1 Deliver me, O Lord, from evildoers ♦︎
and protect me from the violent,
2 Who devise evil in their hearts ♦︎
and stir up strife all the day long.
3 They have sharpened their tongues like a serpent; ♦︎
adders poison is under their lips.
4 Keep me, O Lord, from the hands of the wicked; ♦︎
protect me from the violent
who seek to make me stumble.
5 The proud have laid a snare for me
and spread out a net of cords; ♦︎
they have set traps along my path.
6 I have said to the Lord, You are my God; ♦︎
listen, O Lord, to the voice of my supplication.
7 O Lord God, the strength of my salvation, ♦︎
you have covered my head in the day of battle.
8 Do not grant the desires of the wicked, O Lord, ♦︎
do not prosper their wicked plans.
9 Let not those who surround me lift up their heads; ♦︎
let the evil of their own lips fall upon them.