Psalms 55:11-23

¹¹Wickedness is in the midst of it: deceit and guile depart not from her streets.

¹²For it was not an enemy that reproached me; then I could have borne it : neither was it he that hated me that magnified himself against me; then I would have hid myself from him:

¹³But it was thou, a man my equal, my guide, and my acquaintance.

¹⁴We took sweet counsel together, and walked to the house of God in company.

¹⁵Let death seize upon them, and let them go down quick into hell: for wickedness is in their dwellings, and among them.

¹⁶As for me, I will call upon God: and the LORD will save me.

¹⁷Evening, and morning, and at noon, will I pray, and cry aloud: and he will hear my voice.

¹⁸He hath delivered my soul in peace from the battle that was against me: for there were many with me.

¹⁹God will hear and afflict them, even he that abideth of old. Selah. Because they have no changes, therefore they fear not God.

²⁰He hath put forth his hands against such as are at peace with him: he hath broken his covenant.

²¹The words of his mouth were smoother than butter, but war was in his heart: his words were softer than oil, yet were they drawn swords.

²²Cast thy burden upon the LORD, and he will sustain thee: he will never suffer the righteous to be moved.

²³But thou, O God, wilt bring them down into the pit of destruction: bloody and deceitful men shall not live out half their days; but I will trust in thee.