1Give ear to my prayer, O God; and hide not thyself from my supplication.2Attend unto me, and answer me: I wander about in my plaint, and I moan aloud,3Because of the voice of the enemy; because of the oppression of the wicked: for they cast iniquity upon me, and in anger they persecute me.4My heart is writhing within me, and the terrors of death are fallen upon me.5Fear and trembling are come upon me, and horror hath overwhelmed me.6And I said, Oh that I had wings like a dove! I would fly away, and be at rest;7Behold, I would flee afar off, I would lodge in the wilderness; Selah;8I would hasten my escape from the stormy wind, from the tempest.9Swallow them up, Lord; divide their tongue: for I have seen violence and strife in the city.10Day and night they go about it upon the walls thereof; and iniquity and mischief are in the midst of it.11Perversities are in the midst thereof; and oppression and deceit depart not from its streets.12For it is not an enemy that hath reproached me -- then could I have borne it; neither is it he that hateth me that hath magnified himself against me -- then would I have hidden myself from him;13But it was thou, a man mine equal, mine intimate, my familiar friend. ...14We who held sweet intercourse together. To the house of God we walked amid the throng.15Let death seize upon them, let them go down alive into Sheol. For wickedness is in their dwellings, in their midst.16As for me, unto God will I call; and Jehovah will save me.17Evening, and morning, and at noon, will I pray and moan aloud; and he will hear my voice.18He hath redeemed my soul in peace from the battle against me: for there were many about me.19*God will hear, and afflict them: he that is seated of old, (Selah) ... because there is no change in them, and they fear not God.20He hath put forth his hands against such as are at peace with him; he hath profaned his covenant.21Smooth were the milky words of his mouth, but his heart was war; his words were softer than oil, yet are they drawn swords.22Cast thy burden upon Jehovah, and *he* will sustain thee: he will never suffer the righteous to be moved.23And thou, O God, wilt bring them down into the pit of destruction: bloody and deceitful men shall not live out half their days. But as for me, I will confide in thee.

To the chief Musician. On Jonathelem-rechokim. Of David. Michtam; when the Philistines took him in Gath.1Be gracious unto me, O God; for man would swallow me up: all the day long fighting he oppresseth me.2Mine enemies would swallow me up all the day long; for they are many that fight against me haughtily.3In the day that I am afraid, I will confide in thee.4In God will I praise his word, in God I put my confidence: I will not fear; what can flesh do unto me?5All the day long they wrest my words; all their thoughts are against me for evil.6They gather themselves together, they hide themselves; they mark my steps, because they wait for my soul.7Shall they escape by iniquity? In anger cast down the peoples, O God.8*Thou* countest my wanderings; put my tears into thy bottle: are they not in thy book?9Then shall mine enemies return backward in the day when I call: this I know, for God is for me.10In God will I praise his word; in Jehovah will I praise his word.11In God have I put my confidence: I will not fear; what can man do unto me?12Thy vows are upon me, O God: I will render thanks unto thee.13For thou hast delivered my soul from death; wilt thou not keep my feet from falling, that I may walk before God in the light of the living?

To the chief Musician. 'Destroy not.' Of David. Michtam; when he fled from Saul in the cave.1Be gracious unto me, O God, be gracious unto me; for my soul taketh refuge in thee: yea, in the shadow of thy wings do I take refuge, until the calamities be overpast.2I will call unto God, the Most High; unto *God that performeth all for me.3He will send from the heavens and save me; he hath covered with reproach him that would swallow me up. Selah. God hath sent forth his loving-kindness and his truth.4My soul is in the midst of lions; I lie down among them that breathe out flames, the sons of men, whose teeth are spears and arrows, and their tongue a sharp sword.5Be exalted above the heavens, O God; let thy glory be above all the earth!6They have prepared a net for my steps; my soul was bowed down: they have digged a pit before me; they are fallen into the midst thereof. Selah.7My heart is fixed, O God, my heart is fixed: I will sing, yea, I will sing psalms.8Awake, my glory; awake, lute and harp: I will wake the dawn.9I will give thee thanks among the peoples, O Lord; of thee will I sing psalms among the nations:10For thy loving-kindness is great unto the heavens, and thy truth unto the clouds.11Be exalted above the heavens, O God; let thy glory be above all the earth!