Rescue Me from Evil Men
For the choirmaster. A Psalm of David.
Rescue me, O LORD, from evil men. Psa 18:48Psa 140:4Psa 71:4Hab 1:2-3Psa 140:11Psa 17:13Psa 43:1Psa 59:1-3
Protect me from men of violence,
who devise evil in their hearts Psa 36:4Psa 56:6Psa 64:5-6Hos 7:6Mic 2:1-3Nam 1:11Pro 12:20Psa 120:7
and stir up war all day long.
They sharpen their tongues like snakes; Psa 58:42Co 11:3Rom 3:13-14Pro 23:32Isa 59:3-5Jas 3:6-8Jer 9:3Jer 9:5
the venom of vipers is on their lips. 1
Selah
Guard me, O LORD, Psa 36:11Psa 17:5Psa 71:4Psa 17:8-9Psa 37:32-40Psa 55:1-3Pro 18:5
from the hands of the wicked.
Keep me safe from men of violence
who scheme to make me stumble.
The proud hide a snare for me; Psa 142:3Psa 35:7Jer 18:22Jer 18:20Luk 20:20-23Psa 119:85Psa 123:3-4Psa 57:6
the cords of their net are spread along the path,
and lures are set out for me.
Selah
I say to the LORD, “You are my God.” Psa 16:2Psa 31:14Psa 119:57Psa 142:5Zec 13:9Lam 3:24Psa 116:1Psa 130:2
Hear, O LORD, my cry for help.
O GOD the Lord, the strength of my salvation, Psa 62:7Psa 18:1-2Psa 89:26Deu 33:27-29Psa 62:2Psa 144:10Psa 27:1Psa 28:7-8
You shield my head in the day of battle.
Grant not, O LORD, the desires of the wicked; Psa 10:2-32Sa 15:31Deu 32:27Job 5:12-13Psa 27:12Psa 94:20-21
do not promote their evil plans,
lest they be exalted.
Selah
May the heads of those who surround me Psa 7:16Pro 18:7Pro 12:13Psa 94:23Est 7:10Pro 10:11Pro 10:6Psa 64:8
be covered in the trouble their lips have caused.
May burning coals fall on them; Psa 11:6Psa 21:9Rev 20:15Rev 21:8Exo 9:23-24Gen 19:24Mat 13:42Mat 13:50
may they be thrown into the fire,
into the miry pits, never to rise again.
May no slanderer be established in the land; Psa 34:21Pro 18:21Isa 3:11Pro 13:21Pro 17:20Pro 12:13Pro 6:17Psa 12:3-4
may calamity hunt down the man of violence.
I know that the LORD upholds justice for the poor Psa 9:41Ki 8:491Ki 8:45Pro 23:10-11Jer 22:16Mat 11:5Psa 102:17Psa 35:10
and defends the cause of the needy.
Surely the righteous will praise Your name; Psa 11:7Psa 16:111Th 4:17Isa 3:10Jhn 17:24Jhn 14:3Rev 7:14-17Psa 23:6
the upright will dwell in Your presence.