Keep me as the pupil of the eye; hide me under the shadow of Your wings,

from the face of the wicked who have devastated me; from the enemies of my soul who surround me.

Arise, O Jehovah, forestall him; bow him down; deliver my soul from the wicked with Your sword,

i1 [To the chief Musician. Altaschith. Michtam of David; when Saul sent, and they watched the house to kill him.] i0 par Deliver me from my enemies, O my God; defend me from those who rise up against me.

Rescue me from the workers of wickedness, and deliver me from men of blood.

i1 [To the chief Musician. A Psalm of David.] i0 par Rescue me, O Jehovah, from evil men; guard me against violent men,

They have sharpened their tongues like a serpent; the poison of vipers is under their lips. Selah

And Ahithophel said to Absalom, Go in to your father's concubines, whom he has left to keep the house; and all Israel will hear that you have become odious to your father. Then the hands of all who are with you will be strong.

So they spread out a tent for Absalom on the housetop, and Absalom went in to his father's concubines before the eyes of all Israel.

Moreover Ahithophel said to Absalom, Now let me choose twelve thousand men, and I shall arise and pursue David tonight.

I will come upon him while he is weary and weak handed, and make him afraid. And all the people who are with him will flee, and I will strike only the king.

Thus we shall come upon him in some place where he may be found, and we shall fall upon him as the dew falls on the ground. And of him and all the men who are with him there shall not be left so much as one.

So Absalom and all the men of Israel said, The counsel of Hushai the Archite is better than the counsel of Ahithophel. For Jehovah had purposed to frustrate the good counsel of Ahithophel, to the intent that Jehovah might bring calamity upon Absalom.