2Save me, O LORD, from lying lips
and from deceitful tongues.

3What will he do to you,
and what more besides, O deceitful tongue?

4He will punish you with a warrior's sharp arrows,
with burning coals of the broom tree.

5Woe to me that I dwell in Meshech,
that I live among the tents of Kedar!

6Too long have I lived
among those who hate peace.

7I am a man of peace;
but when I speak, they are for war.

2My help comes from the LORD,
the Maker of heaven and earth.

3He will not let your foot slip—
he who watches over you will not slumber;

4indeed, he who watches over Israel
will neither slumber nor sleep.

5The LORD watches over you—
the LORD is your shade at your right hand;

6the sun will not harm you by day,
nor the moon by night.

7The LORD will keep you from all harm—
he will watch over your life;

8the LORD will watch over your coming and going
both now and forevermore.

2Our feet are standing
in your gates, O Jerusalem.

3Jerusalem is built like a city
that is closely compacted together.

4That is where the tribes go up,
the tribes of the LORD,
to praise the name of the LORD
according to the statute given to Israel.

5There the thrones for judgment stand,
the thrones of the house of David.

6Pray for the peace of Jerusalem:
“May those who love you be secure.

7May there be peace within your walls
and security within your citadels.”

8For the sake of my brothers and friends,
I will say, “Peace be within you.”

9For the sake of the house of the LORD our God,
I will seek your prosperity.

2As the eyes of slaves look to the hand of their master,
as the eyes of a maid look to the hand of her mistress,
so our eyes look to the LORD our God,
till he shows us his mercy.

3Have mercy on us, O LORD, have mercy on us,
for we have endured much contempt.

4We have endured much ridicule from the proud,
much contempt from the arrogant.

2if the LORD had not been on our side
when men attacked us,

3when their anger flared against us,
they would have swallowed us alive;

4the flood would have engulfed us,
the torrent would have swept over us,

5the raging waters
would have swept us away.

6Praise be to the LORD,
who has not let us be torn by their teeth.

7We have escaped like a bird
out of the fowler's snare;
the snare has been broken,
and we have escaped.

8Our help is in the name of the LORD,
the Maker of heaven and earth.

2As the mountains surround Jerusalem,
so the LORD surrounds his people
both now and forevermore.

3The scepter of the wicked will not remain
over the land allotted to the righteous,
for then the righteous might use
their hands to do evil.

4Do good, O LORD, to those who are good,
to those who are upright in heart.