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.
10 Let hot burning coals rain upon them; ♦︎
let them be cast into the depths, that they rise not again.
11 No slanderer shall prosper on the earth, ♦︎
and evil shall hunt down the violent to overthrow them.
12 I know that the Lord will bring justice for the oppressed ♦︎
and maintain the cause of the needy.
13 Surely, the righteous will give thanks to your name, ♦︎
and the upright shall dwell in your presence.
1 O Lord, I call to you; come to me quickly; ♦︎
hear my voice when I cry to you.
2 Let my prayer rise before you as incense, ♦︎
the lifting up of my hands as the evening sacrifice.
3 Set a watch before my mouth, O Lord, ♦︎
and guard the door of my lips;
4 Let not my heart incline to any evil thing; ♦︎
let me not be occupied in wickedness with evildoers,
nor taste the pleasures of their table.
5 Let the righteous smite me in friendly rebuke;
but let not the oil of the unrighteous anoint my head; ♦︎
for my prayer is continually against their wicked deeds.
6 Let their rulers be overthrown in stony places; ♦︎
then they may know that my words are sweet.
7 As when a plough turns over the earth in furrows, ♦︎
let their bones be scattered at the mouth of the Pit.
8 But my eyes are turned to you, Lord God; ♦︎
in you I take refuge; do not leave me defenceless.
9 Protect me from the snare which they have laid for me ♦︎
and from the traps of the evildoers.
10 Let the wicked fall into their own nets, ♦︎
while I pass by in safety.
1 I cry aloud to the Lord; ♦︎
to the Lord I make my supplication.
2 I pour out my complaint before him ♦︎
and tell him of my trouble.
3 When my spirit faints within me, you know my path; ♦︎
in the way wherein I walk have they laid a snare for me.
4 I look to my right hand, and find no one who knows me; ♦︎
I have no place to flee to, and no one cares for my soul.
5 I cry out to you, O Lord, and say: ♦︎
You are my refuge, my portion in the land of the living.
6 Listen to my cry, for I am brought very low; ♦︎
save me from my persecutors, for they are too strong for me.
7 Bring my soul out of prison,
that I may give thanks to your name; ♦︎
when you have dealt bountifully with me,
then shall the righteous gather around me.