^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.

^3 (A)The wicked are estranged from the womb;
They go astray as soon as they are born, speaking lies.
^4 (B)Their poison is like the poison of a serpent;
They are like the deaf cobra that stops its ear,
⁵ Which will not ^(C)heed the voice of charmers,
Charming ever so skillfully.

^6 (D)Break^[b] their teeth in their mouth, O God!
Break out the fangs of the young lions, O Lord!
^7 (E)Let them flow away as waters which run continually;
When he bends his bow,
Let his arrows be as if cut in pieces.
⁸ Let them be like a snail which melts away as it goes,
^(F)Like a stillborn child of a woman, that they may not see the sun.

⁹ Before your ^(G)pots can feel the burning thorns,
He shall take them away ^(H)as with a whirlwind,
As in His living and burning wrath.
¹⁰ The righteous shall rejoice when he sees the ^(I)vengeance;
^(J)He shall wash his feet in the blood of the wicked,
^11 (K)So that men will say,
“Surely there is a reward for the righteous;
Surely He is God who ^(L)judges in the earth.”

³ For You have been a shelter for me,
^(A)A strong tower from the enemy.
⁴ I will abide in Your ^[b]tabernacle forever;
^(B)I will trust in the shelter of Your wings. Selah

⁵ For You, O God, have heard my vows;
You have given me the heritage of those who fear Your name.
⁶ You will prolong the king’s life,
His years as many generations.
⁷ He shall abide before God forever.
Oh, prepare mercy ^(C)and truth, which may ^[c]preserve him!

⁸ So I will sing praise to Your name forever,
That I may daily perform my vows.

³ How long will you attack a man?
You shall be slain, all of you,
^(G)Like a leaning wall and a tottering fence.
⁴ They only consult to cast him down from his high position;
They ^(H)delight in lies;
They bless with their mouth,
But they curse inwardly. Selah

⁵ My soul, wait silently for God alone,
For my ^[f]expectation is from Him.
⁶ He only is my rock and my salvation;
He is my defense;
I shall not be ^[g]moved.
^7 (I)In God is my salvation and my glory;
The rock of my strength,
And my refuge, is in God.

⁸ Trust in Him at all times, you people;
^(J)Pour out your heart before Him;
God is a refuge for us. Selah

^9 (K)Surely men of low degree are ^[h]a vapor,
Men of high degree are a lie;
If they are weighed on the scales,
They are altogether lighter than vapor.
¹⁰ Do not trust in oppression,
Nor vainly hope in robbery;
^(L)If riches increase,
Do not set your heart on them.

¹¹ God has spoken once,
Twice I have heard this:
That power belongs to God.
¹² Also to You, O Lord, belongs mercy;
For ^(M)You ^[i]render to each one according to his work.

⁵ They encourage themselves in an evil matter;
They talk of laying snares secretly;
^(B)They say, “Who will see them?”
⁶ They devise iniquities:
“We have perfected a shrewd scheme.”
Both the inward thought and the heart of man are deep.

⁷ But God shall shoot at them with an arrow;
Suddenly they shall be wounded.
⁸ So He will make them stumble over their own tongue;
^(C)All who see them shall flee away.
⁹ All men shall fear,
And shall ^(D)declare the work of God;
For they shall wisely consider His doing.

^10 (E)The righteous shall be glad in the Lord, and trust in Him.
And all the upright in heart shall glory.

^4 (H)Blessed is the man You ^(I)choose,
And cause to approach You,
That he may dwell in Your courts.
^(J)We shall be satisfied with the goodness of Your house,
Of Your holy temple.

⁵ By awesome deeds in righteousness You will answer us,
O God of our salvation,
You who are the confidence of all the ends of the earth,
And of the far-off seas;
⁶ Who established the mountains by His strength,
^(K)Being clothed with power;
^7 (L)You who still the noise of the seas,
The noise of their waves,
^(M)And the tumult of the peoples.
⁸ They also who dwell in the farthest parts are afraid of Your signs;
You make the outgoings of the morning and evening ^[c]rejoice.

⁹ You ^[d]visit the earth and ^(N)water it,
You greatly enrich it;
^(O)The river of God is full of water;
You provide their grain,
For so You have prepared it.
¹⁰ You water its ridges abundantly,
You settle its furrows;
You make it soft with showers,
You bless its growth.

¹¹ You crown the year with Your goodness,
And Your paths drip with abundance.
¹² They drop on the pastures of the wilderness,
And the little hills rejoice on every side.
¹³ The pastures are clothed with flocks;
^(P)The valleys also are covered with grain;
They shout for joy, they also sing.