Of Solomon: Concerning the tongue of the wicked.

1 O Lord, save my soul from the wicked and evil man: from the tongue that is wicked and lying, and that speaketh false and deceitful words.

2 The words of the tongue of the evil man are for the accomplishment of frowardness: even as fire in a threshing-floor, that burneth up the straw thereof, so is his sojourning among men:

3 That he may set fire to houses with his lying tongue, and cut down the trees of gladness with the flame of his wicked tongue,

4 And put to confusion the houses of the wicked by kindling strife with slanderous lips.

Let God remove far from the innocent the lips of the wicked by bringing them to want: and let the bones of slanderers be scattered far from them that fear God.

5 Let the slanderous tongue perish from among the saints in flaming fire.

6 May God preserve the quiet soul that hateth the unrighteous: and may God direct the man that worketh peace in his house.

7 The salvation of God be upon Israel His servant for ever:

8 And let the sinners be destroyed from before the face of God together: and let the saints of God inherit the promises of God.