1 Livra-me, ó Senhor, do homem mau; guarda-me do homem violento; 2 os quais pensam o mal no coração; continuamente se ajuntam para a guerra. 3 Aguçaram a língua como a serpente; o veneno das víboras está debaixo dos seus lábios. (Selá)

4 Guarda-me, ó Senhor, das mãos do ímpio e guarda-me do homem violento, os quais se propuseram desviar os meus passos. 5 Os soberbos armaram-me laços e cordas; estenderam a rede à beira do caminho; armaram-me laços corrediços. (Selá)

6 Eu disse ao Senhor: tu és o meu Deus; ouve a voz das minhas súplicas, ó Senhor. 7 Senhor Deus, fortaleza da minha salvação, tu cobriste a minha cabeça no dia da batalha. 8 Não cumpras, ó Senhor, ao ímpio os seus desejos; não deixes ir por diante o seu mau propósito, para que não se exalte. (Selá)

9 Quanto aos que, cercando-me, levantam a cabeça, cubra-os a maldade dos seus lábios. 10 Caiam sobre eles brasas vivas, sejam lançados no fogo em covas profundas, para que se não tornem a levantar. 11 Não terá firmeza na terra o homem de má língua; o mal perseguirá o homem violento, até que seja desterrado.

12 Sei que o Senhor sustentará a causa do oprimido e o direito do necessitado. 13 Assim, os justos louvarão o teu nome; os retos habitarão na tua presença.

1 Lord, thou hast proved me, and known me:2 thou hast know my sitting down, and my rising up.3 Thou hast understood my thoughts afar off: my path and my line thou hast searched out.4 And thou hast foreseen all my ways: for there is no speech in my tongue.5 Behold, O Lord, thou hast known all things, the last and those of old: thou hast formed me, and hast laid thy hand upon me.6 Thy knowledge is become wonderful to me: it is high, and I cannot reach to it.7 Whither shall I go from thy spirit? or whither shall I flee from thy face?8 If I ascend into heaven, thou art there: if I descend into hell, thou art present.9 If I take my wings early in the morning, and dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea:10 Even there also shall thy hand lead me: and thy right hand shall hold me.11 And I said: Perhaps darkness shall cover me: and night shall be my light in my pleasures.12 But darkness shall not be dark to thee, and night shall be light as day: the darkness thereof, and the light thereof are alike to thee.13 For thou hast possessed my reins: thou hast protected me from my mother's womb.14 I will praise thee, for thou art fearfully magnified: wonderful are thy works, and my soul knoweth right well.15 My bone is not hidden from thee, which thou hast made in secret: and my substance in the lower parts of the earth.16 Thy eyes did see my imperfect being, and in thy book all shall be written: days shall be formed, and no one in them.17 But to me thy friends, O God, are made exceedingly honourable: their principality is exceedingly strengthened.18 I will number them, and they shall be multiplied above the sand: I rose up and am still with thee.19 If thou wilt kill the wicked, O God: ye men of blood, depart from me:20 Because you say in thought: They shall receive thy cities in vain.21 Have I not hated them, O Lord, that hated thee: and pine away because of thy enemies?22 I have hated them with a perfect hatred: and they are become enemies to me.23 Prove me, O God, and know my heart: examine me, and know my paths.24 And see if there be in me the way of iniquity: and lead me in the eternal way.