The wicked walk on every side,
when the vilest men are exalted.

Who have said, With our tongue will we prevail;
our lips are our own: who is lord over us?
For the oppression of the poor, for the sighing of the needy,
now will I arise, saith the LORD;

They speak vanity every one with his neighbour:
with flattering lips and with a double heart do they speak.
The LORD shall cut off all flattering lips,
and the tongue that speaketh proud things:

Help, LORD; for the godly man ceaseth;
for the faithful fail from among the children of men.

For the righteous LORD loveth righteousness;
his countenance doth behold the upright.

Upon the wicked he shall rain snares, fire and brimstone,
and an horrible tempest: this shall be the portion of their cup.

The LORD trieth the righteous:
but the wicked and him that loveth violence his soul hateth.

If the foundations be destroyed,
what can the righteous do?
The LORD is in his holy temple,
the LORD's throne is in heaven:
his eyes behold,
his eyelids try, the children of men.

In the LORD put I my trust:
how say ye to my soul,
Flee as a bird to your mountain?
For, lo, the wicked bend their bow,
they make ready their arrow upon the string,
that they may privily shoot at the upright in heart.