Give ear to my prayer, O God;
and hide not thyself from my supplication.
² Attend unto me,
and hear me:
I mourn in my complaint,
and make a noise;
³ Because of the voice of the enemy,
because of the oppression of the wicked:
for they cast iniquity upon me,
and in wrath they hate me.

⁴ My heart is sore pained within me:
and the terrors of death are fallen upon me.
⁵ Fearfulness and trembling are come upon me,
and horror hath overwhelmed me.
⁶ And I said,
Oh that I had wings like a dove!
for then would I fly away,
and be at rest.
⁷ Lo, then would I wander far off,
and remain in the wilderness.
Selah.

⁸ I would hasten my escape
from the windy storm and tempest.
⁹ Destroy, O Lord,
and divide their tongues:
for seen violence and strife in the city.
¹⁰ Day and night
they go about it upon the walls thereof:
mischief also and sorrow are in the midst of it.
¹¹ Wickedness is in the midst thereof:
deceit and guile depart not from her streets.
¹² For it was not an enemy
reproached me;
then I could have borne it:
neither was it he that hated me
that did magnify himself against me;
then I would have hid myself from him:
¹³ But it was thou,
a man mine equal,
my guide,
and mine acquaintance.
¹⁴ We took sweet counsel together,
and walked unto the house of God in company.
¹⁵ Let death seize upon them,
and let them go down quick into hell:
for wickedness is in their dwellings,
and among them.
¹⁶ As for me,
I will call upon God;
and the LORD shall save me.
¹⁷ Evening,
and morning,
and at noon,
will I pray,
and cry aloud:
and he shall hear my voice.
¹⁸ He hath delivered my soul in peace
from the battle that was against me:
for there were many with me.
¹⁹ God shall hear,
and afflict them,
even he that abideth of old.
Selah.

Because they have no changes,
therefore they fear not God.
²⁰ He hath put forth his hands
against such as be at peace with him:
he hath broken his covenant.
²¹ The 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.
²² Cast thy burden upon the LORD,
and he shall sustain thee:
he shall never suffer the righteous to be moved.
²³ But thou, O God,
shalt 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.

* NOTE: On Opening and Closing Comments in the Psalms.
[Some commentators take the Psalm in Habakkuk 3 to be a standard model for the Psalms.
Habakkuk's Psalm begins with the name of the composer (Habakkuk) and a musical notation ("upon Shigionoth").
It closes with a dedication or a "send to" notice ("To the chief singer on my stringed instruments").
I have arranged similar material, where it is found in the Psalter, in accord with the model in Habakkuk.]