New International Version | New Living Translation |
1For the director of music. A psalm of David. Rescue me, LORD, from evildoers; protect me from the violent, | 1O LORD, rescue me from evil people. Protect me from those who are violent, |
2who devise evil plans in their hearts and stir up war every day. | 2those who plot evil in their hearts and stir up trouble all day long. |
3They make their tongues as sharp as a serpent's; the poison of vipers is on their lips. | 3Their tongues sting like a snake; the venom of a viper drips from their lips. Interlude |
4Keep me safe, LORD, from the hands of the wicked; protect me from the violent, who devise ways to trip my feet. | 4O LORD, keep me out of the hands of the wicked. Protect me from those who are violent, for they are plotting against me. |
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 proud have set a trap to catch me; they have stretched out a net; they have placed traps all along the way. Interlude |
6I say to the LORD, "You are my God." Hear, LORD, my cry for mercy. | 6I said to the LORD, “You are my God!” Listen, O LORD, to my cries for mercy! |
7Sovereign LORD, my strong deliverer, you shield my head in the day of battle. | 7O Sovereign LORD, the strong one who rescued me, you protected me on the day of battle. |
8Do not grant the wicked their desires, LORD; do not let their plans succeed. | 8LORD, do not let evil people have their way. Do not let their evil schemes succeed, or they will become proud. Interlude |
9Those who surround me proudly rear their heads; may the mischief of their lips engulf them. | 9Let my enemies be destroyed by the very evil they have planned for me. |
10May burning coals fall on them; may they be thrown into the fire, into miry pits, never to rise. | 10Let burning coals fall down on their heads. Let them be thrown into the fire or into watery pits from which they can’t escape. |
11May slanderers not be established in the land; may disaster hunt down the violent. | 11Don’t let liars prosper here in our land. Cause great disasters to fall on the violent. |
12I know that the LORD secures justice for the poor and upholds the cause of the needy. | 12But I know the LORD will help those they persecute; he will give justice to the poor. |
13Surely the righteous will praise your name, and the upright will live in your presence. | 13Surely righteous people are praising your name; the godly will live in your presence. |
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