We reflect on your loyal love, O God, within your temple.

He caused them to fall right in the middle of their camp, all around their homes.

When worries threaten to overwhelm me, your soothing touch makes me happy.

My heart beats violently within me; the horrors of death overcome me.

Disaster is within it; violence and deceit do not depart from its public square.

Your enemies roar in the middle of your sanctuary; they set up their battle flags.

Why do you remain inactive? Intervene and destroy him!

But God has been my king from ancient times, performing acts of deliverance on the earth.

He made cursing a way of life, so curses poured into his stomach like water and seeped into his bones like oil.

For I am oppressed and needy, and my heart beats violently within me.

The Lord extends your dominion from Zion. Rule in the midst of your enemies!

For he makes the bars of your gates strong. He blesses your children within you.

For they do not speak the truth; their stomachs are like the place of destruction, their throats like an open grave, their tongues like a steep slope leading into it.

my anxiety intensified. As I thought about it, I became impatient. Finally I spoke these words:

God lives within it, it cannot be moved. God rescues it at the break of dawn.

Their grave becomes their permanent residence, their eternal dwelling place. They name their lands after themselves,

Create for me a pure heart, O God! Renew a resolute spirit within me!

Day and night they walk around on its walls, while wickedness and destruction are within it.

May death destroy them! May they go down alive into Sheol! For evil is in their dwelling place and in their midst.

They spend all their time planning how to bring him down. They love to use deceit; they pronounce blessings with their mouths, but inwardly they utter curses. (Selah)