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For the choir director: A psalm of David.
O LORD, rescue me from evil people.
Protect me from those who are violent,
O LORD, rescue me from evil people.
Protect me from those who are violent,
Deliver Me, O Lord, From the Evil Man
{To the chief Musician. A Psalm of David.} Free me, O Jehovah, from the evil man; preserve me from the violent man:
{To the chief Musician. A Psalm of David.} Free me, O Jehovah, from the evil man; preserve me from the violent man:
those who plot evil in their hearts
and stir up trouble all day long.
and stir up trouble all day long.
Who devise mischiefs in [their] heart; every day are they banded together for war.
Their tongues sting like a snake;
the venom of a viper drips from their lips.
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the venom of a viper drips from their lips.
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They sharpen their tongues like a serpent; adders' poison is under their lips. Selah.
O LORD, keep me out of the hands of the wicked.
Protect me from those who are violent,
for they are plotting against me.
Protect me from those who are violent,
for they are plotting against me.
Keep me, O Jehovah, from the hands of the wicked [man], preserve me from the violent man, who devise to overthrow my steps.
The proud have set a trap to catch me;
they have stretched out a net;
they have placed traps all along the way.
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they have stretched out a net;
they have placed traps all along the way.
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The proud have hidden a snare for me, and cords; they have spread a net by the way-side; they have set traps for me. Selah.
I said to the LORD, “You are my God!”
Listen, O LORD, to my cries for mercy!
Listen, O LORD, to my cries for mercy!
I have said unto Jehovah, Thou art my God: give ear, O Jehovah, to the voice of my supplications.
O Sovereign LORD, the strong one who rescued me,
you protected me on the day of battle.
you protected me on the day of battle.
Jehovah, the Lord, is the strength of my salvation: thou hast covered my head in the day of battle.
LORD, do not let evil people have their way.
Do not let their evil schemes succeed,
or they will become proud.
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Do not let their evil schemes succeed,
or they will become proud.
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Grant not, O Jehovah, the desire of the wicked; further not his device: they would exalt themselves. Selah.
Let my enemies be destroyed
by the very evil they have planned for me.
by the very evil they have planned for me.
[As for] the head of those that encompass me, let the mischief of their own lips cover them.
Let burning coals fall down on their heads.
Let them be thrown into the fire
or into watery pits from which they can’t escape.
Let them be thrown into the fire
or into watery pits from which they can’t escape.
Let burning coals fall on them; let them be cast into the fire; into deep waters, that they rise not up again.
Don’t let liars prosper here in our land.
Cause great disasters to fall on the violent.
Cause great disasters to fall on the violent.
Let not the man of [evil] tongue be established in the earth: evil shall hunt the man of violence to [his] ruin.
But I know the LORD will help those they persecute;
he will give justice to the poor.
he will give justice to the poor.
I know that Jehovah will maintain the cause of the afflicted one, the right of the needy.