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Prayer for Deliverance from Evil Men
To the Chief Musician. A Psalm of David.
Deliver me, O Lord, from evil men;
Preserve me from violent men,
To the Chief Musician. A Psalm of David.
Deliver me, O Lord, from evil men;
Preserve me from violent men,
who devise evil plans in their hearts
and stir up war every day.
and stir up war every day.
Who plan evil things in their hearts;
They continually gather together for war.
They continually gather together for war.
They sharpen their tongues like a serpent;
The poison of asps is under their lips. Selah
The poison of asps is under their lips. Selah
Keep me safe, Lord, from the hands of the wicked;
protect me from the violent,
who devise ways to trip my feet.
protect me from the violent,
who devise ways to trip my feet.
Keep me, O Lord, from the hands of the wicked;
Preserve me from violent men,
Who have purposed to make my steps stumble.
Preserve me from violent men,
Who have purposed to make my steps stumble.
The arrogant have hidden a snare for me;
they have spread out the cords of their net
and have set traps for me along my path.
they have spread out the cords of their net
and have set traps for me along my path.
The proud have hidden a snare for me, and cords;
They have spread a net by the wayside;
They have set traps for me. Selah
They have spread a net by the wayside;
They have set traps for me. Selah
I say to the Lord, “You are my God.”
Hear, Lord, my cry for mercy.
Hear, Lord, my cry for mercy.
I said to the Lord: “You are my God;
Hear the voice of my supplications, O Lord.
Hear the voice of my supplications, O Lord.
Sovereign Lord, my strong deliverer,
you shield my head in the day of battle.
you shield my head in the day of battle.
Do not grant the wicked their desires, Lord;
do not let their plans succeed.
do not let their plans succeed.
Do not grant, O Lord, the desires of the wicked;
Do not further his wicked scheme,
Lest they be exalted. Selah
Do not further his wicked scheme,
Lest they be exalted. Selah
Those who surround me proudly rear their heads;
may the mischief of their lips engulf them.
may the mischief of their lips engulf them.
“As for the head of those who surround me,
Let the evil of their lips cover them;
Let the evil of their lips cover them;
May burning coals fall on them;
may they be thrown into the fire,
into miry pits, never to rise.
may they be thrown into the fire,
into miry pits, never to rise.
Let burning coals fall upon them;
Let them be cast into the fire,
Into deep pits, that they rise not up again.
Let them be cast into the fire,
Into deep pits, that they rise not up again.
May slanderers not be established in the land;
may disaster hunt down the violent.
may disaster hunt down the violent.
Let not a slanderer be established in the earth;
Let evil hunt the violent man to overthrow him.”
Let evil hunt the violent man to overthrow him.”
I know that the Lord secures justice for the poor
and upholds the cause of the needy.
and upholds the cause of the needy.
I know that the Lord will maintain
The cause of the afflicted,
And justice for the poor.
The cause of the afflicted,
And justice for the poor.