Rescue Me from Evil Men 1 UDB Yahweh, rescue me from being attacked by evil men; even more, keep me safe from being attacked by violent people. BSB BSB: For the choirmaster. A Psalm of David. Rescue me, O LORD, from evil men. Protect me from men of violence,
2 UDB They are always planning to do evil things, and they are always encouraging people to start quarrels. BSB BSB: who devise evil in their hearts and stir up war all day long.
3 UDB By what they say, they injure people as poisonous snakes do. BSB BSB: They sharpen their tongues like snakes; the venom of vipers is on their lips. Selah
4 UDB Yahweh, protect me from the power of wicked people. Keep me safe from violent men who plan to ruin me. BSB BSB: Guard me, O LORD, from the hands of the wicked. Keep me safe from men of violence who scheme to make me stumble.
5 UDB It is as though proud people have set a trap for me; it is as though they have spread their nets to catch me; it is as though they have put these things along the road to catch me. BSB BSB: The proud hide a snare for me; the cords of their net are spread along the path, and lures are set out for me. Selah
6 UDB I say to you, "Yahweh, you are my God. Listen to me while I cry out to you to help me." BSB BSB: I say to the LORD, “You are my God.” Hear, O LORD, my cry for help.
7 UDB Yahweh, my Lord, you are the one who strongly defends me; you have protected me during battles as though you had put a helmet on my head. BSB BSB: O GOD the Lord, the strength of my salvation, You shield my head in the day of battle.
8 UDB Yahweh, do not give to wicked people the things that they desire, and do not allow them to do the evil things that they plan to do. BSB BSB: Grant not, O LORD, the desires of the wicked; do not promote their evil plans, lest they be exalted. Selah
9 UDB Do not allow my enemies to become proud; cause the evil things that they say they will do to me to happen to them instead. BSB BSB: May the heads of those who surround me be covered in the trouble their lips have caused.
10 UDB Cause burning coals to fall on their heads! Cause them to be thrown into deep pits from which they cannot climb out! BSB BSB: May burning coals fall on them; may they be thrown into the fire, into the miry pits, never to rise again.
11 UDB Do not allow those who slander others to succeed; cause evil things to happen to violent men and destroy them! BSB BSB: May no slanderer be established in the land; may calamity hunt down the man of violence.
12 UDB Yahweh, I know that you will defend those who are oppressed, and that you will do what is just. BSB BSB: I know that the LORD upholds justice for the poor and defends the cause of the needy.
13 UDB Righteous people will surely thank you, and they will live in your presence. BSB BSB: Surely the righteous will praise Your name; the upright will dwell in Your presence.
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