| New International Version | King James Bible |
| 1For the director of music. With stringed instruments. A maskil of David. Listen to my prayer, O God, do not ignore my plea; | 1To the chief Musician on Neginoth, Maschil, A Psalm of David. Give ear to my prayer, O God; and hide not thyself from my supplication. |
| 2hear me and answer me. My thoughts trouble me and I am distraught | 2Attend unto me, and hear me: I mourn in my complaint, and make a noise; |
| 3because of what my enemy is saying, because of the threats of the wicked; for they bring down suffering on me and assail me in their anger. | 3Because of the voice of the enemy, because of the oppression of the wicked: for they cast iniquity upon me, and in wrath they hate me. |
| 4My heart is in anguish within me; the terrors of death have fallen on me. | 4My heart is sore pained within me: and the terrors of death are fallen upon me. |
| 5Fear and trembling have beset me; horror has overwhelmed me. | 5Fearfulness and trembling are come upon me, and horror hath overwhelmed me. |
| 6I said, "Oh, that I had the wings of a dove! I would fly away and be at rest. | 6And I said, Oh that I had wings like a dove! for then would I fly away, and be at rest. |
| 7I would flee far away and stay in the desert; | 7Lo, then would I wander far off, and remain in the wilderness. Selah. |
| 8I would hurry to my place of shelter, far from the tempest and storm." | 8I would hasten my escape from the windy storm and tempest. |
| 9Lord, confuse the wicked, confound their words, for I see violence and strife in the city. | 9Destroy, O Lord, and divide their tongues: for I have seen violence and strife in the city. |
| 10Day and night they prowl about on its walls; malice and abuse are within it. | 10Day and night they go about it upon the walls thereof: mischief also and sorrow are in the midst of it. |
| 11Destructive forces are at work in the city; threats and lies never leave its streets. | 11Wickedness is in the midst thereof: deceit and guile depart not from her streets. |
| 12If an enemy were insulting me, I could endure it; if a foe were rising against me, I could hide. | 12For it was not an enemy that reproached me; then I could have borne it: neither was it he that hated me that did magnify himself against me; then I would have hid myself from him: |
| 13But it is you, a man like myself, my companion, my close friend, | 13But it was thou, a man mine equal, my guide, and mine acquaintance. |
| 14with whom I once enjoyed sweet fellowship at the house of God, as we walked about among the worshipers. | 14We took sweet counsel together, and walked unto the house of God in company. |
| 15Let death take my enemies by surprise; let them go down alive to the realm of the dead, for evil finds lodging among them. | 15Let death seize upon them, and let them go down quick into hell: for wickedness is in their dwellings, and among them. |
| 16As for me, I call to God, and the LORD saves me. | 16As for me, I will call upon God; and the LORD shall save me. |
| 17Evening, morning and noon I cry out in distress, and he hears my voice. | 17Evening, and morning, and at noon, will I pray, and cry aloud: and he shall hear my voice. |
| 18He rescues me unharmed from the battle waged against me, even though many oppose me. | 18He hath delivered my soul in peace from the battle that was against me: for there were many with me. |
| 19God, who is enthroned from of old, who does not change-- he will hear them and humble them, because they have no fear of God. | 19God shall hear, and afflict them, even he that abideth of old. Selah. Because they have no changes, therefore they fear not God. |
| 20My companion attacks his friends; he violates his covenant. | 20He hath put forth his hands against such as be at peace with him: he hath broken his covenant. |
| 21His talk is smooth as butter, yet war is in his heart; his words are more soothing than oil, yet they are drawn swords. | 21The words of his mouth were smoother than butter, but war was in his heart: his words were softer than oil, yet were they drawn swords. |
| 22Cast your cares on the LORD and he will sustain you; he will never let the righteous be shaken. | 22Cast thy burden upon the LORD, and he shall sustain thee: he shall never suffer the righteous to be moved. |
| 23But you, God, will bring down the wicked into the pit of decay; the bloodthirsty and deceitful will not live out half their days. But as for me, I trust in you. | 23But thou, O God, shalt bring them down into the pit of destruction: bloody and deceitful men shall not live out half their days; but I will trust in thee. |
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