1 pro victoria canticum David
2 erue me Domine ab homine malo
a viris iniquis serva me
3 qui cogitaverunt malitias in corde
tota die versati sunt in proeliis
4 exacuerunt linguam suam quasi serpens
venenum aspidis sub labiis eorum semper
5 custodi me Domine de manu impii a viro iniquitatum serva me
qui cogitaverunt subplantare gressus meos
6 absconderunt superbi laqueum mihi
et funibus extenderunt rete
iuxta semitam offendiculum posuerunt mihi semper
7 dixi Domino Deus meus tu
audi Domine vocem deprecationis meae
8 Domine Deus fortitudo salutis meae
protexisti caput meum in die belli
9 ne des Domine desideria impii
scelera eius ne effundantur et
eleventur semper
10 amaritudo convivarum meorum
labor labiorum eorum operiat eos
11 cadent super eos carbones ignis
deicies eos in foveas ut non consurgant
12 vir linguosus non dirigetur in terra
virum iniquum mala capient in interitu
13 scio quod faciet Dominus causam inopis iudicia pauperum
14 attamen iusti confitebuntur nomini tuo
habitabunt recti cum vultu tuo
To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David.
1 O LORD, thou hast searched me, and known me .
2 Thou knowest my downsitting and mine uprising, thou understandest my thought afar off.
3 Thou compassest my path and my lying down, and art acquainted with all my ways.
4 For there is not a word in my tongue, but , lo, O LORD, thou knowest it altogether.
5 Thou hast beset me behind and before, and laid thine hand upon me.
6 Such knowledge is too wonderful for me; it is high, I cannot attain unto it.
7 Whither shall I go from thy spirit? or whither shall I flee from thy presence?
8 If I ascend up into heaven, thou art there: if I make my bed in hell, behold, thou art there .
9 If I take the wings of the morning, and dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea;
10 Even there shall thy hand lead me, and thy right hand shall hold me.
11 If I say, Surely the darkness shall cover me; even the night shall be light about me.
12 Yea, the darkness hideth not from thee; but the night shineth as the day: the darkness and the light are both alike to thee .
13 For thou hast possessed my reins: thou hast covered me in my mother’s womb.
14 I will praise thee; for I am fearfully and wonderfully made: marvellous are thy works; and that my soul knoweth right well.
15 My substance was not hid from thee, when I was made in secret, and curiously wrought in the lowest parts of the earth.
16 Thine eyes did see my substance, yet being unperfect; and in thy book all my members were written, which in continuance were fashioned, when as yet there was none of them.
17 How precious also are thy thoughts unto me, O God! how great is the sum of them!
18 If I should count them, they are more in number than the sand: when I awake, I am still with thee.
19 Surely thou wilt slay the wicked, O God: depart from me therefore, ye bloody men.
20 For they speak against thee wickedly, and thine enemies take thy name in vain.
21 Do not I hate them, O LORD, that hate thee? and am not I grieved with those that rise up against thee?
22 I hate them with perfect hatred: I count them mine enemies.
23 Search me, O God, and know my heart: try me, and know my thoughts:
24 And see if there be any wicked way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting.