| | 1 | For the director of music. A psalm of David. Rescue me, O LORD, from evil men; protect me from men of violence, | |
| | 2 | who devise evil plans in their hearts and stir up war every day. | |
| | 3 | They make their tongues as sharp as a serpent's; the poison of vipers is on their lips. Selah | |
| | 4 | Keep me, O LORD, from the hands of the wicked; protect me from men of violence who plan to trip my feet. | |
| | 5 | Proud men have hidden a snare for me; they have spread out the cords of their net and have set traps for me along my path. Selah | |
| | 6 | O LORD, I say to you, "You are my God." Hear, O LORD, my cry for mercy. | |
| | 7 | O Sovereign LORD, my strong deliverer, who shields my head in the day of battle-- | |
| | 8 | do not grant the wicked their desires, O LORD; do not let their plans succeed, or they will become proud. Selah | |
| | 9 | Let the heads of those who surround me be covered with the trouble their lips have caused. | |
| | 10 | Let burning coals fall upon them; may they be thrown into the fire, into miry pits, never to rise. | |
| | 11 | Let slanderers not be established in the land; may disaster hunt down men of violence. | |
| | 12 | I know that the LORD secures justice for the poor and upholds the cause of the needy. | |
| | 13 | Surely the righteous will praise your name and the upright will live before you. | |
