<p class="poetry">Is there any falsehood<n id="1" /> on my lips?p> <p class="poetry">Can my mouth<n id="2" /> not discern evil things?<n id="3" />p>

<p class="poetry">Your tongue carries out your destructive plans;<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">it is as effective as a sharp razor, O deceiver.<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">Disaster is within it;p> <p class="poetry">violence<n id="1" /> and deceit do not depart from its public square.p>

<p class="poetry">he will certainly rescue you from the snare of the hunter<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">and from the destructive plague.p>

<p class="poetry">Cruel rulers<n id="1" /> are not your allies,p> <p class="poetry">those who make oppressive laws.<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">For<n id="1" /> they do not speak the truth;<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">their stomachs are like the place of destruction,<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">their throats like an open grave,<n id="4" />p> <p class="poetry">their tongues like a steep slope leading into it.<n id="5" />p>

<p class="poetry">Those who seek my life try to entrap me;<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">those who want to harm me speak destructive words;p> <p class="poetry">all day long they say deceitful things.p>

<t /><p class="psasuper">For the music director; according to the <i>al-tashchethi> style;<n id="2" /> a prayer<n id="3" /> of David, written when he fled from Saul into the cave.<n id="4" />p> <p class="poetry">Have mercy on me, O God! Have mercy on me!p> <p class="poetry">For in you I have taken shelter.<n id="5" />p> <p class="poetry">In the shadow of your wings<n id="6" /> I take shelterp> <p class="poetry">until trouble passes.p>