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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,
those who plot evil in their hearts
and stir up trouble all day long.
and stir up trouble all day long.
who devise evil plans in their hearts
and stir up war every day.
and stir up war every day.
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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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 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.
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 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.
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 say to the Lord, “You are my God.”
Hear, Lord, my cry for mercy.
Hear, Lord, my cry for mercy.
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.
Sovereign Lord, my strong deliverer,
you shield my head in the day of battle.
you shield 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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Do not grant the wicked their desires, Lord;
do not let their plans succeed.
do not let their plans succeed.
Let my enemies be destroyed
by the very evil they have planned for me.
by the very evil they have planned for me.
Those who surround me proudly rear their heads;
may the mischief of their lips engulf them.
may the mischief of their lips engulf 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.
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.
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.
May slanderers not be established in the land;
may disaster hunt down the violent.
may disaster hunt down the violent.
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 the Lord secures justice for the poor
and upholds the cause of the needy.
and upholds the cause of the needy.