Keep me as the apple of the eye, hide me under the shadow of your wings,

From the wicked that oppress me, from my deadly enemies, who surround me.

Arise, O LORD, confront him, cast him down: deliver my soul from the wicked, by your sword:

To the Chief Musician, altaschith. A michtam of David; when Saul sent, and they watched the house to kill him. Deliver me from my enemies, O my God: defend me from them that rise up against me.

Deliver me from the workers of iniquity, and save me from bloodthirsty men.

To the Chief Musician. A Psalm of David. Deliver me, O LORD, from the evil man: preserve me from the violent man;

They have sharpened their tongues like a serpent; adders' poison is under their lips. Selah.

And Ahithophel said unto Absalom, Go in unto your father’s concubines, which he has left to keep the house; and all Israel shall hear that you are abhorred by your father: then shall the hands of all that are with you be strong.

So they spread Absalom a tent upon the top of the house; and Absalom went in unto his father’s concubines in the sight of all Israel.

Moreover Ahithophel said unto Absalom, Let me now choose out twelve thousand men, and I will arise and pursue after David this night:

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

So shall we come upon him in some place where he shall be found, and we will light upon him as the dew falls on the ground: and of him and of all the men that are with him there shall not be left so much as one.

And Absalom and all the men of Israel said, The counsel of Hushai the Archite is better than the counsel of Ahithophel. For the LORD had purposed to defeat the good counsel of Ahithophel, to the intent that the LORD might bring evil upon Absalom.