| 1 | Unto the end. In verses, the understanding of David. |
| 2 | Listen to my prayer, O God, and despise not my supplication. |
| 3 | Be attentive to me, and heed me. I have been grieved in my training, and I have been disturbed |
| 4 | at the voice of the adversary and at the tribulation of the sinner. For they have diverted iniquities toward me, and they have been harassing me with rage. |
| 5 | My heart has become disturbed within me, and the dread of death has fallen over me. |
| 6 | Fear and trembling have overwhelmed me, and darkness has buried me. |
| 7 | And I said, "Who will give me wings like the dove, so that I may fly away and take rest?" |
| 8 | Behold, I have fled far away, and I linger in solitude. |
| 9 | I waited for him who saved me from a weak-minded spirit and from a tempest. |
| 10 | Cast them down, O Lord, and divide their tongues. For I have seen iniquity and contradiction in the city. |
| 11 | Day and night, iniquity will surround it upon its walls, and hardship is in its midst, |
| 12 | with injustice. And usury and deceit have not fallen away from its streets. |
| 13 | For if my enemy had spoken evil about me, certainly, I would have sustained it. And if he who hated me had been speaking great things against me, I would perhaps have hidden myself from him. |
| 14 | Truly, you are a man of one mind: my leader and my acquaintance, |
| 15 | who took sweet food together with me. In the house of God, we walked side-by-side. |
| 16 | Let death come upon them, and let them descend alive into Hellfire. For there is wickedness in their dwellings, in their midst. |
| 17 | But I have cried out to God, and the Lord will save me. |
| 18 | Evening and morning and midday, I will discourse and announce, and he will heed my voice. |
| 19 | He will redeem my soul in peace from those who draw near to me. For, among the many, they were with me. |
| 20 | God will hear, and He who is before time will humble them. For there is no change with them, and they have not feared God. |
| 21 | He has stretched forth his hand in retribution. They have contaminated his covenant. |
| 22 | They were divided by the wrath of his countenance, and his heart has drawn near. His words are smoother than oil, and they are arrows. |
| 23 | Cast your cares upon the Lord, and he will nurture you. He will not allow the just to be tossed about forever. |
| 24 | Truly, O God, you will lead them away into the well of death. Bloody and deceitful men will not divide their days in half. But I will hope in you, O Lord. |
