Parallel Chapters Deliver Me, O Lord, From the Evil Man | 1For the director of music. A psalm of David. Rescue me, LORD, from evildoers; protect me from the violent, | 1Deliver me, O LORD, from evil men; preserve me from violent men, | 1For the choir director. A Psalm of David. Rescue me, O LORD, from evil men; Preserve me from violent men | 1To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David. Deliver me, O LORD, from the evil man: preserve me from the violent man; | 1For the choir director. A Davidic psalm. Rescue me, LORD, from evil men. Keep me safe from violent men |
| 2who devise evil plans in their hearts and stir up war every day. | 2who plan evil things in their heart and stir up wars continually. | 2Who devise evil things in their hearts; They continually stir up wars. | 2Which imagine mischiefs in their heart; continually are they gathered together for war. | 2who plan evil in their hearts. They stir up wars all day long. |
| 3They make their tongues as sharp as a serpent's; the poison of vipers is on their lips. | 3They make their tongue sharp as a serpent’s, and under their lips is the venom of asps. Selah | 3They sharpen their tongues as a serpent; Poison of a viper is under their lips. Selah. | 3They have sharpened their tongues like a serpent; adders' poison is under their lips. Selah. | 3They make their tongues as sharp as a snake's bite; viper's venom is under their lips. Selah |
| 4Keep me safe, LORD, from the hands of the wicked; protect me from the violent, who devise ways to trip my feet. | 4Guard me, O LORD, from the hands of the wicked; preserve me from violent men, who have planned to trip up my feet. | 4Keep me, O LORD, from the hands of the wicked; Preserve me from violent men Who have purposed to trip up my feet. | 4Keep me, O LORD, from the hands of the wicked; preserve me from the violent man; who have purposed to overthrow my goings. | 4Protect me, LORD, from the clutches of the wicked. Keep me safe from violent men who plan to make me stumble. |
| 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 hidden a trap for me, and with cords they have spread a net; beside the way they have set snares for me. Selah | 5The proud have hidden a trap for me, and cords; They have spread a net by the wayside; They have set snares for me. Selah. | 5The proud have hid a snare for me, and cords; they have spread a net by the wayside; they have set gins for me. Selah. | 5The proud hide a trap with ropes for me; they spread a net along the path and set snares for me. Selah |
| 6I say to the LORD, "You are my God." Hear, LORD, my cry for mercy. | 6I say to the LORD, You are my God; give ear to the voice of my pleas for mercy, O LORD! | 6I said to the LORD, "You are my God; Give ear, O LORD, to the voice of my supplications. | 6I said unto the LORD, Thou art my God: hear the voice of my supplications, O LORD. | 6I say to the LORD, "You are my God." Listen, LORD, to my cry for help. |
| 7Sovereign LORD, my strong deliverer, you shield my head in the day of battle. | 7O LORD, my Lord, the strength of my salvation, you have covered my head in the day of battle. | 7"O GOD the Lord, the strength of my salvation, You have covered my head in the day of battle. | 7O GOD the Lord, the strength of my salvation, thou hast covered my head in the day of battle. | 7Lord GOD, my strong Savior, You shield my head on the day of battle. |
| 8Do not grant the wicked their desires, LORD; do not let their plans succeed. | 8Grant not, O LORD, the desires of the wicked; do not further their evil plot, or they will be exalted! Selah | 8"Do not grant, O LORD, the desires of the wicked; Do not promote his evil device, that they not be exalted. Selah. | 8Grant not, O LORD, the desires of the wicked: further not his wicked device; lest they exalt themselves. Selah. | 8 LORD, do not grant the desires of the wicked; do not let them achieve their goals. Otherwise, they will become proud. Selah |
| 9Those who surround me proudly rear their heads; may the mischief of their lips engulf them. | 9As for the head of those who surround me, let the mischief of their lips overwhelm them! | 9"As for the head of those who surround me, May the mischief of their lips cover them. | 9As for the head of those that compass me about, let the mischief of their own lips cover them. | 9When those who surround me rise up, may the trouble their lips cause overwhelm them. |
| 10May burning coals fall on them; may they be thrown into the fire, into miry pits, never to rise. | 10Let burning coals fall upon them! Let them be cast into fire, into miry pits, no more to rise! | 10"May burning coals fall upon them; May they be cast into the fire, Into deep pits from which they cannot rise. | 10Let burning coals fall upon them: let them be cast into the fire; into deep pits, that they rise not up again. | 10Let hot coals fall on them. Let them be thrown into the fire, into the abyss, never again to rise. |
| 11May slanderers not be established in the land; may disaster hunt down the violent. | 11Let not the slanderer be established in the land; let evil hunt down the violent man speedily! | 11"May a slanderer not be established in the earth; May evil hunt the violent man speedily." | 11Let not an evil speaker be established in the earth: evil shall hunt the violent man to overthrow him. | 11Do not let a slanderer stay in the land. Let evil relentlessly hunt down a 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 maintain the cause of the afflicted, and will execute justice for the needy. | 12I know that the LORD will maintain the cause of the afflicted And justice for the poor. | 12I know that the LORD will maintain the cause of the afflicted, and the right of the poor. | 12I know that the LORD upholds the just cause of the poor, justice for the needy. |
| 13Surely the righteous will praise your name, and the upright will live in your presence. | 13Surely the righteous shall give thanks to your name; the upright shall dwell in your presence. | 13Surely the righteous will give thanks to Your name; The upright will dwell in Your presence. | 13Surely the righteous shall give thanks unto thy name: the upright shall dwell in thy presence. | 13Surely the righteous will praise Your name; the upright will live in Your presence. |
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