15. Desolations [are] upon them, They go down [to] Sheol--alive, For wickedness [is] in their dwelling, in their midst.
16. I--to God I call, and Jehovah saveth me.
17. Evening, and morning, and noon, I meditate, and make a noise, and He heareth my voice,
18. He hath ransomed in peace my soul From him who is near to me, For with the multitude they were with me.
19. God doth hear and afflict them, And He sitteth of old. Selah. Because they have no changes, and fear not God,
20. He hath sent forth his hands against his well-wishers, He hath polluted his covenant.
21. Sweeter than honey hath been his mouth, And his heart [is] war! Softer have been his words than oil, And they [are] drawn [swords].