He doth sit in an ambush of the villages, In secret places he doth slay the innocent. His eyes for the afflicted watch secretly,

I wash in innocency my hands, And I compass Thine altar, O Jehovah.

Violent witnesses rise up, That which I have not known they ask me.

Thoroughly wash me from mine iniquity, And from my sin cleanse me,

Cast on Jehovah that which He hath given thee, And He doth sustain thee, He doth not suffer for ever the moving of the righteous.

They assemble, they hide, they watch my heels, When they have expected my soul.

Which hearkeneth not to the voice of whisperers, A charmer of charms most skilful.

To the Overseer. -- 'Destroy not,' by David. -- A secret treasure, in Saul's sending, and they watch the house to put him to death. Deliver me from mine enemies, O my God, From my withstanders set me on high.

Ruling by His might to the age, His eyes among the nations do watch, The refractory exalt not themselves. Selah.

Those hating me without cause Have been more than the hairs of my head, Mighty have been my destroyers, My lying enemies, That which I took not away -- I bring back.

Only -- a vain thing! I have purified my heart, And I wash in innocency my hands,

Jehovah also giveth that which is good, And our land doth give its increase.

I profane not My covenant, And that which is going forth from My lips I change not.

For a thousand years in Thine eyes are as yesterday, For it passeth on, yea, a watch by night.

Not for ever doth He strive, Nor to the age doth He watch.

Zain. Remember the word to Thy servant, On which Thou hast caused me to hope.

A Song of the Ascents, by Solomon. If Jehovah doth not build the house, In vain have its builders laboured at it, If Jehovah doth not watch a city, In vain hath a watchman waked.

Set, O Jehovah, a watch for my mouth, Watch Thou over the door of my lips.

When my spirit hath been feeble in me, Then Thou hast known my path; In the way in which I walk, They have hid a snare for me.