Rescue Me from Evil Men 1 UST Yahweh, please save me from evil people; protect me from people who want to attack me. BSB BSB: For the choirmaster. A Psalm of David. Rescue me, O LORD, from evil men. Protect me from men of violence,
2 UST They are always planning how to do evil things, and every day they provoke fights. BSB BSB: who devise evil in their hearts and stir up war all day long.
3 UST They say things{ to people} that hurt{ them}; what comes from their mouths is as deadly as the venom of a viper. Selah BSB BSB: They sharpen their tongues like snakes; the venom of vipers is on their lips. Selah
4 UST Yahweh, protect me from wicked people who want to harm me; keep me safe from violent people who have planned to destroy 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 UST Proud people are trying to destroy me.{ It is as though} they have hidden a snare for me;{ It is as though} they have spread out a net along my path;{ It is as though} they have set traps to catch me. Selah 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 UST I say to you,“Yahweh, you are my God.” Yahweh, please listen to me as I plead with you to help me! BSB BSB: I say to the LORD, “You are my God.” Hear, O LORD, my cry for help.
7 UST Yahweh, my Lord, you are the one who powerfully saves me; you have protected me during battles as though you had covered my head{ with a helmet}. BSB BSB: O GOD the Lord, the strength of my salvation, You shield my head in the day of battle.
8 UST Yahweh, do not give wicked people what they want; do not let their plans succeed, or they will become proud. Selah BSB BSB: Grant not, O LORD, the desires of the wicked; do not promote their evil plans, lest they be exalted. Selah
9 UST As for the leaders of those who surround me, let the harmful things that they have said{ to others} happen to them. BSB BSB: May the heads of those who surround me be covered in the trouble their lips have caused.
10 UST Pour burning coals on them! Throw them into a fire! Throw them into deep holes from which they will never get 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 UST Yahweh, please do not allow people who slander others to prosper in this land; Cause evil things to continually happen to violent people and destroy them. BSB BSB: May no slanderer be established in the land; may calamity hunt down the man of violence.
12 UST Yahweh, I know that you do what is just and right for poor people. BSB BSB: I know that the LORD upholds justice for the poor and defends the cause of the needy.
13 UST People who do what is right will surely thank you, and they will live with you. BSB BSB: Surely the righteous will praise Your name; the upright will dwell in Your presence.
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