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| [1]To the Overseer. -- A Psalm of David. Deliver me, O Jehovah, from an evil man, From one of violence Thou keepest me. |
[1]Deliver me, O LORD, from the evil man: preserve me from the violent man; |
| [2]Who have devised evils in the heart, All the day they assemble [for] wars. |
[2]Which imagine mischiefs in their heart; continually are they gathered together for war. |
| [3]They sharpened their tongue as a serpent, Poison of an adder [is] under their lips. Selah. |
[3]They have sharpened their tongues like a serpent; adders' poison is under their lips. Selah. |
| [4]Preserve me, Jehovah, from the hands of the wicked, From one of violence Thou keepest me, Who have devised to overthrow my steps. |
[4]Keep me, O LORD, from the hands of the wicked; preserve me from the violent man; who have purposed to overthrow my goings. |
| [5]The proud hid a snare for me -- and cords, They spread a net by the side of the path, Snares they have set for me. Selah. |
[5]The proud have hid a snare for me, and cords; they have spread a net by the wayside; they have set gins for me. Selah. |
| [6]I have said to Jehovah, `My God [art] Thou, Hear, Jehovah, the voice of my supplications.' |
[6]I said unto the LORD, Thou art my God: hear the voice of my supplications, O LORD. |
| [7]O Jehovah, my Lord, strength of my salvation, Thou hast covered my head in the day of armour. |
[7]O GOD the Lord, the strength of my salvation, thou hast covered my head in the day of battle. |
| [8]Grant not, O Jehovah, the desires of the wicked, His wicked device bring not forth, They are high. Selah. |
[8]Grant not, O LORD, the desires of the wicked: further not his wicked device; lest they exalt themselves. Selah. |
| [9]The chief of my surrounders, The perverseness of their lips covereth them. |
[9]As for the head of those that compass me about, let the mischief of their own lips cover them. |
| [10]They cause to fall on themselves burning coals, Into fire He doth cast them, Into deep pits -- they arise not. |
[10]Let burning coals fall upon them: let them be cast into the fire; into deep pits, that they rise not up again. |
| [11]A talkative man is not established in the earth, One of violence -- evil hunteth to overflowing. |
[11]Let not an evil speaker be established in the earth: evil shall hunt the violent man to overthrow him. |
| [12]I have known that Jehovah doth execute The judgment of the afflicted, The judgment of the needy. |
[12]I know that the LORD will maintain the cause of the afflicted, and the right of the poor. |
| [13]Only -- the righteous give thanks to Thy name, The upright do dwell with Thy presence! |
[13]Surely the righteous shall give thanks unto thy name: the upright shall dwell in thy presence. |