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1For the director of music. A psalm of David. Rescue me, LORD, from evildoers; protect me from the violent,

1 Deliver me, LORD, from evil people, preserve me from violent men,

2who devise evil plans in their hearts and stir up war every day.

2who craft evil plans in their minds, inciting wars every day.

3They make their tongues as sharp as a serpent's; the poison of vipers is on their lips.

3They sharpen their tongues like a serpent; the venom of vipers is on their lips. Interlude

4Keep me safe, LORD, from the hands of the wicked; protect me from the violent, who devise ways to trip my feet.

4Protect me, LORD, from the control of evil people, from violent men who have planned to trip me.

5The 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.

5The arrogant have laid a trap for me; they have spread a net with ropes, lining it with snares along the way. Interlude

6I say to the LORD, "You are my God." Hear, LORD, my cry for mercy.

6So I say to the LORD, "You are my God; listen to my voice as I plead for mercy, LORD.

7Sovereign LORD, my strong deliverer, you shield my head in the day of battle.

7LORD, my Lord, my strong deliverer, you have protected my head in the time of battle.

8Do not grant the wicked their desires, LORD; do not let their plans succeed.

8Never grant, LORD, the desires of the wicked; never condone their plans so they cannot exalt themselves. Interlude

9Those who surround me proudly rear their heads; may the mischief of their lips engulf them.

9May those who surround me discover that the trouble they talk about falls on their own head!

10May burning coals fall on them; may they be thrown into the fire, into miry pits, never to rise.

10May burning coals fall on them; may they be cast into fire, and into miry pits, never to rise again.

11May slanderers not be established in the land; may disaster hunt down the violent.

11Let not the slanderer become established in the land. May evil quickly hunt down the violent man.

12I know that the LORD secures justice for the poor and upholds the cause of the needy.

12I know that the LORD will act on behalf of the tormented, providing justice for the needy.

13Surely the righteous will praise your name, and the upright will live in your presence.

13Surely the righteous will give thanks to your name, while the upright live in your presence.