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The Darby Translation DBY
1 Rescue me, LORD, from evildoers; protect me from the violent,
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{To the chief Musician. A Psalm of David.} Free me, O Jehovah, from the evil man; preserve me from the violent man:
2 who devise evil plans in their hearts and stir up war every day.
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Who devise mischiefs in [their] heart; every day are they banded together for war.
3 They make their tongues as sharp as a serpent’s; the poison of vipers is on their lips.
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They sharpen their tongues like a serpent; adders' poison is under their lips. Selah.
4 Keep me safe, LORD, from the hands of the wicked; protect me from the violent, who devise ways to trip my feet.
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Keep me, O Jehovah, from the hands of the wicked [man], preserve me from the violent man, who devise to overthrow my steps.
5 The arrogant have hidden a snare for me; they have spread out the cords of their net and have set traps for me along my path.
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The proud have hidden a snare for me, and cords; they have spread a net by the way-side; they have set traps for me. Selah.
6 I say to the LORD, “You are my God.” Hear, LORD, my cry for mercy.
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I have said unto Jehovah, Thou art my God: give ear, O Jehovah, to the voice of my supplications.
7 Sovereign LORD, my strong deliverer, you shield my head in the day of battle.
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Jehovah, the Lord, is the strength of my salvation: thou hast covered my head in the day of battle.
8 Do not grant the wicked their desires, LORD; do not let their plans succeed.
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Grant not, O Jehovah, the desire of the wicked; further not his device: they would exalt themselves. Selah.
9 Those who surround me proudly rear their heads; may the mischief of their lips engulf them.
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[As for] the head of those that encompass me, let the mischief of their own lips cover them.
10 May burning coals fall on them; may they be thrown into the fire, into miry pits, never to rise.
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Let burning coals fall on them; let them be cast into the fire; into deep waters, that they rise not up again.
11 May slanderers not be established in the land; may disaster hunt down the violent.
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Let not the man of [evil] tongue be established in the earth: evil shall hunt the man of violence to [his] ruin.
12 I know that the LORD secures justice for the poor and upholds the cause of the needy.
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I know that Jehovah will maintain the cause of the afflicted one, the right of the needy.
13 Surely the righteous will praise your name, and the upright will live in your presence.
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Yea, the righteous shall give thanks unto thy name; the upright shall dwell in thy presence.
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