1 O Lord, save my soul from the perverse and wicked man and from the whispering and transgressing tongue, that speaks lies and deceit.

2 For in the response of his words is the tongue of the transgressor: for he shows like one whose deeds are fair, and kindles fire among the people.

3 For his sojourning is to fill (set fire to) houses by his lying talk: for the trees of his delight he will cut down with the flame of his tongue that does lawlessly.

4 He has destroyed the houses of the transgressors by war: and the slandering lips GOD has removed from the innocent, the lips of transgressors: and the bones of the slanderer shall be scattered far from those who fear the Lord.

5 By flaming fire He will destroy the slanderous tongue from among the upright, and their houses.

6 And the Lord shall preserve the soul of the righteous who hateth them that are evil: and the Lord shall establish the man that makes peace in the house of the Lord.

7 Of the Lord is salvation upon Israel His servant for ever:

8 and the sinners shall perish together from before the face of the Lord: and the saints of the Lord shall inherit the promises of the Lord.