For the leader. A psalm of David.
Who sharpen their tongue like a serpent, venom of asps upon their lips. Selah
O God who granted me vengeance, made peoples subject to me,
My God, rescue me from the hand of the wicked, from the clutches of the evil and violent.
Drop burning coals upon them; cast them into the watery pit never more to rise.
Rise, O Lord, confront and cast them down; rescue my soul from the wicked.
Grant me justice, O God; defend me from a faithless people; from the deceitful and unjust rescue me.
