| English Standard Version | New International Version |
| 1Deliver me, O LORD, from evil men; preserve me from violent men, | 1For the director of music. A psalm of David. Rescue me, LORD, from evildoers; protect me from the violent, |
| 2who plan evil things in their heart and stir up wars continually. | 2who devise evil plans in their hearts and stir up war every day. |
| 3They make their tongue sharp as a serpent’s, and under their lips is the venom of asps. Selah | 3They make their tongues as sharp as a serpent's; the poison of vipers is on their lips. |
| 4Guard me, O LORD, from the hands of the wicked; preserve me from violent men, who have planned to trip up my feet. | 4Keep me safe, LORD, from the hands of the wicked; protect me from the violent, who devise ways to trip my feet. |
| 5The arrogant have hidden a trap for me, and with cords they have spread a net; beside the way they have set snares for me. Selah | 5The 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. |
| 6I say to the LORD, You are my God; give ear to the voice of my pleas for mercy, O LORD! | 6I say to the LORD, "You are my God." Hear, LORD, my cry for mercy. |
| 7O LORD, my Lord, the strength of my salvation, you have covered my head in the day of battle. | 7Sovereign LORD, my strong deliverer, you shield my head in the day of battle. |
| 8Grant not, O LORD, the desires of the wicked; do not further their evil plot, or they will be exalted! Selah | 8Do not grant the wicked their desires, LORD; do not let their plans succeed. |
| 9As for the head of those who surround me, let the mischief of their lips overwhelm them! | 9Those who surround me proudly rear their heads; may the mischief of their lips engulf them. |
| 10Let burning coals fall upon them! Let them be cast into fire, into miry pits, no more to rise! | 10May burning coals fall on them; may they be thrown into the fire, into miry pits, never to rise. |
| 11Let not the slanderer be established in the land; let evil hunt down the violent man speedily! | 11May slanderers not be established in the land; may disaster hunt down the violent. |
| 12I know that the LORD will maintain the cause of the afflicted, and will execute justice for the needy. | 12I know that the LORD secures justice for the poor and upholds the cause of the needy. |
| 13Surely the righteous shall give thanks to your name; the upright shall dwell in your presence. | 13Surely the righteous will praise your name, and the upright will live in your presence. |
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