1 ¶ Give ear to my prayer, O God, and do not hide thyself from my supplication.

2 A ttend unto me and hear me: I mourn in my complaint and make a noise

3 b ecause 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 M y heart is sore pained within me, and the terrors of death are fallen upon me.

5 F earfulness and trembling are come upon me, and horror has overwhelmed me.

6 A nd I said, Oh that I had wings like a dove! for then I would fly away and be at rest.

7 B ehold, then I would flee far away and dwell 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 D ay and night they go about it upon the walls thereof; iniquity also and sorrow are in the midst of it.

11 W ickedness is in the midst thereof; deceit and guile depart not from her streets.

12 F or it was not an enemy that reproached me; then I could have borne it, neither was it he that hated me that did magnify himself against me; then I would have hid myself from him:

13 B ut it was thou, who in my estimation was, my lord, and of my own family.

14 W e took sweet counsel together and walked unto the house of God in company.

15 L et them be condemned unto death, and let them go down alive into Sheol 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 E vening and morning and at noon I will pray and cry aloud, and he shall hear my voice.

18 H e has ransomed my soul in peace from the battle that was against me, for there were many against me.

19 G od shall hear and bring them down, even he that abides from of old. Selah. Because they do not change, nor do they fear God.

20 H e has put forth his hands against such as be at peace with him; he has defiled his covenant.

21 T he 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 C ast thy burden upon the LORD, and he shall sustain thee; he shall never suffer the righteous to be moved.

23 B ut thou, O God, shalt bring them down into the pit of the grave; bloody and deceitful men shall not live out half their days, but I will trust in thee.