O God, listen to my prayer! Pay attention to what I say!

May those who wait to ambush me be repaid for their evil! As a demonstration of your faithfulness, destroy them!

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

God, the one who has reigned as king from long ago, will hear and humiliate them. (Selah) They refuse to change, and do not fear God.

In God – I boast in his promise – in God I trust, I am not afraid. What can mere men do to me?

All day long they cause me trouble; they make a habit of plotting my demise.

In God – I boast in his promise – in the Lord – I boast in his promise –

For the music director; according to the al-tashcheth style; a prayer of David. Do you rulers really pronounce just decisions? Do you judge people fairly?

No! You plan how to do what is unjust; you deal out violence in the earth.

The wicked turn aside from birth; liars go astray as soon as they are born.

that does not respond to the magicians, or to a skilled snake-charmer.

Deliver me from evildoers! Rescue me from violent men!

You, O Lord God, the invincible warrior, the God of Israel, rouse yourself and punish all the nations! Have no mercy on any treacherous evildoers! (Selah)

Look, they hurl insults at me and openly threaten to kill me, for they say, “Who hears?”

Angrily wipe them out! Wipe them out so they vanish! Let them know that God rules in Jacob and to the ends of the earth! (Selah)

You have given your loyal followers a rallying flag, so that they might seek safety from the bow. (Selah)

Give us help against the enemy, for any help men might offer is futile.

Give the king long life! Make his lifetime span several generations!

and you, O Lord, demonstrate loyal love. For you repay men for what they do.

Hide me from the plots of evil men, from the crowd of evildoers.