The Message Bible MSG
King James Version KJV
1 God, get me out of here, away from this evil; protect me from these vicious people.
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Deliver me, O LORD, from the evil man: preserve me from the violent man;
2 All they do is think up new ways to be bad; they spend their days plotting war games.
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Which imagine mischiefs in their heart; continually are they gathered together for war.
3 They practice the sharp rhetoric of hate and hurt, speak venomous words that maim and kill.
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They have sharpened their tongues like a serpent; adders' poison is under their lips. Selah.
4 God, keep me out of the clutch of these wicked ones, protect me from these vicious people;
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Keep me, O LORD, from the hands of the wicked; preserve me from the violent man; who have purposed to overthrow my goings.
5 Stuffed with self-importance, they plot ways to trip me up, determined to bring me down. These crooks invent traps to catch me and do their best to incriminate me.
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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 prayed, "God, you're my God! Listen, God! Mercy!
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I said unto the LORD, Thou art my God: hear the voice of my supplications, O LORD.
7 God, my Lord, Strong Savior, protect me when the fighting breaks out!
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O GOD the Lord, the strength of my salvation, thou hast covered my head in the day of battle.
8 Don't let the wicked have their way, God, don't give them an inch!"
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Grant not, O LORD, the desires of the wicked: further not his wicked device; lest they exalt themselves. Selah.
9 These troublemakers all around me - let them drown in their own verbal poison.
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As for the head of those that compass me about, let the mischief of their own lips cover them.
10 Let God pile hellfire on them, let him bury them alive in crevasses!
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Let burning coals fall upon them: let them be cast into the fire; into deep pits, that they rise not up again.
11 These loudmouths - don't let them be taken seriously; These savages - let the Devil hunt them down!
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Let not an evil speaker be established in the earth: evil shall hunt the violent man to overthrow him.
12 I know that you, God, are on the side of victims, that you care for the rights of the poor.
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I know that the LORD will maintain the cause of the afflicted, and the right of the poor.
13 And I know that the righteous personally thank you, that good people are secure in your presence.
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Surely the righteous shall give thanks unto thy name: the upright shall dwell in thy presence.
Published by permission. Originally published by NavPress in English as THE MESSAGE: The Bible in Contemporary Language copyright 2002 by Eugene Peterson. All rights reserved.
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