2 Shield me from the secret plots of wicked men,+

From the crowd of wrongdoers.

 3 They sharpen their tongue just like a sword;

They aim their cruel words like arrows,

17 No weapon formed against you will have any success,+

And you will condemn any tongue that rises up against you in the judgment.

This is the heritage* of the servants of Jehovah,

And their righteousness is from me,” declares Jehovah.+