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¹ To the chief Musician on Neginoth, Maschil, [A Psalm] of David. Give ear to my prayer, O God; and hide not thyself from my supplication.² Attend to me, and hear me: I mourn in my complaint, and make a noise;³ Because of the voice of the enemy, because of the oppression of the wicked: for they cast iniquity upon me, and in wrath they hate me.⁴ 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 hath overwhelmed me.⁶ And I said, O that I had wings like a dove! [for then] I would fly away, and be at rest.⁷ Lo, [then] 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 tongues: for I have seen violence and strife in the city.¹⁰ Day and night they go about it upon its walls: mischief also and sorrow [are] in the midst of it.¹¹ Wickedness [is] in the midst of it: deceit and guile depart not from her streets.¹² For [it was] not an enemy [that] reproached me; then I could have borne [it]: neither [was it] he that hated me [that] magnified [himself] against me; then I would have hid myself from him:¹³ But [it was] thou, a man my equal, my guide, and my acquaintance.¹⁴ We took sweet counsel together, [and] walked to the house of God in company.¹⁵ Let death seize upon them, [and] let them go down quick into hell: for wickedness [is] in their dwellings, [and] among them.

¹⁶ As for me, I will call upon God: and the LORD will save me.¹⁷ Evening, and morning, and at noon, will I pray, and cry aloud: and he will hear my voice.¹⁸ He hath delivered my soul in peace from the battle [that was] against me: for there were many with me.¹⁹ God will hear and afflict them, even he that abideth of old. Selah. Because they have no changes, therefore they fear not God.²⁰ He hath put forth his hands against such as are at peace with him: he hath broken his covenant.²¹ [The words] of his mouth were smoother than butter, but war [was] in his heart: his words were softer than oil, yet [were] they drawn swords.²² Cast thy burden upon the LORD, and he will sustain thee: he will never suffer the righteous to be moved.²³ But thou, O God, wilt bring them down into the pit of destruction: bloody and deceitful men shall not live out half their days; but I will trust in thee.