Do not give me up to the will of my adversaries,
For false witnesses have come against me;
They breathe out violence.

Confuse [my enemies], O Lord, divide their tongues [destroying their schemes],
For I have seen violence and strife in the city.

Destruction is within her;
Oppression and deceit do not depart from her streets and market places.

No, in your heart you devise wrongdoing;
On earth you deal out the violence of your hands.

He will redeem their life from oppression and fraud and violence,
And their blood will be precious in His sight.

Therefore pride is their necklace;
Violence covers them like a garment [like a long, luxurious robe].

Consider the covenant [You made with Abraham],
For the dark places of the land are full of the habitations of violence.

“The enemy will not outwit him,
Nor will the wicked man afflict or humiliate him.

His mischief will return on his own head,
And his violence will come down on the top of his head [like loose dirt].

The Lord tests the righteous and the wicked,
And His soul hates the [malevolent] one who loves violence.

He rescues me from my enemies;
Yes, You lift me up above those who rise up against me;
You deliver me from the man of violence.