| [an error occurred while processing this directive] | Holman Christian Standard Bible |
| 1[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 1For the choir director. A Davidic psalm. Rescue me, LORD, from evil men. Keep me safe from violent men |
| 2[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 2who plan evil in their hearts. They stir up wars all day long. |
| 3[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 3They make their tongues as sharp as a snake's bite; viper's venom is under their lips. Selah |
| 4[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 4Protect me, LORD, from the clutches of the wicked. Keep me safe from violent men who plan to make me stumble. |
| 5[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 5The proud hide a trap with ropes for me; they spread a net along the path and set snares for me. Selah |
| 6[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 6I say to the LORD, "You are my God." Listen, LORD, to my cry for help. |
| 7[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 7Lord GOD, my strong Savior, You shield my head on the day of battle. |
| 8[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 8 LORD, do not grant the desires of the wicked; do not let them achieve their goals. Otherwise, they will become proud. Selah |
| 9[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 9When those who surround me rise up, may the trouble their lips cause overwhelm them. |
| 10[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 10Let hot coals fall on them. Let them be thrown into the fire, into the abyss, never again to rise. |
| 11[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 11Do not let a slanderer stay in the land. Let evil relentlessly hunt down a violent man. |
| 12[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 12I know that the LORD upholds the just cause of the poor, justice for the needy. |
| 13[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 13Surely the righteous will praise Your name; the upright will live in Your presence. |
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