¹ O Lord, rescue me from wicked men!
Protect me from violent men,
² who plan ways to harm me.
All day long they stir up conflict.
³ Their tongues wound like a serpent;
a viper’s venom is behind their lips. (Selah)
⁴ O Lord, shelter me from the power of the wicked!
Protect me from violent men,
who plan to knock me over.
⁵ Proud men hide a snare for me;
evil men spread a net by the path;
they set traps for me. (Selah)
⁶ I say to the Lord, “You are my God.”
O Lord, pay attention to my plea for mercy!
⁷ O sovereign Lord, my strong deliverer,
you shield my head in the day of battle.
⁸ O Lord, do not let the wicked have their way!
Do not allow their plan to succeed when they attack! (Selah)
⁹ As for the heads of those who surround me—
may the harm done by their lips overwhelm them!
¹⁰ May he rain down fiery coals upon them!
May he throw them into the fire!
From bottomless pits they will not escape.
¹¹ A slanderer will not endure on the earth;
calamity will hunt down a violent man and strike him down.
¹² I know that the Lord defends the cause of the oppressed
and vindicates the poor.
¹³ Certainly the godly will give thanks to your name;
the morally upright will live in your presence.