Hideme from the secretcounselof evildoers,From the tumultof those who doiniquity,
Then the LORDsaidto Cain,"Whyare you angry?And whyhas your countenancefallen?
Deliverme, O LORD,from my enemies;I takerefugein You.
The kingsof the earthtaketheir standAnd the rulerstakecounseltogetherAgainstthe LORDand againstHis Anointed,saying,
For in the dayof troubleHe will concealme in His tabernacle;In the secretplaceof His tentHe will hideme; He will liftme up on a rock.
O LORD,howmy adversarieshave increased!Manyare risingup againstme.
You hidethem in the secretplaceof Your presencefrom the conspiraciesof man;You keepthem secretlyin a shelterfrom the strifeof tongues.
They attack,they lurk,They watchmy steps,As they have waited[to take] my life.
Deliverme from those who doiniquityAnd saveme from menof bloodshed.
Eachwill be like a refugefrom the windAnd a shelterfrom the storm,Like streamsof waterin a drycountry,Like the shadeof a hugerockin a parchedland.
But I was like a gentlelambledto the slaughter;And I did not knowthat they had devisedplotsagainstme, [saying], "Let us destroythe treewith its fruit,And let us cuthim offfrom the landof the living,That his namebe rememberednomore."
Do giveheedto me, O LORD,And listento whatmy opponentsare saying!
Yet You, O LORD,knowAlltheir deadlydesignsagainstme; Do not forgivetheir iniquityOr blotout their sinfrom Your sight.But may they be overthrownbeforeYou; Dealwith them in the timeof Your anger!
The Jewsalsojoined in the attack,assertingthat these thingswere so.
requestinga concessionagainstPaul, that he might have him broughtto Jerusalem([at the same time], settingan ambushto killhim on the way).
