They will be thrown down the side of a cliff by their judges. They will listen to my words, for they are pleasant.

As a demonstration of your loyal love, destroy my enemies! Annihilate all who threaten my life, for I am your servant.

Condemn them, O God! May their own schemes be their downfall! Drive them away because of their many acts of insurrection, for they have rebelled against you.

“What profit is there in taking my life, in my descending into the Pit? Can the dust of the grave praise you? Can it declare your loyalty?

But evil men will die; the Lord’s enemies will be incinerated – they will go up in smoke.

Rely on the Lord! Obey his commands! Then he will permit you to possess the land; you will see the demise of evil men.

May those who are trying to snatch away my life be totally embarrassed and ashamed! May those who want to harm me be turned back and ashamed!

“Look, here is the man who would not make God his protector! He trusted in his great wealth and was confident about his plans to destroy others.”

May he send help from heaven and deliver me from my enemies who hurl insults! (Selah) May God send his loyal love and faithfulness!

May my accusers be humiliated and defeated! May those who want to harm me be covered with scorn and disgrace!

The Lord protects those residing outside their native land; he lifts up the fatherless and the widow, but he opposes the wicked.

Give sincere homage! Otherwise he will be angry, and you will die because of your behavior, when his anger quickly ignites. How blessed are all who take shelter in him!

For the music director; according to the yonath-elem-rechovim style; a prayer of David, written when the Philistines captured him in Gath. Have mercy on me, O God, for men are attacking me! All day long hostile enemies are tormenting me.

Those who hate me without cause are more numerous than the hairs of my head. Those who want to destroy me, my enemies for no reason, outnumber me. They make me repay what I did not steal!