Destroy, O Lord, [and] divide their tongue; For I have seen violence and strife in the city.

Wickedness is in the midst thereof: Oppression and guile depart not from its streets.

But it was thou, a man mine equal, My companion, and my familiar friend.

Let death come suddenly upon them, Let them go down alive into Sheol; For wickedness is in their dwelling, in the midst of them.

Evening, and morning, and at noonday, will I complain, and moan; And he will hear my voice.

God will hear, and answer them, Even he that abideth of old, {{Selah [The men] who have no changes, And who fear not God.

His mouth was smooth as butter, But his heart was war: His words were softer than oil, Yet were they drawn swords.

But thou, O God, wilt bring them down into the pit of destruction: Bloodthirsty and deceitful men shall not live out half their days; But I will trust in thee.

Mine enemies would swallow me up all the day long; For they are many that fight proudly against me.

In God (I will praise his word), In God have I put my trust, I will not be afraid; What can flesh do unto me?

They gather themselves together, they hide themselves, They mark my steps, Even as they have waited for my soul.

Thou numberest my wanderings: Put thou my tears into thy bottle; Are they not in thy book?

In God (I will praise [his] word), In Jehovah (I will praise [his] word),

Thy vows are upon me, O God: I will render thank-offerings unto thee.

[For the Chief Musician; [set to] Al-tashheth. [A Psalm] of David. Michtam; when he fled from Saul, in the cave]. Be merciful unto me, O God, be merciful unto me; For my soul taketh refuge in thee: Yea, in the shadow of thy wings will I take refuge, Until [these] calamities be overpast.

He will send from heaven, and save me, [When] he that would swallow me up reproacheth; {{Selah God will send forth his lovingkindness and his truth.

Be thou exalted, O God, above the heavens; [Let] thy glory [be] above all the earth.

My heart is fixed, O God, my heart is fixed: I will sing, yea, I will sing praises.

I will give thanks unto thee, O Lord, among the peoples: I will sing praises unto thee among the nations.

Be thou exalted, O God, above the heavens; [Let] thy glory [be] above all the earth.

Nay, in heart ye work wickedness; Ye weigh out the violence of your hands in the earth.

Their poison is like the poison of a serpent: [They are] like the deaf adder that stoppeth her ear,

Break their teeth, O God, in their mouth: Break out the great teeth of the young lions, O Jehovah.

[ Let them be] as a snail which melteth and passeth away, [Like] the untimely birth of a woman, that hath not seen the sun.