Skip to content- 1Verse 1. Rescue me, O LORD, from evil men. Protect me from men of violence,
- 2Verse 2. who devise evil in their hearts and stir up war all day long.
- 3Verse 3. They sharpen their tongues like snakes; the venom of vipers is on their lips. Selah
- 4Verse 4. Guard me, O LORD, from the hands of the wicked. Keep me safe from men of violence who scheme to make me stumble.
- 5Verse 5. The proud hide a snare for me; the cords of their net are spread along the path, and lures are set out for me. Selah
- 6Verse 6. I say to the LORD, “You are my God.” Hear, O LORD, my cry for help.
- 7Verse 7. O GOD the Lord, the strength of my salvation, You shield my head in the day of battle.
- 8Verse 8. Grant not, O LORD, the desires of the wicked; do not promote their evil plans, lest they be exalted. Selah
- 9Verse 9. May the heads of those who surround me be covered in the trouble their lips have caused.
- 10Verse 10. May burning coals fall on them; may they be thrown into the fire, into the miry pits, never to rise again.
- 11Verse 11. May no slanderer be established in the land; may calamity hunt down the man of violence.
- 12Verse 12. I know that the LORD upholds justice for the poor and defends the cause of the needy.
- 13Verse 13. Surely the righteous will praise Your name; the upright will dwell in Your presence.