1  To David. [The psalm of David.] Lord, deem thou them, that annoy me; overcome thou them, that fight against me.

2 Take thou armours and shield; and rise up into help to me.

3 Hold out the sword, and close altogether the way against them that pursue me; say thou to my soul, I am thine health.

4 They that seek my life; be shamed, and ashamed. They that think evils to me; be turned away backward, and be they shamed.

5 Be they made as dust before the face of the wind; and the angel of the Lord make them strait.

6 Their way be made darkness, and sliderness; and the angel of the Lord pursue them.

7 For without cause they hid to me the death of their snare; in vain they despised my soul.

8 The snare which he knoweth not come to him, and the taking which he hid take him; and fall he into the snare in that thing.

9 But my soul shall fully have joy in the Lord; and shall delight on his health.

10 All my bones shall say, Lord, who is like thee? Thou deliverest a poor man from the hand of his stronger; a needy man and poor from them that diversely ravish him.

11 Wicked witnesses rising asked me things, which I knew not.

12 They yielded to me evils for goods; barrenness to my soul.

13 But when they were dis-easeful to me; I was clothed in an hair-shirt. I meeked my soul in fasting; and my prayer shall be turned into my bosom.

14 I pleased so as our neighbour, as our brother; I was made meek, so as mourning and sorrowful.

15 And they were glad, and came together against me; torments were gathered on me, and I knew it not. They were scattered, and not compunct;

16 they tempted me, they scorned me with mocking, they gnashed on me with their teeth.

17 Lord, when thou shalt behold, restore thou my soul from the wicked-ness of them; mine one alone from lions.

18 I shall acknowledge to thee in a great church; I shall praise thee in a firm people.

19 They that be adversaries wickedly to me, have not joy on me; that hate me without cause, and beckon with eyes.

20 For soothly they spake not peace-ably to me; and they speaking in wrath-fulness of [the] earth, thought guiles.

21 And they made large their mouth on me; they said, Well, well! our eyes have seen.

22 Lord, thou hast seen, be thou not still; Lord, depart thou not from me.

23 Rise up, and give attention to my doom; my God and my Lord, behold into my cause.

24 My Lord God, deem thou me by thy rightfulness [or rightwiseness]; and have they not joy on me.

25 Say they not in their hearts, Well, well, to our soul; neither say they, We shall devour him.

26 Shame they, and dread they together; that joy for mine evils. Be they clothed with shame and dread; that speak evil things on me.

27 Have they full joy, and be they glad, that will or desire my rightful-ness [or rightwiseness]; and say they ever[more], The Lord be magnified, which desire the peace of his servant.

28 And my tongue shall bethink thy rightfulness [or rightwiseness]; all day thy praising.