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

2 — Attend unto 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 sore pained within me:
and the terrors of death are fallen upon me.

5 — Fearfulness and trembling are come upon me,
and horror hath overwhelmed me.

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

7 — Lo, then would I 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 the walls thereof:
mischief also and sorrow are in the midst of it.

11 — Wickedness is in the midst thereof:
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 did magnify himself against me;
then I would have hid myself from him:

13 — But it was thou, a man mine equal,
my guide, and mine acquaintance.

14 — We took sweet counsel together,
and walked unto 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 shall save me.

17 — Evening, and morning, and at noon,
will I pray, and cry aloud:
and he shall 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 shall 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 be 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 shall sustain thee:
he shall never suffer the righteous to be moved.

23 — But thou, O God, shalt 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.