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GOD'S WORD Translation GW
1 To the choirmaster. A Psalm of David. Deliver me, O LORD, from evil men; preserve me from violent men,
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Rescue me from evil people, O LORD. Keep me safe from violent people.
2 who plan evil things in their heart, and stir up wars continually.
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They plan evil things in their hearts. They start fights every day.
3 They make their tongue sharp as a serpent's, and under their lips is the poison of vipers. [Selah]
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They make their tongues as sharp as a snake's [fang]. Their lips hide the venom of poisonous snakes. Selah
4 Guard me, O LORD, from the hands of the wicked; preserve me from violent men, who have planned to trip up my feet.
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Protect me from the hands of wicked people, O LORD. Keep me safe from violent people. They try to trip me.
5 Arrogant men have hidden a trap for me, and with cords they have spread a net, by the wayside they have set snares for me. [Selah]
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Arrogant people have laid a trap for me. They have spread out a net with ropes. They have set traps for me along the road. Selah
6 I say to the LORD, Thou art my God; give ear to the voice of my supplications, O LORD!
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I said to the LORD, "You are my God." O LORD, open your ears to hear my plea for pity.
7 O LORD, my Lord, my strong deliverer, thou hast covered my head in the day of battle.
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O LORD Almighty, the strong one who saves me, you have covered my head in the day of battle.
8 Grant not, O LORD, the desires of the wicked; do not further his evil plot! [Selah]
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O LORD, do not give wicked people what they want. Do not let their evil plans succeed, [or] they will become arrogant. Selah
9 Those who surround me lift up their head, let the mischief of their lips overwhelm them!
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Let the heads of those who surround me be covered with their own threats.
10 Let burning coals fall upon them! Let them be cast into pits, no more to rise!
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Let burning coals fall on them. Let them be thrown into a pit, never to rise again.
11 Let not the slanderer be established in the land; let evil hunt down the violent man speedily!
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Do not let slanderers prosper on earth. Let evil hunt down violent people with one blow after another.
12 I know that the LORD maintains the cause of the afflicted, and executes justice for the needy.
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I know that the LORD will defend the rights of those who are oppressed and the cause of those who are needy.
13 Surely the righteous shall give thanks to thy name; the upright shall dwell in thy presence.
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Indeed, righteous people will give thanks to your name. Decent people will live in your presence.
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