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For the director of music. A psalm of David. Rescue me, O LORD, from evil men; protect me from men of violence,
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who devise evil plans in their hearts and stir up war every day.
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They make their tongues as sharp as a serpent's; the poison of vipers is on their lips. Selah
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Keep me, O LORD, from the hands of the wicked; protect me from men of violence who plan to trip my feet.
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Proud men have hidden a snare for me; they have spread out the cords of their net and have set traps for me along my path. Selah
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O LORD, I say to you, "You are my God." Hear, O LORD, my cry for mercy.
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O Sovereign LORD, my strong deliverer, who shields my head in the day of battle--
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do not grant the wicked their desires, O LORD; do not let their plans succeed, or they will become proud. Selah
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Let the heads of those who surround me be covered with the trouble their lips have caused.
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Let burning coals fall upon them; may they be thrown into the fire, into miry pits, never to rise.
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Let slanderers not be established in the land; may disaster hunt down men of violence.
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I know that the LORD secures justice for the poor and upholds the cause of the needy.
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Surely the righteous will praise your name and the upright will live before you.
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