"Do not grant,O LORD,the desiresof the wicked;Do not promotehis [evil] device,[that] they [not] be exalted.Selah.
Now someone toldDavid,saying,"Ahithophelis among the conspiratorswith Absalom."And Davidsaid,"O LORD,I pray,makethe counselof Ahithophelfoolishness."
Who givessalvationto kings,Who rescuesDavidHis servantfrom the evilsword.
Do not deliverme over to the desireof my adversaries,For false witnesseshave risenagainst me, And such as breatheout violence.
Had I not fearedthe provocationby the enemy,That their adversarieswould misjudge,That they would say,"Our handis triumphant,And the LORDhas not doneallthis."'
