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Young's Literal Translation YLT
1 Rescue me, LORD, from evildoers; protect me from the violent,
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To the Overseer. -- A Psalm of David. Deliver me, O Jehovah, from an evil man, From one of violence Thou keepest me.
2 who devise evil plans in their hearts and stir up war every day.
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Who have devised evils in the heart, All the day they assemble [for] wars.
3 They make their tongues as sharp as a serpent’s; the poison of vipers is on their lips.
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They sharpened their tongue as a serpent, Poison of an adder [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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Preserve me, Jehovah, from the hands of the wicked, From one of violence Thou keepest me, Who have devised 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 hid a snare for me -- and cords, They spread a net by the side of the path, Snares they have set 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 to Jehovah, `My God [art] Thou, Hear, Jehovah, the voice of my supplications.'
7 Sovereign LORD, my strong deliverer, you shield my head in the day of battle.
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O Jehovah, my Lord, strength of my salvation, Thou hast covered my head in the day of armour.
8 Do not grant the wicked their desires, LORD; do not let their plans succeed.
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Grant not, O Jehovah, the desires of the wicked, His wicked device bring not forth, They are high. Selah.
9 Those who surround me proudly rear their heads; may the mischief of their lips engulf them.
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The chief of my surrounders, The perverseness of their lips covereth 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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They cause to fall on themselves burning coals, Into fire He doth cast them, Into deep pits -- they arise not.
11 May slanderers not be established in the land; may disaster hunt down the violent.
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A talkative man is not established in the earth, One of violence -- evil hunteth to overflowing.
12 I know that the LORD secures justice for the poor and upholds the cause of the needy.
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I have known that Jehovah doth execute The judgment of the afflicted, The judgment of the needy.
13 Surely the righteous will praise your name, and the upright will live in your presence.
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Only -- the righteous give thanks to Thy name, The upright do dwell with Thy presence!
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