Surely thou wilt slay the wicked, O God: depart from me therefore, ye bloody men.

Gather not my soul with sinners, nor my life with bloody men: {Gather...: or, Take not away} {bloody...: Heb. men of blood}

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. {bloody...: Heb. men of bloods and deceit} {shall...: Heb. shall not half their days}

When the wicked, {even} mine enemies and my foes, came upon me to eat up my flesh, they stumbled and fell. {came...: Heb. approached against me}

Yea, let none that wait on thee be ashamed: let them be ashamed which transgress without cause.

Hide me from the secret counsel of the wicked; from the insurrection of the workers of iniquity:

Who will rise up for me against the evildoers? {or} who will stand up for me against the workers of iniquity?

Gilead {is} a city of them that work iniquity, {and is} polluted with blood. {polluted: or, cunning for}

Therefore the law is slacked, and judgment doth never go forth: for the wicked doth compass about the righteous; therefore wrong judgment proceedeth. {wrong: or, wrested}