They sharpen their tongue like a serpent’s —viper’s venom is under their lips. Selah
Continue Your lovingkindness to those who know You, and Your justice to the upright in heart.
My God, rescue me out of the hand of the wicked, out of the grasp of an evil, ruthless man.
My steps have kept on Your paths. My feet have not slipped.
Showing partiality to the wicked is not good, nor is depriving the innocent of justice.
Your tongue plots destruction, like a sharp razor, working deceit.
Their venom is like a serpent’s venom, like a deaf cobra shutting its ear—