<p class="poetry">See the one who is pregnant with wickedness,p> <p class="poetry">who conceives destructive plans,p> <p class="poetry">and gives birth to harmful lies &#8211; <n id="1" />p>

<p class="poetry">The words he speaks are sinful and deceitful;p> <p class="poetry">he does not care about doing what is wise and right.<n id="1" />p>

<p class="poetry">Deliver me from evildoers!<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">Rescue me from violent men!<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">Hide me from the plots of evil men,p> <p class="poetry">from the crowd of evildoers.<n id="1" />p>

<p class="poetry">If I had harbored sin in my heart,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">the Lord would not have listened.p>

<p class="poetry">They spew out threats<n id="1" /> and speak defiantly;p> <p class="poetry">all the evildoers boast.<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">Direct my steps by your word!<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">Do not let any sin dominate me!p>

<p class="poetry">Protect me from the snare they have laid for me,p> <p class="poetry">and the traps the evildoers have set.<n id="1" />p>

<p class="poetry">Arrogant people cannot stand in your presence;<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">you hate<n id="2" /> all who behave wickedly.<n id="3" />p>

<p class="poetry">Turn back from me, all you who behave wickedly,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">for the <sc>Lordsc> has heard the sound of my weeping!<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">His mouth is full of curses and deceptive, harmful words;<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">his tongue injures and destroys.<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">All those who behave wickedly<n id="1" /> do not understand &#8211; <n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">those who devour my people as if they were eating bread,p> <p class="poetry">and do not call out to the <sc>Lordsc>.p>

<p class="poetry">I can see the evildoers! They have fallen!<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">They have been knocked down and are unable to get up!<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">All those who behave wickedly<n id="1" /> do not understand<n id="2" /> &#8211;p> <p class="poetry">those who devour my people as if they were eating bread,p> <p class="poetry">and do not call out to God.p>

<p class="poetry">because of what the enemy says,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">and because of how the wicked<n id="2" /> pressure me,<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">for they hurl trouble<n id="4" /> down upon me<n id="5" />p> <p class="poetry">and angrily attack me.p>

<p class="poetry">Day and night they walk around on its walls,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">while wickedness and destruction<n id="2" /> are within it.p>

<p class="poetry">Because they are bent on violence, do not let them escape!<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">In your anger<n id="2" /> bring down the nations,<n id="3" /> O God!p>

<p class="poetry">When the wicked sprout up like grass,p> <p class="poetry">and all the evildoers glisten,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">it is so that they may be annihilated.<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">Who will rise up to defend me<n id="1" /> against the wicked?p> <p class="poetry">Who will stand up for me against the evildoers?<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">He will pay them back for their sin.<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">He will destroy them because of<n id="2" /> their evil;p> <p class="poetry">the <sc>Lordsc> our God will destroy them.p>