remain in the wilderness. Selah
⁸ I would hasten my escape
From the windy storm and tempest.”

⁹ Destroy, O Lord, and divide their ^[d]tongues,
For I have seen ^(D)violence and strife in the city.
¹⁰ Day and night they go around it on its walls;
^(E)Iniquity and trouble are also in the midst of it.
¹¹ Destruction is in its midst;
^(F)Oppression and deceit do not depart from its streets.

^12 (G)For it is not an enemy who reproaches me;
Then I could bear it.
Nor is it one who hates me who has ^(H)exalted himself against me;
Then I could hide from him.
¹³ But it was you, a man my equal,
^(I)My companion and my acquaintance.
¹⁴ We took sweet counsel together,
And ^(J)walked to the house of God in the throng.

¹⁵ Let death seize them;
Let them ^(K)go down alive into ^[e]hell,
For wickedness is in their dwellings and among them.

¹⁶ As for me, I will call upon God,
And the Lord shall save me.
^17 (L)Evening and morning and at noon
I will pray, and cry aloud,
And He shall hear my voice.
¹⁸ He has redeemed my soul in peace from the battle that was against me,
For ^(M)there were many against me.
¹⁹ God will hear, and afflict them,
^(N)Even He who abides from of old. Selah
Because they do not change,
Therefore they do not fear God.

²⁰ He has ^(O)put forth his hands against those who ^(P)were at peace with him;
He has broken his ^[f]covenant.
^21 (Q)The words of his mouth were smoother than butter,
But war was in his heart;
His words were softer than oil,
Yet they were drawn swords.

^22 (R)Cast your burden on the Lord,
And ^(S)He shall sustain you;
He shall never permit the righteous to be ^[g]moved.

²³ But You, O God, shall bring them down to the pit of destruction;
^(T)Bloodthirsty and deceitful men ^(U)shall not live out half their days;
But I will trust in You.